[Samba] Identically named users and groups

[Michael Gasch]

ok,  understand :)

i just wanted to find out the way samba would solve this issue if 
there´s a user and a group with the same name. if i´d ever face this 
problem, i would rename either of them.

thx!
micha

Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 11:02:24AM +0200, Michael Gasch wrote:
>> well, this was kind of mind game:
>> i have a samba PDC with a group test and a user test. this works fine 
>> for the DC (tested). how would samba on a member solve this issue, if 
>> smbclient connects (no windows involved)?
> 
> Sorry to say it, but if you definitely need this, then the
> Windows authentication protocol is not what you can use.
> You will need to find other mechanisms like ldap to
> authenticate/authorize your users.
> 
> Volker

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