[Samba] username aliases?

[D Parker]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 08:23:19PM -0800, wes wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:48 PM, D Parker <drp at iest.hampshire.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 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?

Hi Wes,

Aliases are possible with OpenLDAP:

	http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1111.html


I can't predict how well it would work with Samba and Windows, though.

Good luck!

Dan