On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:56:07PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > Jeremy Allison wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:32:18PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: >> >> >>> Samba wants the machines to have Unix accounts too! I don't recall >>> this behaviour previously, and I note my old server didn't have them >>> - >> >> Samba has *always* behaved this way. >> >> Jeremy. >> >> > Why? I can understand user accounts for the various mappings, but what > is the purpose of having Unix machine accounts? Since my old server > didn't have them (not listed in the /etc/passwd file), it doesn't appear > that they are necessary for Samba to operate.
They are needed for machine accounts, a machine account is a principal just like a user account. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
