Actually, according to people on the Samba list: "The good news are, that you don't relly need it, because, when you log in to a domain as member of the Domain Admins group, you will automaticaly receive Local Administrator priviledges on the given workstation. It's working for me."
I haven't yet tested this yet. Wyatt > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Tillman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Samba Domain Admins? > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 11:21:44AM -0500, Wyatt L. VanderStucken wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > Let me say first I'm very new to Linux (only had it running 3 days), so > > bear with me if I'm a bit ignorant. I'm unsure if I should even post > > this here, or if this list is exclusively for hardware issues... > > > > I'm running into difficulties (on a win2k client) adding the Samba > > "Domain Admins" group to the Windows "Administrators" group. I am able > > to log into the domain, the "Domain Admins" group shows in the list of > > available groups from the Samba server, but when I click "Apply" I > > receive the message: > > > > "A member could not be added to or removed from the local group because > > the member does not exist" > > > > I'm fairly certain I followed the setup correctly; I added a group > > called "domadm" to the etc/group file and added a user to that group > > using usermod. I've tried several configurations in smb.conf with > > "domain admin group" and "domain admin users" including: > > > > 1. domain admin group = @domadm > > > > 2. domain admin group = root @domadm > > > > 3. domain admin group = @domadm > > domain admin users = root > > > > For the record I'm it's a brand new "stable" installation on a Performa > > 6400/180, the Windows machine is running win2k professional with all > > updates from windows update. I doubt that hardware makes a difference, > > but if you need to know, ask. > > > > Sorry if this has been long winded, I appreciate any help anybody can > > offer. Lastly, let me say I'm very impressed by Debian, and Linux as a > > whole. I look forward to learning much more, and hope I can soon make my > > own contributions... > > It's true, this isn't the right list, because the operation of samba > isn't powerpc-specific. You might try searching the debian-user archives, > or check out the docs on www.samba.org if you haven't already. > > -- > *----------------------------------------------------------------* > | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | To HAVE, GIVE all TO all (ACIM) | > *----------------------------------------------------------------* > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
