[Samba] Multiple email addresses for user accounts

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri,  3 Nov 2023 15:46:07 +0000
Willi Schiegel via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> 
> On 11/3/23 16:29, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> > On Fri,  3 Nov 2023 15:13:22 +0000
> > Willi Schiegel via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello to all,
> >>
> >> how can I have multiple email addresses / aliases for an account? I
> >> can only set one address with samba-tool's mail-address (mail is a
> >> single value attribute) and mailAternativeAddress is not found in
> >> the schemata.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> Willi
> >>
> > 
> > Isn't 'mailAlternativeAddress' an LDAP attribute ?
> > I think you use the 'otherMailbox' attribute on AD.
> 
> Perfect, that's it! Will there possibly be a multi valued option for 
> samba-tool for otherMailbox(es)? Can you point me to some
> documentation how to script account changes after an account has been
> created?
> 

There is always the possibility of additions to samba-tool, someone
just needs to write them.

As for documentation, this is a bit subjective, what script language
for instance.

But it basically boils down to (if adding to an existing user):

First check the user exists.
Next check if the user already has the 'otherMailbox' you wish to add.

If everything is okay then create an ldif like this:

dn: CN=AD User,CN=Users,DC=samdom,DC=example,DC=com
changetype: modify
add: otherMailbox
otherMailbox: email at domain.tld
-

That will add an 'otherMailbox' attribute, containing the email address
'email at domain.tld' to the user 'AD User' in the standard Users
container on a DC that is the 'samdom.example.com' dns domain.
To add multiple email addresses, just keep adding the last three lines
(changing the email address).

You can then add the ldif with:

ldbmodify -H ldap://dc1.samdom.example.com -UAdministrator
 /path/to/your/ldif

NOTE: the above ldbmodify command should be all on one line.

Second Note: Obviously, change the sample data with your actual data.

Rowland