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Hello, I run a Windows domain based on Samba 3 and I am searching for a way to distribute/deploy software to clients. I.e., a user logging on to a client, software should be automatically installed or upgraded. Is there any common solution? I heard of MSI packages, but I don't know if it is necessary to create MSI packages of all installations... Thanks Florian

Hello, I am looking for a command-line utility to automatically purge one Maildir folder. I want to periodically run sa-learn from cron, and after the spam learning folder has been added to the Bayes database, its contents should be deleted. I've searched a bit, but only found a few old utilities or some telnet+expect scripts, which both didn't look too reliable. Is there any

Hello, I have found out that a domain administrator is always mapped to root in the UNIX filesystem: drwx------ 2 jive smbguests 1024 2004-12-23 18:59 jive drwx------ 13 salsa smbusers 1024 2004-12-23 18:58 salsa drwx------ 13 root smbadmins 1024 2004-12-23 18:56 tango jive is a domain guest user, salsa a domain user and tango a domain administrator. Is it possible to change the root

Hello there, I'm trying to set up Samba as a PDC for Windows XP Professional (SP2). It seems to work fine. Machine accounts are created automatically, passwords between Unix and Samba users get synced, I can logon, profile directories are created - but there's a problem. I know that this is well-known, but it drives me crazy and I don't know any solution. First of all, the

Hello there, where are the Windows file permissions (i.e. ACL) stored when using Samba? How can I change them from within Linux? Or is it only possible with the Windows file permissions dialogue? Thanks Florian

Hello fellow list members, does anyone knows of a good HOWTO (or a book) for setting up Samba as a PDC? I have been dealing around with the Samba HOWTO collection, but to be honest, this is a hard job. There are some errors in it and descriptions are not this good. I even don't know what all the tools are for. I'm really experienced in Linux server stuff, but this one drives me mad.

Hello there, I am playing around with Asterisk the first time and it really looks great. ;-) However, I have one problem: Any SIP device can connect to my PBX. How can I requre logon for SIP users and deny access in the case of wrong or missing credentials? Thanks Florian

Hello, I use Thunderbird as IMAP client and do a lot of server-side filtering with Sieve scripts. To be notified of new mails, I want to check all folders (a lot of them...) at once for new mails, and not only the inbox. According to http://kb.mozillazine.org/Checking_for_new_messages_in_other_folders_-_Thunderbird it should be sufficient to enable one setting -- given that the IMAP server

Hello, is it possible with Asterisk to force SIP authentication? Right now, it seesm that just any SIP client can at least connect to my PBX, which I don't want. I want users to authenticate with username and password and otherwise deny them access. Thanks Florian

Hello, I configured my Dovecot to use filesystem (fs) quota. It works fine, the correct free/used space and percentage is being shown to the client. However, the warning feature doesn't seem to work, no mail is being sent, although executing the script standalone works fine. Is quota warning for fs quota supported? I use Dovecot 1.0.10 (Ubuntu package). Thanks, Florian

Hello, is it possible to define the sender for the Dovecot Sieve implementation's vacation extension? It seems to be impossible to add, e.g., a name, or choose a different sender address. Thanks, Florian

Hi there, is there any possibility of disabling Samba's version number output (e.g. with smbclient) without having to manually edit it in the source code? I don't want anyone to see my Samba's version number... Thanks Florian

Hello, is it possible to rename the default groups with groupmap? I would like to change Domain Users Domain Admins Domain Guests to the correct German translation. Thanks Florian

Hello, is it possible to set options before a user logs on via policies, or does this depend on active directory? I would like to set things like screensaver at logon dialogue, ctrl-alt-del requirement, clear last user at logon, etc., but it seems to be impossible using policies. A workaround I can think of is doing that via MSI files. Any tip is welcome. :-) Florian

Hello list, is it possible to have the same profile for some users (or a group of users) without having to use a separate profile directory for each user? I would like to set up a pre-defined mandatory profile for a school with more than 1,000 students. Each student should have the same, unchangeable profile. Is it possible to run it out of one profile directory? If yes, how? Thanks Florian

Hello there, I'm quite new to software distribution, so I would like to ask you a question. ;-) Is it posible to install software without logging on as administrator on every machine? If yes, how does it work? Via a Windows service? Via a script that is being run as admin even if a normal user logs on? Thanks! Florian

Hi there, my CUPS server runs fine, I can print from within Windows and Linux. However, if I stop the printer in CUPS or some other error occurs, Windows clients never get notified, neither via IPP nor via SMB printing. Windows always sends out the print job, the user thinks the job has been print, although some problem might have happened on the CUPS server. Is it possible to report errors and

Hello everyone, Hello Jelmer, in 3.0.20, it still is not possible to add new users using pdbedit. See bug report at https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2531 In 3.0.14a it was possible to copy pdb_sql.c and pdb_mysql.c from 3.0.11 and it worked, but this workaround does not help anymore, as the files seem to be incompatible. Jelmer, could you please have a look at this one? I consider

Hello, is there an option to hide files for the Windows clients, but do not prevent accessing or writing to them? I want to hide some folders for my users. With the appropriate Samba option, I can hide the files, but if Windows is configured to show hidden files, they are shown nontheless. Is there an option to force Samba not to show the files to Windows at all, but still letting read and

Hello, I've searched the Howtos, but I did not find anything, so I'm asking this question onlist. When are connections between Samba and the client encrypted? I run Samba 3.0.20a on a network with Windows XP SP2 and some Windows 98 machines. - Are connections always encrypted? Are there any smb.conf settings I have to make in order to get encryption working (server signing?)? - Are