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

Hi Kate,
look at the man page for smb.conf, and the parameter "username map".
this is what you need.
Hope this helps,
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Henson Kate [mailto:Kate.Henson@sentryins.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 2:05 PM
To: '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


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Thank you very much, Don!  That was exactly what I needed.  

Kate
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	MCCALL,DON (HP-USA,ex1) [SMTP:don_mccall@hp.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, October 10, 2001 1:12 PM
> To:	'Henson Kate'; 'samba@lists.samba.org'
> Subject:	RE: UNIX username needs to be greater than 8 characters -
> but can 't b e
> 
> Hi Kate,
> look at the man page for smb.conf, and the parameter "username
map".
> this is what you need.
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henson Kate [mailto:Kate.Henson@sentryins.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 2:05 PM
> To: '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
> 
> 
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