samba - Nov 2004 - group a machine account belongs to (samba pdc)

Does it matter to what group a machine account belongs to? Does
that group have to be mapped to a domain group with net groupmap?

I created a local group in my linux box (samba pdc 3.0.7) called
"machines" and I'm using it as primary group for all the machine
accounts. Do I have to map this group to some windows group?

On Tuesday 09 November 2004 13:04, Andreas wrote:
> Does it matter to what group a machine account belongs to? 
It does not matter what UNIX group a machine belongs to. You can map the 
Windows group to any UNIX group you like. Generally, I do not map the group 
machines belong to. I am not aware of any problem with that.
> Does that group have to be mapped to a domain group with net groupmap?
Not essential.
>
> I created a local group in my linux box (samba pdc 3.0.7) called
> "machines" and I'm using it as primary group for all the
machine
> accounts. Do I have to map this group to some windows group?
No.


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