[Samba] Is it possible to change the root/Administrator user to another username?

[Paul Griffith]

Hi Andrew,

The 'username map' option isn't exactly what I am looking for. That 
doesn't solve my issue. We have a home grown backend with a custom Samba 
plugin. The original writer has moved on and I am faced with solving a 
issue that might be solved if I could replace Samba query for the root 
user with something else. At least that what it looks like from where I 
am sitting.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Best Regards,
Paul


On 11/15/2012 12:49 AM, Andrew Galdes wrote:
> Are you looking for "/etc/samba/smbusers"?
>
>     root = administrator admin
>
> -Andrew Galdes
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Paul Griffith <paulg at cse.yorku.ca
> <mailto:paulg at cse.yorku.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Greetings Samba users,
>
>     In the process of setting up Samba, one of the item you need to need
>     is add a root user to the samba password database.
>
>     I was wondering if it is possible to change the name of the Samba
>     root/Administrator user to another user, like smbroot ?
>
>     I checked the 'username map' option in the man pages, but it doesn't
>     appear to do what I want. From the man page it appears that I can
>     map UNIX to Windows mappings. I was hoping to find something that
>     says 'use smbroot instead of root'.
>
>     Best Regards,
>     Paul
>
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