samba - Aug 2020 - getent passwd blank response

On 8/17/2020 8:46 AM, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
>
> getent passwd rowland
> rowland:*:10000:10000:Rowland Penny:/home/rowland:/bin/bash
>
That worked.

Per your example output (above) should I also add the "home" directory
and a "login-shell" as the same time?

-- 
Bob Wooden

On 17/08/2020 15:01, Robert E. Wooden via samba wrote:
> On 8/17/2020 8:46 AM, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
>>
>> getent passwd rowland
>> rowland:*:10000:10000:Rowland Penny:/home/rowland:/bin/bash
>>
> That worked.
>
> Per your example output (above) should I also add the "home"
directory
> and a "login-shell" as the same time?
>
You can if you wish, but you only need to if the user is actually going 
to log into the Unix domain member. By default there are a couple of 
smb.conf parameters 'template shell' and 'template homedir', the
defaults are '/bin/false' and '/home/DOMAIN/username'. These can
be
overridden by explicitly setting the template lines in smb.conf with 
your required values, or by setting the 'unixHomeDirectory' and 
'loginShell' attributes in each users AD object.

Rowland

On 8/17/2020 9:21 AM, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
> By default there are a couple of smb.conf parameters 'template
shell'
> and 'template homedir', the defaults are '/bin/false' and 
> '/home/DOMAIN/username'.
Thanks, I understand better now.

-- 
Bob Wooden