[Samba] sambaUnixIdPooldn

[Duncan Brannen]

When you add a new user or group via samba, samba needs to assign it a 
uid / gid   The next available
number can be stored in the ldap server and queried/updated by samba.

I create my users / groups outside of samba and so don't use it so I'm 
not sure exactly
what should go here.  There's a sambaUnixIdPool object class in the 
samba.schema
which could hold these values and by the look of the example, I'm 
guessing that objectClass
will be added to your sambaDomain object in the ldap server.

If you do an ldap search on your server for '(sambaDomain=*)' you should 
see your domain and
it should have objectclass sambaDomain and objectClass sambaUnixIdPool

the dn of this entry is where you're telling smbldap.conf to store the 
uid / gid numbers.

Hope this helps

          Duncan

listserv.traffic at sloop.net wrote:
> Quick question:
>
> In the Samba-by-example, (Chapter 5, Page 188 of PDF)
>
> ---quote---
> 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"
>
> ---quote---
>
> I don't understand what the purpose is, or more precisely what it is
> this accomplishes. Could someone explain it to me?
>
> I'm making good progress, but still hashing things out.
>
> TIA
> -Greg
>
>