[Samba] struggling with smbldap_tools

[tom burkart]

Quoting Michael Gasch <gasch at eva.mpg.de>:

> i have a question related to smbldap_tools and the docs in "Chapter 6. 
> Making Happy Users" item 4:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Edit the /etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap.conf file so that the following 
> information is changed from:
> 
> # Where to store next uidNumber and gidNumber available
> sambaUnixIdPooldn="cn=NextFreeUnixId,${suffix}"
> 
> 
>   to read, after modification:
> 
> # Where to store next uidNumber and gidNumber available
> #sambaUnixIdPooldn="cn=NextFreeUnixId,${suffix}"
> sambaUnixIdPooldn="sambaDomainName=MEGANET2,dc=abmas,dc=biz"
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> why do i have to change from "cn=NextFree..." to "sambaDomainName=" ???
> the default setting ("cn=NextFree...") is working for me (except of some 
> trouble with umlauts in groupnames)
> 
> why does the documentation mention this change?
> could you please point me to the solution?
It may be useful to combine these, but your sambaDomainName must also have the
sambaUnixIdPool objectclass for this to work else the smbldap tools will not
find it.


tom