samba - Jul 2004 - Does "Admin Users =" accept groups?

man smb.conf does not specifically say admin users supports @groupname syntax.
Google turns up lots of examples of it being used, but everyone hanging their
smb.conf's up to air does not mean they are
100% accurate either.

Here, Samba 3.0.4 in PDC mode, I can not get it to accept the name of a group in
/etc/group, user ID's only.

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Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems

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I'll second this request for info.  I've not had any success with 
setting an admin user for the profiles share unless that person were a 
member of the Domain Admins group.

Jim C.
> man smb.conf does not specifically say admin users supports @groupname 
> syntax. Google turns up lots of examples of it being used, but everyone 
> hanging their smb.conf's up to air does not mean they are 100% accurate
> either.
> 
> Here, Samba 3.0.4 in PDC mode, I can not get it to accept the name of a 
> group in /etc/group, user ID's only.


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While smb.conf will accept a space delimited list of user ID's for admin
users, /etc/group needs a coma delimited list of users. @groupname is now
working properly for admin users = in smb.conf.

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Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems

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As I recall, there are 2 things to bear in mind:

1/
Samba 3.0 has dropped the admin users= setting. There is only one true
domain administrator: root.

2/
Also, Samba now uses NT Groups the way it is supposed to, with SID and all.
More info can be found by looking up the 'net groupmap' command.

If you map the default NT group Domain Administrators, you can do admin
users the official way.
Also, you'll notice that the number of errors about groups in the samba log
falls considerably ;-)


Good luck!

Kit

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Michael Lueck [mailto:mlueck@lueckdatasystems.com]
Verzonden: donderdag 15 juli 2004 18:20
Aan: samba@lists.samba.org
Onderwerp: [Samba] Does "Admin Users =" accept groups?

man smb.conf does not specifically say admin users supports @groupname
syntax. Google turns up lots of examples of it being used, but everyone
hanging their smb.conf's up to air does not mean they are 100% accurate
either.

Here, Samba 3.0.4 in PDC mode, I can not get it to accept the name of a
group in /etc/group, user ID's only.

--
Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems

Remove the upper case letters NOSPAM to contact me directly.