[Gllug] Samba - Add Active Directory User to UNIX Group?

[Bruce Richardson]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:16:08AM +0100, KJS wrote:
> 
> >> Would mapping a Linux group with samba to an AD group work?
> >>     
> >
> > Generally yes, but not necessary.
> >
> > Unless the group is a system group (eg root or mail) then it would
> > be better to have groups in Active Directory (option 1 above).
> >
> >
> > It might be a good idea to say if the group is a system group or
> > one you have created, and why you want to store it in /etc/group
> > instead of Active Directory.
> >
> >   
> The group was created before the server was setup to auth from the 
> Active Directory server, and it is a group I have created not a system 
> group, it is so users can access a dir to run some bespoke software. So 
> perhaps I will try to add the user to /etc/group and see if that 
> works... I would move it to AD but I feel that might cause further 
> problems with GID's etc?

Not if you're using winbind.  But there's no need to move it to AD
unless you want central administration of local groups.

-- 
Bruce

If the universe were simple enough to be understood, we would be too
simple to understand it.
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