Anyone? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Ross Saad > Sent: Thursday, 15 January 2004 9:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Samba] Queries regarding domain groups > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to understand the way Samba maps groups to Windows. > > Linux version 2.4.17 (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux > 7.1 2.96-98)) > Samba Version 2.2.7a > > Basically, what I'm trying to do involves setting up certain groups on the > Windows domain and assigning them to users. > Using VB and ADSI, I can get a list of all groups and all users on the > domain. However, it doesn't seem possible to create groups on the > domain or > to retrieve a user's groups. > > I understand that groups and group info on the server are stored in > /etc/group. Some of these groups are in the list that I can retrieve, > together with some Windows groups, eg. Print Operators. Where do > the Windows > groups come from? > > In /etc/group it seems as though users have been assigned to groups, but I > can't retrieve a user's group(s) from Windows. Also, I notice that our > smb.conf doesn't have a section for domain admin group or domain guest > group. Would it help my cause from Windows to add these in? How > can I assign > domain administrator that will be recognised through Windows and will this > administrator be able to perform my intent? > > Is it possible to achieve any of this given the system over here? > I've read > that Samba 3 has new support for Windows group mapping, although I'm not > sure if group creation and administration will be possible > through Windows. > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Ross > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >
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