[PATCH] ldap account separation patch
Ignacio Coupeau
icoupeau at unav.es
Thu Jan 17 09:12:03 GMT 2002
> I'm a little reluctant to apply this patch because it adds
> another smb.conf parameter that I really don't think is necessary.
> In my thinking, you can simply design your namespace such that
>
> ou=accounts,.... <- top level for all user/machine accounts
> ou=people,ou=accounts <- users
> ou=computer,ou=accounts <- machine accounts
>
> Now specify
>
> ldap suffix = "ou=account,..."
>
> in smb.conf.
>
> Create the posixAccount entries for machine first in ou=computer,... and
> then the sambaAccount information for each machine simply gets added to
> the current entry (either using smbpasswd or from smbd).
>
> Can you comment? I just really don't see the need to enforce this
> type of policy directly in smbd.
I'm agree with maintain only one suffix... or provide a general
mechanism but independent from the conf file. At last, is no too complex
create a bunch of ws' posixAccount or (in the limit) use other smb.conf
file with other base for add the ws...
Ignacio
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