ldap filter and man page [WAS Re: [Samba] My story installing Samba-LDAP PDC (it has a happy ending)

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Beast wrote:

> If I did not set "ldap filter" then according man page 
 > (smb.conf) it will be:
> 
>  Default: ldap filter = (&(uid=%u)(objectclass=sambaAccount))

The ldap filter parameter is irrelavant in some searches (such as the 
idmap backend ldap searches and the gourp mapping lookups).

> Also man page for smb.conf(5) in samba-3.0.2rc1 is 
 > truncated, only 1 page long, at least in srpm package.

Hmmm...it's fine in the tarball.  And it's fine in the RH SRPM.
Something wrong your system ?

> fyi, I've tried 3.0.2rc1 without setting 'ldap filter' in 
 > smb.conf and put computer account under ou=computer and
 > it able to add machine.  Any strong reason to not putting
 > computer account different than user accounts?

It's not real since nss_ldap still has locate the posixAccount
for the computer.




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