[Samba] Patch to Set RFC2307 attributes in samba-tool create user <username> --uid-number=501

[Rowland Penny]

On 12/11/13 21:32, Werthmuller, Derek wrote:
> I'm using sernet samba 4.0.11 on Centos 6 and don't see the capabilities to add some of the RFC2307 attributes that make Linux UID/GID mapping easier in the sernet version of the samba-tool.
> The patch is mentioned on this list last year under:  https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2012-September/169300.html
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> Some threads on the net refer to this capability found in newer versions of samba 4.0.9.  I'm interested in creating accounts like:
> -bash-4.1$ sudo /usr/bin/samba-tool  user add <usersname> --uid-number=5000 gid-number=5000 home-directory=/exports/users/<usersname> login-shell=/bin/bash
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> Are different versions of the samba-tool back word compatible?  I wondering if I can download the latest samba sources and just use the samba-tool components against my samba4 ADC.
> Installed version of the Samba-tool reports;
> -bash-4.1$ /usr/bin/samba-tool --version
> 4.0.11-SerNet-RedHat-7.el6
>
> Thanks
>                  Derek
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Yes, if you do not want to upgrade, you can do what you suggest, you need:

samba-4.1.0/python/samba/samdb.py
samba-4.1.0/python/samba/netcmd/user.py

as a minimum.

Rowland