Viewing local groups

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Marc Kaplan wrote:

> All:
> 
> In previous Alpha versions of Samba, if I tried to add an ACE to the ACL in
> workgroup mode via an XP, NT4, or 2k client I would see both the local
> groups in /etc/passwd, and the local users in the smbpasswd file. Now, in
> the beta and RC series, I'm only seeing the local users in this dialog. 
> 
> Is anybody else experiencing this? If so is there a new parameter that I'm
> missing?
> 
> IMO supporting local groups in ACLs is something that Samba needs to
> support.

Marc,  I already commented on this in bugzilla, but for everyone else,
here's the scoop.  The only groups that will show up are ones for which a 
group mapping entry exists.  Thsi is by design,




cheers, jerry
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