On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Andrew Bartlett wrote: > Marcel Ritter wrote: > > > > On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Andrew Bartlett wrote: > > > > > Marcel Ritter wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi there! > > > > > > > > I recently set up a samba server with LDAP support. After some tests with > > > > different windows versions my profile was trashed. So I tried to store > > > > the profile in a subdirectory "%a" (which should resolve to the windows > > > > release WinNT Win2k etc.). Unfortunately this does not work when specified > > > > in LDAP. > > > > > > > > Is there a reason for this? > > > > > > > > I'd really like to use the %<var> statements in LDAP. I already hacked > > > > around a bit and it works for me (just copied one line!) - however I'd > > > > like to see it in the official release if there's no further technical > > > > problem I can't see by now. > > > > > > It has problems when you then store the expanded form - you lose the > > > LDAP magic on the first password change etc. > > > > > > To get around this, we came up with a way we have 'defaults' for certain > > > things, using the same stuff as the 'fudge it up' solution for > > > smbpasswd. Except we don't store the expanded strings back, unless they > > > are modified by a client. > > > > Is there another way to store profiles from different windows versions in > > different directories? I saw this behaviour on Novell and I'd really like > > to use a similar feature with samba. > > Sure - just don't set it in LDAP, just use the smb.conf options. They > *do* take the % modifiers.
Ah - so if the LDAP field is empty samba will default to entries in smb.conf - that's nice to know and should solve my problems. Thanx for your quick help! > Andrew Bartlett Ciao, Marcel > > -- > Andrew Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Student Network Administrator, Hawker College [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://samba.org http://build.samba.org http://hawkerc.net > ---- Marcel Ritter Linux Betreuer Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen ---- Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.
