[Samba] domain users in local groups with Winbind/Samba/Redhat

[Buchan Milne]

> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:37:53 +0100 (MET)
> From: Matthias Rutzki <mrutzki at gmx.de>
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> Subject: [Samba] domain users in local groups with Winbind/Samba/Redhat
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> Hi,
> 
> I am running a Samba 2.2.7a on Redhat 7.3 in a NT domain. For authentication
> I am using the domainusers.This is done by Winbind 2.2.7a which verifies the
> existens of the users on the PDC. So I dont't have to create local users
> (/etc/passwd) for users who want to connect to the shares in the smb.conf.
> I authorise them by adding valid users = domain+domainuser to the smb.conf.
> This works very well.
> Now my problem:
> By writing valid users = @localgroup or +localgroup 
> I can authorise local groups (/etc/group) to connect to the shares.
> Now I want to add the domainusers to some local groups.Putting the
> domainusers in groups should save much time because otherwise I have to add each
> domainuser for every share seperatly.
> E.g. valid users = domain1+domainuser domain2+domainuser2....
> I have tried it with: usermod -g localgroup domain+domainuser
> which ends in this message: usermod: domain+domainuser not found /etc/passwd
> I know this is message is right because there is no domainuser in
> /etc/passwd. But how can I assort the domainusers?
> Is there a way to use groups of domainusers who are verified by winbind in
> the smb.conf?
> 

valid users = @localgroup @'Domain1+group1'



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