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| author | John Terpstra <jht@samba.org> | 2003-05-27 01:45:48 +0000 |
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| committer | John Terpstra <jht@samba.org> | 2003-05-27 01:45:48 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml index 61561cb55f..e358c580f3 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ &author.jerry; &author.jht; </chapterinfo> -<title>Configuring Group Mapping</title> +<title>Mapping MS Windows and Unix Groups</title> <para> Starting with Samba-3, new group mapping functionality is available to create associations @@ -264,9 +264,45 @@ net groupmap modify ntgroup="Power Users" unixgroup=sys <title>Common Errors</title> <para> -There must be some stuff that can go here! +At this time there are many little surprises for the unwary administrator. In a real sense +it is imperative that every step of automated control scripts must be carefully tested +manually before putting them into active service. </para> + <sect2> + <title>Adding Groups Fails</title> + + <para> + This is a common problem when the <command>groupadd</command> is called directly + by the samba interface script for the <parameter>add group script</parameter> in + the &smb.conf; file. + </para> + + <para> + The most common cause of failure is an attempt to add an MS Windows group acocunt + that has either an upper case character and/or a space character in it. + </para> + + <para> + There are three possible work-arounds. Firstly, use only group names that comply + with the limitations of the Unix/Linux <command>groupadd</command> system tool. + The second involves use of the script mentioned earlier in this chapter, and the + third option is to manually create a Unix/Linux group account that can substitute + for the MS Windows group name, then use the procedure listed above to map that group + to the MS Windows group. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Adding MS Windows Groups to MS Windows Groups Fails</title> + + <para> + Samba-3 does NOT support nexted groups from the MS Windows control environment. + </para> + + </sect2> + </sect1> </chapter> |