Help needed Currenly i'm running samba on a RedHat 7.3 system. The primary domain contreller in the network in a windows 2000 server machine. I'm using the windows 2000 server to authenticate my users in the domain. Each time a new user is created in windows 2000, i have to create the same user in linux inorder to allow the user to have access to the samba shares. Is the re a script or method that can automatically create users in linux as new users being created in windows 2000 ? Thanks
"Thiruvarasu" <thiru@ameba6.com> wrote in message news:20020919060177.SM00129@ameba6.com...> Help needed > > Currenly i'm running samba on a RedHat 7.3 system. The primary domaincontreller in the network in a windows 2000 server machine. I'm using the windows 2000 server to authenticate my users in the domain. Each time a new user is created in windows 2000, i have to create the same user in linux inorder to allow the user to have access to the samba shares. Is the re a script or method that can automatically create users in linux as new users being created in windows 2000 ?> > Thanks > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >man smb.conf Have a look at the password server directive. It allows samba to get it's username/passwords from a remote server. Rich