mapping from NT users to Unix users. question.

[Paul Rogers]

I personally wouldn't mind which way [homes] is implemented, but I could see
some advantages from a Tech Support / Managers point-of-view that they would
like \\server\ntuser to be the home directory because of *those* internal
support calls saying that my home-directory is called something other than
my nt user name.

Also I think it depends upon who you (samba.org) are aiming Samba TNG at -
just the peeps on this list, or are you planning to capture other linux
admins or Windows -> Linux migrators that may not be on this list. It would
*lessen* the confusion for the newbies, users and even some experienced
samba admins (possibly not).

Then again, it would be extra work for you to do Luke - and it would be
longer before it would be working properly. Hmmmmm... I think it IS
acceptable not to map the usernames, but if we take the fluffyness factor
into consideration - the mapping between NT and UNIX usernames would be
good!

HTH,

Paul Rogers,
Development Analyst.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton [mailto:lkcl at samba.org]
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 7:50 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> Subject: mapping from NT users to Unix users. question.
> 
> 
> hi,
> 
> i have a slight issue to consider.  when giving out home 
> directories, a
> user logs in as "NTuser" and gets mapped to "unixuser", i 
> wonder if it's
> better to return \\server\unixuser as the home directory instead of
> \\server\ntuser.
> 
> the reason is that it will make life a _lot_ simpler when it comes to
> accessing smbd.  i won't have to do _any_ nt to unix mapping 
> to create the
> [homes] section.
> 
> .. but i _will_ still get an authentication request based on 
> NTusername,
> but that's ok in SAMBA_TNG because that's handed off to 
> netlogond to deal
> with, which can do the NTuser to unix user translation (which 
> it just did
> exactly as above when the user logged in!)
> 
> plus, i will get exactly the same user profile back, so i can grab the
> home directory from that, and set up the [homes] share.
> 
> so it all works.
> 
> now.
> 
> my question is, is this acceptable?  do you, the 
> administrators, mind if a
> user logs in as NTusername but actually gets told that their home
> directory is Unixusername?
> 
> or, do you really want user logs in as NTusername and accesses their
> [homes] share as \\server\NTusername?
> 
> which would _you_ prefer?
> 
> luke
> 
> <a href="mailto:lkcl at samba.org"   > Luke Kenneth Casson 
> Leighton    </a>
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> Internals
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