[Samba] Clarification of 'administrator' config w/ldap

[jeff sacksteder]

As you say, I see 'root = administrator' in smbuser, but I am still
unable to authenticate as administrator. During the authentication
attempt the following log entry is recorded-

check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [administrator] ->
[administrator] FAILED with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER

 I believe that I need to use make an entry with pdbedit linking the
domain admin sid to root.
However, trying that produces-

smbldap_search_domain_info: Searching
for:[(&(objectClass=sambaDomain)(sambaDomainName=MYDOMAIN))]
smbldap_open_connection: connection opened
Username not found!

So what more do I need to add?

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Adam Williams
<awilliam at mdah.state.ms.us> wrote:
> root is mapped to windows Administrator account in /etc/samba/smbusers.
>  however, since samba 3.0.11 you can make anyone a domain administrator (to
> add machine accounts, install software, etc) see
> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/rights.html for
> more info.
>
> jeff sacksteder wrote:
>>
>> I have a mostly working config with the ldap backend, at least from
>> the standpoint of standard domain users, but I'm not sure how my
>> Administrator user needs to be configured. The os 'root' user is in
>> /etc/passwd and all my normal users are in the directory for unified
>> login purposes. Is the domain 'Administrator' account supposed to
>> correspond to 'root' in the os, 'Manager' in the directory, or a just
>> a privileged user in the directory?
>>
>