[Samba] Domain SID vs. Local SID on Domain Controller & SID requirements

Linda Walsh samba at tlinx.org
Tue Sep 15 23:29:28 MDT 2009


simo wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 11:42 -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>> IF a samba server is setup to be a domain controller, should
>> it's local SID = the domain SID?
> 
> yes the PDC exports the "local SAM" as the "domain SAM"
> (the SAM is the DB where user information is stored including SIDs)
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excellent!


>> If I have a simple setup, and want a sid I can remember can I
>> just make it 'short'?
> 
> No, users SID are composed of Domain SID + RID, the Domain SID part is
> identical for all domain user and is generated once by the PDC at
> installation time.
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Sorry -- my fault -- I wasn't clear, I meant setting the the 
Domain SID (Net setdomainsid S-1-5-21-1-2-3).
Sounds like the answer is yes...it can be any 32-bit int in those fields.


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