[Samba] Howto for manage unix data with ADUC

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:55:22 +0000 Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 
> On 10/12/13 16:51, Stéphane PURNELLE wrote:
> > What is a guinea pig?
> >
> > What OS you ask :
> >
> > The DC : Suse Linux
> > The file/print server : Suse Linux
> >
> > Samba 4 work on microsoft windows, it's a joke ?
> >
> > I know how to add unix tab, but is the other part of the configuration 
> > that I need some information.
> >
> > have a nice day
> >
> > -----------------------------------
> > Stéphane PURNELLE         Admin. Systèmes et Réseaux
> > Service Informatique       Corman S.A.     Tel : 00 32 (0)87/342467
> >
> > Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny at googlemail.com> wrote on 10/12/2013 17:47:17:
> >
> > > De : Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny at googlemail.com>
> > > A : Stéphane PURNELLE <stephane.purnelle at corman.be>, 
> > samba at lists.samba.org,
> > > Date : 10/12/2013 17:47
> > > Objet : Re: [Samba] Howto for manage unix data with ADUC
> > >
> > > On 10/12/13 16:40, Stéphane PURNELLE wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > My tests on DC server and File/print server have some problem with 
> > account
> > > > management...
> > > >
> > > > user access right on home share is very strange.
> > > >   if we use ADUC and home share (not homes) for new user, it work.
> > > >
> > > > All howto in samba's wiki ask administrator to use windows tools for
> > > > manage users and groups and share like home share
> > > >
> > > > so... I know that is possible to add unix tab on aduc (already done).
> > > > adding and view unix data is OK, but my question is what must file 
> > I must
> > > > add to samba for NIS server (for example) and where can I 
> > configure xID
> > > > range ?
> > > >
> > > > I know that there are some peoples here who have this view with 
> > ADUC (if
> > > > aduc do like that... samba-tool must do in same way)  :-))
> > > >
> > > > So anyone have a good howto ?
> > > > If samba team want to have the same view for management, a howto about
> > > > aduc, rsat, unix tab ans nis server become a good think for me...
> > > >
> > > > anyone for write a howto ?
> > > > thx
> > > >
> > > >          Stéphane Purnelle
> > > >
> > > > -----------------------------------
> > > > Stéphane PURNELLE           Admin. Systèmes et Réseaux
> > > > Service Informatique       Corman S.A.         Tel : 00 32 
> > (0)87/342467
> > > Hi, I might just be the 'some people' you refer to ;-)
> > >
> > > What OS does your server run? does it have a gtk based GUI and do you
> > > feel like being a guinea pig?
> > >
> > > Rowland
> > >
> Boy, you sure are touchy, but I repeat, do you feel like helping me by 
> being a guinea pig and testing something? only problem is it only runs 
> on a GTK based desktop.

Most GTK programs will run on *any* (UNIX/Linux) desktop. I run GnuCash,
Gimp, and some others on a NON-GTK based desktop (actually I don't run any
sort of desktop manager at all, just 'bare' FVWM on my CentOS system. GTK
programs run just fine.

I am pretty sure SUSE has some sort of GUI user-management tool.  I don't know 
how it is integrated with Samba, but if Samba is properly setup to use UNIX 
accounts, then that should not be a problem.

Actually, since both the server and client are UNIX/Linux based, samba is not 
really needed.  For example, if the CUPS server on the print server machine is 
set up to 'share' and the CUPS server on the client(s) are set up to browse 
shared printers, then printer sharing can completely bypass samba -- this is 
simplier way to share printers amoungst UNIX/Linux machines (and this includes 
MacOSX).  In many ways using NFS+Automount can work better as a way to share 
files amoungst UNIX/Linux machines as well.

> 
> Rowland
> 

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