[Samba] Re: LDAP violation ?
Andrew Bartlett
abartlet at samba.org
Thu Apr 22 09:08:48 GMT 2004
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 23:39, Jerome Pramondon wrote:
> Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 02:17:33PM +0200, Jerome Pramondon wrote:
> >
> > > ok, I knew I could it this way (that suppose I already have users in the
> > > directory), but what if I want to have separate entries for users and
> > > samba account in the directory ?
> > >
> > Don't do this. Firstly, there is no point - LDAP is about grouping
> > these things togeather, not spitting data apart - and secondly, you
> > can't take advantage of intergration features like this...
> Ok, so if I understand you clearly, your advise is :
> - first to have a user admin interface to put users in the directory
> (with inetOrgPerson to access to the userPassword attribute),
> - then use the smbpasswd command, which first look for the user in the
> directory then modify it to be Samba-ready.
> Am I right ?
Yes.
This is the correct way to add users, particularly when you have
external administrative applications, and additional user attributes.
Andrew Bartlett
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Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team abartlet at samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College abartlet at hawkerc.net
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