[Samba] net ads user info .vs. wbinfo -g ?

[John McNulty]

That's really useful thanks.

John

On 21 June 2011 12:25, Robert Freeman-Day <presgas at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 06/20/2011 12:44 PM, John McNulty wrote:
> > The group names from these two commands display differently.   For
> example:
> >
> > $  net ads user info my-name -U my-name
> >  .
> >  .
> > Systems Engineering EU
> >
> >
> > $ wbinfo -g
> >  .
> >  .
> > systemsengineeringeu.write
> >
> >
> > Why is this different?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John
>
> John,
>
> The "net" command is a close relative to the "net" command for windows.
>  It will display information in a format more like windows or ldap-like
> output.
>
> If you do this type of "net" command on your samba install:
>
> net ads search "(SAMAccountName=adusername)" -P
>
> you will get all the entries from active directory, similar to the
> output from ADSIedit.  The "-P" allows you to use your samba machine's
> credentials (if it is joined to the domain).
>
> net ads search "(&(objectCategory=computer)(name=*rhel*))" -P
>
> Allows ldap-like searching.
>
> "wbinfo" and "winbindd" allow translation from windows account formats
> to unix-like account formats.  This is why the outputs are different.
>
> If you were to do a "getent passwd aduser" you will get a direct entry
> that is as if it was from /etc/passwd.  It is actually getting info from
> "winbindd" and translating it on the fly.
>
> Hope that helps differentiate them.
>
> Robert
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