[Samba] inetOrgPerson vs. sambaSidEntry for Computer accounts
in LDAP
Spencer
samba at aib.com
Thu Feb 12 20:06:45 GMT 2004
Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> Spencer wrote:
> | I am looking at my computer accounts that were created using
> | smbldap-useradd.pl -w workstationname. And I see the following
> | objectClasses:
> | top
> | inetOrgPerson
> | posixAccount
> | sambaSamAccount
> |
> | I understand I need one structural objectClass, but don't
> | understand why inetOrgPerson is being used. Couldn't I
> | use sambaSidEntry instead? sambaSidEntry is structural, and
> | only requires sambaSID.
>
> it is by convention since a user normally has other
> attributes that are desiured such as email, telephone number,
> etc...
>
I understand using inetOrgPerson for my user accounts, but for the
computer accounts seems a little strange.
Its not going to break anything changing from inetOrgPerson to
sambaSidEntry will it? Solely for the computer accounts.
Spencer
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