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...ystem) - install packages samba, samba-client, samba-winbind, samba-winbind-clients, and samba-winbind-krb5-locator - net ads join -U 'user' (the domain allows non-admin creation of machine accounts; net ads testjoin returns 'Join is OK') - authconfig --enablesssd --enablesssdauth --disablemkhomedir --update Here is the smb.conf with provisions for winbind (idmap lines), which was (deliberately) not configured by authconfig above: [global] strict locking = no workgroup = EXAMPLE server string = Samba Server Version %v disable netbios = yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m...

...them, his home directory is mounted of the network. When we tried to do this with CentOS 8, the user logs in but his home directory was created locally on the machine. - I have already disables this "nice" feature by running: [root at lab_cnt08 ~]# *authconfig --disablemkhomedir --update* - Both CentOS 7 and CentOS 8 machines reside in the same domain. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, *Yair Garfinkel*

...kages samba, samba-client, samba-winbind, > samba-winbind-clients, and samba-winbind-krb5-locator > - net ads join -U 'user' (the domain allows non-admin creation of > machine accounts; net ads testjoin returns 'Join is OK') > - authconfig --enablesssd --enablesssdauth --disablemkhomedir --update As you can join the machine to your AD domain, have you considered the winbind 'rid' backend ? Rowland

..., > > > samba-winbind-clients, and samba-winbind-krb5-locator > > > - net ads join -U 'user' (the domain allows non-admin creation of > > > machine accounts; net ads testjoin returns 'Join is OK') > > > - authconfig --enablesssd --enablesssdauth --disablemkhomedir --update > > As you can join the machine to your AD domain, have you considered the > > winbind 'rid' backend ? > I am not aware of it or how it can help to solve this problem. Is there any resource you can point to online that detail how to use this "rid" backend...