Hi to the list. Our network = mix of Win98 and XP Pro logging onto Samba3.04 hosted on SuSE9.1 Auth is via passwd and smbpasswd. No Microsoft AD at all - Samba does all the auth, therefore winbind is not required? I would like to logon to some of the XP Pro boxes as a normal network user, but at the same time be 'Administrator' on the machine. Adding myself to the Administrator's group on the pc has no effect when logging on via the network. I've looked and looked and browsed the Samba archives, but so far I've found nothing to help me. Can anyone please point me to a solution? TIA Darryl -- Edgemead High School, Cape Town Tel +27215581132 Fax +27215584407 Cell +27823752081 - Powered by SuSE 9.1 and the OpenWebmail project --
On 29 Oct 2004, at 21:14, darryl penny wrote:> I would like to logon to some of the XP Pro boxes as a normal network > user, > but at the same time be 'Administrator' on the machine. Adding myself > to the > Administrator's group on the pc has no effect when logging on via the > network.Try the "Domain Administrator's" group. Better yet, create an "Administrator" user on the domain (IIRC the UID has to be 512, gidNumber must be 512), and log in as that user. Don't make your day-to-day account an administrative account, especially if you intend to use Internet Explorer as your browser for any purpose (eg: Windows Update, comet cursors, the list of evils goes on). Also check that you're running a SMB Domain, rather than a Workgroup. Alex "If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them." --Isaac Asimov
Hi there I have a question and it appears it cannot be done on Samba 3 and higher. I want to have administrator rights on each pc in my network. I notice that Domain Admin Groups was removed. I never used this feature so would not know exactly what it does. However since I am now using Samba 3 it wont really be of any use to me. Is there a way, without having to goto each computer and allow domain users to have administrator rights ? I am supporting clients and some of them have 150 pc's, I cant see myself having to go to 150 machines to allow the administrator admin privelages etc. I also install a software (anti virus) that requires admin rights, this is done automatically through the network, however not when you don't have actual admin privies. If it cannot be done, could someone here who is into development possibly look into the source and try to get it to work ? Thanks Ronald James NetXactics Tel: +27 21 680-5069 Fax: +27 21 680-5011 http://www.netxactics.co.za <http://www.netxactics.co.za/> Sophos - protecting businesses against viruses and spam