become domain admin

Ralf Thater Ralf.Thater at alcatel.de
Fri Nov 19 11:31:25 GMT 1999


Hello,

I (try to) use Samba21-prealpha (downloaded on 15.11.)
as PDC on HP-UX 10.20 with NT clients.

One question:
How I can configure an account as a domain admin?
Regarding NTDOM-FAQ I add in

smb.conf:
  3 group map entries:
   domain group map = /usr/local/samba/lib/domaingroup.map :
        adm="Domain Admins"
   local group map  = /usr/local/samba/lib/localgroup.map
        wheel=BUILTIN\Administrators
   domain user map  = /usr/local/samba/lib/domainuser.map
        user01=Administrator

Local UNIX groups "adm" and "wheel" contains "user01".


Join my NT Client to samba domain "SAMBADOM"; OK
Logon as SAMBADOM\Administrator or SAMBADOM\user01:
In Logfile: log.{client_name}
...
[1999/11/19 11:17:38, 0] smbd/uid.c:(370)
  ERROR: become root depth is non zero
[1999/11/19 11:17:38, 0] smbd/uid.c:(390)
  ERROR: unbecome root depth is 0
...
what happens?


Become local Admin seems OK.

Become domain Admin failed:  WHY ??
 The NT Reskit tool: "ifmember /list"   returns:
        User is a member of group SAMBADOM\xyz.
        User is a member of group \Everyone.
        User is a member of group BUILTIN\Administrators.
        User is a member of group SAMBADOM\Domain Admins.
        User is a member of group NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE.
        User is a member of group NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users.

  Domain tools don't work:
  poledit-New Policy-Add User-Browse-List Names From "SAMBADOM" :
        ErrorMessage:
        "Unable to browse the selected domain because the following
error
         occured. Not enough storage is available to process this
command".
  usrmgr:
        "Not enough storage is available to process this command"
  srvmgr:
        seems ok  ???

There should no recource problem on my NT Client because I can
administer our other (native) NT domain.

When I use Properties of any (NTFS) file:
     -Security-Permissions-Add:
        shows all UNIX groups, expect "adm" and "wheel"
        shows also group "Domain Admins", select Members...
                listed Members of UNIX group "adm",
                    INCLUDING "user01",  OK

Any ideas's ?

Thanks in advance, Ralf





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