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

[Andrew Gaffney]

tbey at tbey.com wrote:
> 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.

You've got the wrong option. That option allows the specified users to connect as if they 
were root on that share. It is not the same as the 'domain admin group' option in 2.2.x.

-- 
Andrew Gaffney