On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 23:39, Jerome Pramondon wrote: > Andrew Bartlett wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 02:17:33PM +0200, Jerome Pramondon wrote: > > > > > ok, I knew I could it this way (that suppose I already have users in the > > > directory), but what if I want to have separate entries for users and > > > samba account in the directory ? > > > > > Don't do this. Firstly, there is no point - LDAP is about grouping > > these things togeather, not spitting data apart - and secondly, you > > can't take advantage of intergration features like this... > Ok, so if I understand you clearly, your advise is : > - first to have a user admin interface to put users in the directory > (with inetOrgPerson to access to the userPassword attribute), > - then use the smbpasswd command, which first look for the user in the > directory then modify it to be Samba-ready. > Am I right ?
Yes. This is the correct way to add users, particularly when you have external administrative applications, and additional user attributes. Andrew Bartlett -- 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
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