[Samba] Re: Groupmapping doesn't work

[John H Terpstra]

On Tuesday 12 October 2004 05:05, jamrock wrote:
> I could never get group mapping to work.  After reading Samba 3 by example,
> I realized that I needed to migrate the relevant groups from /etc/group  to
> LDAP.
>
> I have set up a few servers since then and have not had any problems.
>
> I use the migration tools from padl.com to migrate the /etc/group entries
> to LDAP.  I only migrate the ones I need to map to Windows groups. See
> http://www.padl.com/OSS/MigrationTools.html
>
> This is clearly stated in Samba 3 by example but I did not see it in the
> Official Samba 3 How To.

Please provide a documentation patch, or else clearly indicate what needs to 
be updated and your fixes will be applied. Please don't just tell us what to 
fix but rather give us an update that we can add.

Thanks.

- John T.

>
>
> "Tilo Lutz" <TiloLutz at gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:25962.1097319267 at www5.gmx.net...
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I got a problem with groupmapping. It doesn't work correct:
> >
> > Wilma2:/home/root # net groupmap list | grep 512
> > Domain Admins (S-1-5-21-3371203057-3264423045-2392767973-512) -> domadm
> >
> > ldapsearch -x cn=domadm:
> > # domadm, groups, wms-hn.de
> > dn: cn=domadm,ou=groups,dc=my-domain
> > objectClass: posixGroup
> > objectClass: sambaGroupMapping
> > cn: domadm
> > gidNumber: 65669
> > memberUid: tilo
> > sambaSID: S-1-5-21-3371203057-3264423045-2392767973-512
> > sambaGroupType: 2
> > displayName: Domain Admins
> > description: Domain Admins
> >
> >
> > The problem is "tilo" doesn't have any administrator rights.
> >
> > Any idea whats wrong? I use samba 3.0.7
> >
> > Cheers Tilo
> >
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John H Terpstra
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Author:
The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556
Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216
Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971
OpenLDAP by Example, ISBN: 0131488732
Other books in production.