[Samba] Adding users with ldif file

[RhineDevil]

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 12:36:58 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
> On 16/07/2020 12:22, RhineDevil wrote:
> > Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:45:19 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
> >> On 16/07/2020 11:24, RhineDevil wrote:
> >>> Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:56:58 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
> >>>> On 16/07/2020 10:39, RhineDevil wrote:
> >>>>> Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:31:04 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
> >>>>>> On 16/07/2020 10:14, RhineDevil via samba wrote:
> >>>>>>> How could I add users and groups using ldif files without interacting with samba-tool?
> >>>>>> You will need to write your own scripts around ldapmodify or ldbmodify.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Rowland
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Yes but what fields are required and what autogenerated?
> >>>>> Could I have a basic example?
> >>>> It depends on whether we are talking about pure Windows users & groups
> >>>> or Unix users & groups. I suppose it also depends on where you are going
> >>>> to administrate them from.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can I ask what is wrong with using samba-tool ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Rowland
> >>>>
> >>> AFAIK doesn't allow full 1:1 export about gecos, shell and various things from /etc/ flat files
> >>> We're talking about Unix users and groups, but made in a way that they're both available in the AD and in NIS. This obviously takes as requirement that RFC2307 was enabled during installation
> >> No it doesn't, first, all the RFC2307 attributes are available from the
> >> standard AD schema, what isn't installed is the ldif required by IDMU.
> >> Secondly, samba-tool can add the required RFC2307 attributes when you
> >> create a user or group, you just need to add the required switches to
> >> the command. See 'samba-tool user create --help' and 'samba-tool group
> >> add --help' for more info and examples.
> >>
> >> Rowland
> >>
> > What's IDMU?
> Identity Management for UNIX or what gave you the Unix attribute tabs on 
> ADUC (Active Directory Users & Computers)
> > Yeah I knew how to add RFC2307 support, didn't explain well
> > Seen right now the samba-tool user create options, they look nice, maybe migration would be more easy than I thought
> >
> > And about other data normally supported by a full schema like /etc/aliases /etc/fstab (potentially) /etc/hosts, /etc/networks, /etc/protocols, /etc/rpc, /etc/services and /etc/netgroup?
> 
> That would be NIS, you do not need NIS, but if you do and can make it 
> work, you will need to add the ypServ30.ldif
> 
> Rowland
> 
(Maybe) last question, how do I purge samba databases?
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