[Samba] Re: Net rpc user add and the "-F" flag.

[Nicolas Costes]

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Le jeudi 8 Juillet 2004 18:39, Paul Gienger a écrit :

> Maybe the man pages on unix are different from the ones online, but I
> doubt it.  I used the web page
> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages.html as a start.

Ok, i'll check that.

> Maybe a more complete example of what you're trying to get at is in
> order... Are you trying to set the contents of those fields or create
> the directories that will correspond to them?

Well, I think I haven't explained it correctly, sorry.

So, I've got 2 servers. One runs NT (Maybe 2K and AD in a few months) and is 
our PDC. The other is running Linux+Samba, and is a file server using 
Winbind and "security=domain".
Last year, I created the users account with a crappy DOS + NtResKit batch 
script on the PDC (From a text file containing names), then exported the 
text file to the Samba file server to process it with a bash script to 
create the homedirs, setting permissions, etc... Thank the winbind bringing 
NT account into Linux. Fine.
Now, this year, i'm trying to create these accounts ONLY from the Samba file 
server, using net rpc commands. I managed to create accounts on the NT 
domain, as I said, but they are a little... Empty ;-) -> No password set, 
no HomeDrive, no HomePath, no ProfilePath,...

So, maybe I can "fill the fields" of the NT accounts remotely, using some 
samba commands ?

And, definitely, my PDC is the NT one, not the Samba server (That would have 
been easier, huh ? ;-)).

> If the former, you probably want pdbedit with an option like so:
>
> -h homedir
>
>     This option can be used while adding or modifing a user account. It
>     will specify the user's home directory network path.
>
>     Example: *-h "\\\\BERSERKER\\sorce"*
>
> If the latter, why not just use the script you're apparently trying to
> write to create the directory? If it's on a different machine, use an
> ssh command.  If it's on a windows box, you could probably smbmount the
> parent and then create the dir.  Maybe after a clearer explanation it
> will make sense, but for now it sounds like you're trying to use a
> hammer to turn in a screw.

No, don't worry, it isn't the case ;-)
And I guess that pdbedit only woks on the local Samba machine when it is the 
PDC... ?

Btw, thanks :-)

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