Thanks for the clarification. Andrew
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthieu Patou" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 1:22:53 AM > Subject: Re: [Samba] Organization of Users in Samba4 > > On 01/23/2013 03:20 PM, Andrew Martin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am working on migrating from OpenLDAP using the inetOrgPerson > > schema to Samba4. I would like to continue to provide backwards > > compatibility with our existing authentication service. In > > OpenLDAP, users are all contained inside the People organizational > > unit and referenced by uid, for example: > > dn: uid=myuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com > > > > When using samba-tool to add a user, it places the user inside of > > the Users cn, and references the user via its cn entry rather than > > via uid: > > dn: cn=myuser,cn=Users,dc=example,dc=com > > > > Is there any Samba4 or AD reason why I need to use > > cn=myuser,cn=Users,dc=example,dc=com for users, or can I import > > them to uid=username,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com and use this > > organizational structure instead? > You can import them in an OU called People but they will have the rdn > CN > not UID, why is it like that is because we have to be compatible with > the other AD implementation. > > Matthieu > > -- > Matthieu Patou > Samba Team > http://samba.org > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
