How to add machine accounts?

[Burch, Phil]

Here is my add account perl script; hope it helps

#!/usr/bin/perl
$mname = shift();
($mname eq "") && die("ERROR: No workstation name specified!\n");
print "Beginning Account Creation for $mname..\n";
(open(PASSWD, "/etc/passwd")) || die("Failed to open /etc/passwd\n");
while (<PASSWD>){
	@entry = split(/:/);
	$users{$entry[0]} = 1;
	$numbers{$entry[2]} = 1;
}
close PASSWD;

foreach (keys(%users)){
	($_ eq $mname) && die("Account already exists!\n");
}	

# find first free uid (starting at 10010)
$nuid = 10010;
while(defined($numbers{$nuid})) {
        $nuid ++;
}

print "Adding Account $mname:$nuid.\n";
system("useradd -u $nuid -d /dev/null -g machines -s /bin/False -M
$mname\$");
system("smbpasswd -a -m $mname");
print "Account: $mname Created.\n";

#END

(I made a group for machines, you may not want the -g machines in useradd,
you may also want to start at a lower number for user id's I just like to
keep the machine accounts seperate)

Phil Burch
Computing Services
North Seattle Community College
http://nsccux.sccd.ctc.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Andre Anneck [mailto:andre at anneck.de]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 2:17 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: How to add machine accounts?


Ok... I guess I didnt make myself clear enough.
I have the trailing $ at the machine-accounts name wich is the 
username in the /etc/passwd... 
but when I run smbpasswd it still complains about the account 
would not be existend... ??!!!?!?... 

Here is what I do:
1. Edit /etc/passwd, add the following line:
mypdc$:dummy:1001:1001:test:/dev/nul:/usr/sbin
2. Save /etc/passwd
3. Do at the prompt: 
/usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd -a -m mypdc

And I get this response:
User "mypdc$" was not found in system password file.

What am I missing????

> 
> The users you add in /etc/passwd must be machine accounts. That is, if
> your machine is called dilbert, the account in /etc/passwd must be
> "dilbert$".
> 
> Greg
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg
> Dickie Just A Guy* *from discreet (the logic is gone) Montreal (514)
> 954-7171 greg at discreet.com
> 
> 
> On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Andre Anneck wrote:
> 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I am running FreeBSD 3.1, Samba 2.0.3,
> > 
> > When I try to add a machine account it always gives me
> > "bla <machine_name$> does not exist in system password file" 
> > or something like this, sorry have my box not handy right now.
> > 
> > I edited /etc/passwd
> > And inserted some testusers, referring to those people who already did
> > it... 
> > 
> > I try to add the account with
> > /smbpasswd -a -m <machine_name>
> > 
> > I have read several mails in the archive that claim that it would be as
> > easy as that. Addin a line in /etc/passwd, then using smbpasswd with
> > options a, m.
> > 
> > I think I missed something so obvious I cant see it... please open my
> > eyes... I would like to have the Samba Box to be my PDC... *sniff*.
> > 
> > 
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> 


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