USRMGR.EXE and SAMBA (main branch NOT SAMBA_2_0)

[Gerald Carter]

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> 
> other issues: NT groups can own files.  why?  because a SID is 
> a SID.
> 
> this implies that if we want the same functionality in 
> Samba that a unix userid needs to be created with the same 
> name as a unix group, with no unix shell or password.  
> then this "user", which will represent an NT group, will be 
> able to own a file / directory.  

Luke,

Since Unix has group ownership, why couldn't you use it and the 
group permission bits for this?  Why need to create a bogus 
user?




j-
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                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
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