[Samba] username aliases?

[wes]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:48 PM, D Parker <drp at iest.hampshire.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 01:54:53PM -0800, wes wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:29 PM, D Parker <drp at iest.hampshire.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:58:49AM -0800, wes wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is it possible to specify aliases for the username, so that a user
> can
> > > > choose any 1 of several names to log in with?
> > > >
> > > > Like let's say we have my name as a username, "Wesley". But what I if
> I
> > > want
> > > > to be very lazy and only sign in with "wes"? And I would like to have
> the
> > > > option of using either. And if I change any attribute of one alias,
> it's
> > > all
> > > > stored in the same place, so it should take effect for the other
> aliases.
> > > > So, if I log in as "wesley" and change my password, I should be able
> to
> > > log
> > > > out and log back in as "wes" with the new password I set for
> "wesley".
> > >
> > > Hi Wes,
> > >
> > > Check out the "username map" parameter in the smb.conf man page -- it
> > > should allow you to do exactly what you describe.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the tip. I have entered username map=/etc/samba/users.map into
> > smb.conf, and this is the contents of users.map:
> >
> > wesley=wes
> >
> > but, I am unable to log in with "wes" - it gives me the authentication
> > failed message. I have checked the logs, and it gives the same error as
> if I
> > had entered an incorrect username.
> >
> > I'm sorry, but I failed to mention in my first post that I am using samba
> as
> > a domain controller, with ldap integration. Will that break the username
> map
> > functionality?
>
> Hi Wes,
>
> Forgive me if I'm stating the obvious, but make sure you restart Samba
> after changing the configuration file.
>
> Is the server you're authenticating to the domain controller or a domain
> member server?  If it's the domain controller, the username map should
> be applied before authenticating.  If it's a domain member, the map is
> applied after the user has been authenticated by the domain controller.
> I don't think the controller will apply its local username map in that
> situation, though.
>
> Dan
>

Yes, I am restarting samba between each attempt with /etc/init.d/samba
restart.

I am trying to auth to a member machine.

Maybe I should be looking for a way to do this in the ldap server?

-wes