[Samba] Re: adding machines to the domain with Samba 3.0.0

[tbey at tbey.com]

Try using the following attribute in the smb.conf:

>>>>admin users (S)
>>>>This is a list of users who will be granted administrative privileges
>>>>on the share. This means that they will do all file operations as
the >>>>super-user (root).

>>>>You should use this option very carefully, as any user in this list
>>>>will be able to do anything they like on the share, irrespective
of >>>>file permissions.

>>>>Default: no admin users

>>>>Example: admin users = jason

You may want to use:

admin users = @domainadmins

This will allow any user in the domainadmins group join machines to the
domain.



> WinXperts wrote:
>> domain admins group is not supported in samba 3, you will need to map
>> windows groups to linux/unix groups using the NET command.
>
> I know. I said that was how I had it working in 2.2.8. Below that, I had
> the results of
> 'net groupmap list' which showed both 'Domain Admins' and 'Administrators'
> mapped to the
> 'domainadmins' group which contained 'root'.
>
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