samba - Oct 2001 - UNIX username needs to be greater than 8 characters - but can't b e

I have a user on an NT server that needs to have access to a Samba share
through a drive mapping.  Unfortunately, the user's NT login name is 13
characters long, and my AIX server only allows a username up to 8 characters
to be created.

I can't change the NT username.  I know Samba expects you to create a UNIX
user on the Samba server that matches the NT username.  Is there any way to
create an alternative (8 character name) on the UNIX server and map the 13
character name to it?  Or, any other possible workarounds for this
situation?

We are using Samba 2.0.6 on an AIX 4.2.1 server.  

Thanks,
Kate


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set up an /etc/smbusers file.

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Henson Kate wrote:
> I have a user on an NT server that needs to have access to a Samba share
> through a drive mapping.  Unfortunately, the user's NT login name is 13
> characters long, and my AIX server only allows a username up to 8
characters
> to be created.
> 
> I can't change the NT username.  I know Samba expects you to create a
UNIX
> user on the Samba server that matches the NT username.  Is there any way to
> create an alternative (8 character name) on the UNIX server and map the 13
> character name to it?  Or, any other possible workarounds for this
> situation?
> 
> We are using Samba 2.0.6 on an AIX 4.2.1 server.  
> 
> Thanks,
> Kate
> 
> 
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See the 'username map' parameter in the smb.conf man page. It does
EXACTLY
what you want (not uncommon for samba, really - I do love nearly
infinitely flexible applications).

Good luck.

			Bill Knox
			Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst
			The MITRE Corporation

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Henson Kate wrote:
> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:05:02 -0500
> From: Henson Kate <Kate.Henson@sentryins.com>
> To: "'samba@lists.samba.org'"
<samba@lists.samba.org>
> Subject: UNIX username needs to be greater than 8 characters - but
can't
>     b	e
>
> I have a user on an NT server that needs to have access to a Samba share
> through a drive mapping.  Unfortunately, the user's NT login name is 13
> characters long, and my AIX server only allows a username up to 8
characters
> to be created.
>
> I can't change the NT username.  I know Samba expects you to create a
UNIX
> user on the Samba server that matches the NT username.  Is there any way to
> create an alternative (8 character name) on the UNIX server and map the 13
> character name to it?  Or, any other possible workarounds for this
> situation?
>
> We are using Samba 2.0.6 on an AIX 4.2.1 server.
>
> Thanks,
> Kate
>
>
> This e-mail is confidential.  If you are not the intended recipient, you
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