samba - Apr 2000 - DOMAINNAME\Username

Sorry Luke,

You may have already answered this, but I have had a few minor setbacks the last
couple of days and haven't received any mail over the last week.

Can you explain who needs the DOMAINNAME\Username? As of when? And why this is
needed? Also any side effects of doing this (I know it may cause a problem with
the username length on some *cough* antiquated *cough* systems ;-). (Just jokes
- don't flame please).

I understand the NT side of the concept, but am confused as to how come Samba
needs this stuff in /etc/passwd.

Oh yeah, is DOMAINNAME the trusted domain or the current domain?

Thanks heaps,
Matt

[Matthew Geddes]
> Can you explain who needs the DOMAINNAME\Username? As of when? And
> why this is needed?
So you can tell the difference between MYDOMAIN\Administrator and
MYMACHINE\Administrator (the most common name clash, I guess), but I'm
guessing you figured that part out already....

What the world really needs is either

  username map = /etc/samba/username-%W.map

(where %W is the domain) or, alternatively, a `username map' file
format something like:

  ; username.map
  [domain1]
  user1 = ntuser1
  user2 = ntuser2
  [domain2]
  user3 = ntuser1
  user4 = ntuser2

That, to me, would look a lot nicer than

  ; username.map
  user1 = DOMAIN1\ntuser1
  user2 = DOMAIN1\ntuser2
  user3 = DOMAIN2\ntuser1
  user4 = DOMAIN2\ntuser2

Peter