[Samba] Need help understanding smbldap-tools and user records

[Markus Schabel]

Jim wrote:
> Why is it that when I use "/usr/share/samba/scripts/smbldap-userad.pl -a 
> Administrator -g dadm" that the group doesn't get changed to dadm? 
> Instead it stays set to the value specified in $_defaultUserGid.  Also, 
> I must say that I find the default of *not* adding a group for the user 
> very counter-intuitive.

Not sure, maybe they add the user Administrator as memberUid to the
group dadm?

> What exactly is the difference between gidNumber and primaryGroupID in a 
> users record?

The gidNumber is the unix/linux-groupID, the primaryGroupID is the ID
used by windows in a domain.

regards
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