[Samba] Help with Remote Desktop Users group with Samba PDC

[Hugo Monteiro]

>
> Hello,
>
> I have a Samba PDC chugging away, one of the clients is a Windows 2003
> Server machine with Remote Desktop enabled. Regular users can log in to
> the 2003 Server just fine *if they are at the actual computer*.
>
> Now, I want people to be able to log on to this machine (authenticated by
> the Samba PDC) over Remote Desktop. Right now, when I try to log on over
> Remote Desktop, I get this error from Windows:
>
> "To log on to this remote computer, you must be granted 'Allow lon on
> through Terminal Services' right. By defualt, members of the 'Remote
> Desktop Users' group have this right. If you are not a member of the
> Remote Desktop Users group or another group ... etc. etc. etc."
>
>
> So... how do I tell my Samba PDC that my users are members of this group?
> I can add users to the Domain Admins group, Domain Users group, etc., but
> I *don't have* a Remote Desktop Users group, and am unsure how to add it,
> what the sambaSID for this group should be, etc.
>


You don't. You add the domain users group to the 2003 server local remote
desktop users group.


Cheers,

Hugo Monteiro.