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

[KJS]

Alain Williams wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 11:19:18AM +0100, KJS wrote:
>   
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Let me explain my setup... We have a 2003 SBS box and a Samba server, 
>> the 2003 Server does the Active Directory authentication for the Linux 
>> box, which is working fine for samba and local auth and SSH.
>>
>> However, I need to add a user from Active Directory (a virtual user 
>> really), to a local group. Now this does not seem to be easy, I can't 
>> just usermod the Active Directory user to add a group as I get "User not 
>> found in /etc/passwd" or similar error.
>>
>> Having poked around on google I have found that most people are saying 
>> you need to do this from the Active Directory server, but how is the AD 
>> server going to be aware of the Groups on my Linux server??
>>     
>
> It won't -- add them all in AD.
> The groups on the Linux box should just be the standard system ones.
>
> By groups I assume that you mean what is in /etc/group.
>
>   
How will AD be aware of the groups on the Linux server in /etc/group ? I 
need to add a Active Director user to a Linux group. Is this possible? 
Would mapping a Linux group with samba to an AD group work?
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