editable databases

[Stephen Waters]

Schlomo Schapiro wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> the fact that I have smbpasswd as a text file that I can change by hand
> (or script) is THE ONLY REASON for me to move to Samba. I have to install
> classrooms with NT WS via imaging and only because I can copy the password
> hash entrys between workstation accounts I can install my NT classes 100%
> automatically. Please don't loose that edge over MS !

if there is a database for this information, perhaps something along the
lines of pgdump (PostgreSQL dump database command) would be useful...

# smbdbdump dump.txt
# vi dump.txt
# smbdbload dump.txt

> PS: What I really would like to see is some kind of "collect mode" for
> workstation accounts, e.g. I set a flag in the PDC and then it accepts all
> WS logins with the password THEY send ( or the hash value) and keeps it
> for further logons. Thus registering workstations will be easy, just open
> up the PDC, boot all clients, lock the PDC and all clients are
> registered. This will also save us from doing the smbpasswd -a -m WS. I am
> suggestion this mode not as standard mode of operation, but for bigger
> installations that have to register many clients  automatically.
> 
> Schlomo
> 
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Peter Svensson wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Elrond wrote:
> >
> > > > > Well, I like to do funny things, like comment out users,
> > > >
> > > > oo! *wobble*makes me go jittery at the knees just tinking about it.
> > >
> > > *grin*
> > >
> > > You never saw sysadmins adding users by editing /etc/passwd
> > > directly? Well... I'm one of these. ;)
> >
> > Isn't that why we use samba instead of NT? :-)
> >
> > (Actually, for us it sort of is the reason - we grew tired of mysterious
> >  databases that weren't vi-able)