[Samba] Group mapping... static ???
Gerald (Jerry) Carter
jerry at samba.org
Fri Aug 8 06:11:20 GMT 2003
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Ganael LAPLANCHE wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm testing group mapping, wondering how It works exactly...
> I thought Samba was storing a mapping table allowing to retreive infos on
> Unix/Windows groups in a DYNAMIC way. Unfortunately, group mapping seems to
> be static, here is what I did :
net groupmap sets up static mappings. winbindd can assign mappings
between group SIDs and gids dynamtically.
> Here is what I don't understand : If I delete the groupmapping or modify
> it, the SambaPrimaryGroupSid of foo isn't modified ! Foo remains a
> Domain User... Another example : if I create first the user, then the
> mapping : the user doens't get the new SambaPrimaryGroupSid and doesn't
> become a Domain User...
>
> Am I missing something ? Is the mapping only used while creating users ?
> I thought the table was used in a more dynamic way... Is there a
> technical limit in implementing this function this way ? Please help
> me...
For now you just have to make sure to clean up both entries.
Sorry. It's on the todo list somewhere to fix.
cheers, jerry
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