Message from F LAUPRETRE <francois.laupretre (AT) calyon (DOT)
comon Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:29:36 +0000 (UTC)
To:
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Subject:
[Samba] Executable 'username map'
Hi,
I currently manage an environment where my Unix and Windows usernames are
defined, but different. So, I must use a username map. But I have
several Samba
servers (one for each NFS package) and I must maintain all these username
map
files. As we want everybody to map the same way on every Samba
servers in a NIS
domain, we added the 'Windows user' information to the NIS 'passwd' map
(by
adding a string like '<win=xxx>' to the gecos field).
Now, as the only way for Samba to get this mapping information is through
a
flat file, I have to push this file onto every samba server every
time I build
the NIS passwd map. And, in order to do that, I must maintain a listof
these
servers on the NIS master server (assuming a standard path for storing
this
file on each samba server).
Seems like a lot of trouble to maintain all those separate username map
files. Why not just use a single copy of the file and nfs mount it via
automounting so that all your Samba servers read the same file, then you
only have to update a single file and all your Samba servers see the
changes immediately. No push necessary.
Regards,
Arnold Andrews
Sr. Systems Administrator
Seagate Technology