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diff --git a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap08b-MigrateNW4Samba3.xml b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap08b-MigrateNW4Samba3.xml index fa97121bb5..f4f9d1ae42 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap08b-MigrateNW4Samba3.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap08b-MigrateNW4Samba3.xml @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ <title>Assignment Tasks</title> <para> - Kristal tells her own story in the following words: + Kristal's story sis encapsulated in this chapter. </para> <para> @@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ </member> </simplelist> + <para> + The new system has been operating for six months without problems. + </para> </sect2> </sect1> @@ -187,6 +190,1175 @@ <para> </para> + <para> + The following software must be installed on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to perform + this migration: + </para> + + <simplelist> + <member><para>openldap2</para></member> + <member><para>openldap2-client</para></member> + <member><para>openldap2-devel (only for Samba compilation)</para></member> + <member><para>nss_ldap</para></member> + <member><para>smbldap-tools Version 0.8.7</para></member> + <member><para>perl-ldap</para></member> + <member><para>samba-3.0.12 or later</para></member> + <member><para>samba-client-3.0.12 or later</para></member> + <member><para>samba-winbind-3.0.12 or later</para></member> + </simplelist> + + <para> + Each software application must be carefully configured in preparation for migration. + The configuration used at BabbleOrg are provided as a guide and should be modified + to meet needs at your site. + </para> + + <sect3> + <title>LDAP Server Configuration</title> + + <para> + The <filename>/etc/openldap/slapd.conf</filename> Kristal used is shown here: +<screen> +#/usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf +# +# See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options. +# This file should NOT be world readable. +# +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/dhcp.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/misc.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/idpool.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/eduperson.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/commURI.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/local.schema +include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/authldap.schema + +pidfile /var/run/slapd/run/slapd.pid +argsfile /var/run/slapd/run/slapd.args + +replogfile /var/log/ldap/slapd.replog + +# Load dynamic backend modules: +modulepath /usr/lib/openldap/modules + +####################################################################### +# Logging parameters +####################################################################### +loglevel 256 +####################################################################### +# SASL and TLS options +####################################################################### +sasl-host ldap.corp.borkholder.com +sasl-realm DIGEST-MD5 +sasl-secprops none +TLSCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLV2 +TLSCertificateFile /usr/local/etc/openldap/bork-cert.pem +TLSCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/etc/openldap/bork-key.pem +password-hash {SSHA} +defaultsearchbase "dc=borkholder,dc=com" + +####################################################################### +# bdb database definitions +####################################################################### +database bdb +suffix "dc=borkholder,dc=com" +rootdn "cn=manager,dc=borkholder,dc=com" +rootpw {SSHA}gdo/dUvoT4ZJmULz3rUt6A3H/hBEduJ5 +directory /var/lib/ldap/borkholder.com +mode 0600 +# The following is for BDB to make it flush its data to disk every +# 500 seconds or 5kb of data +checkpoint 500 5 + +## For running slapindex +#readonly on + +## Indexes for often-requested attributes +index objectClass eq +index cn eq,sub +index sn eq,sub +index uid eq,sub +index uidNumber eq +index gidNumber eq +index memberUID eq +index sambaSID eq +index sambaPrimaryGroupSID eq +index sambaDomainName eq +index default sub +cachesize 2000 + +replica host=baa.corp.borkholder.com:389 + suffix="dc=borkholder,dc=com" + binddn="cn=replica,dc=borkholder,dc=com" + credentials=verysecret + bindmethod=simple + tls=yes +replica host=ns.borkholder.com:389 + suffix="dc=borkholder,dc=com" + binddn="cn=replica,dc=borkholder,dc=com" + credentials=verysecret + bindmethod=simple + tls=yes + +####################################################################### +# ACL section +####################################################################### +## MOST RESTRICTIVE RULES MUST GO FIRST! + +## Users can change their own passwords. Nobody else can read the password +access to attrs=userPassword + by group/groupOfUniqueNames/uniqueMember="cn=LDAP Administrators,dc=borkholder,dc=com" write + by self write + by * auth + +## Home contact info restricted to the logged-in user +access to attrs=hometelephoneNumber,homePostalAddress,mobileTelephoneNumber,pagerTelephoneNumber + by group/groupOfUniqueNames/uniqueMember="cn=LDAP Administrators,dc=borkholder,dc=com" write + by self write + by * none + +## Only admins can manage email aliases +access to dn.sub="ou=Email Aliases,dc=borkholder,dc=com" + filter=(roleOccupant=*) + attrs=maildrop + by dnattr=roleOccupant write + by * read + +## Allow delegated management of certain aliases which are for mailman-style +## mailing lists. +access to dn.sub="ou=Email Aliases,dc=borkholder,dc=com" + by group/groupOfUniqueNames/uniqueMember="cn=LDAP Administrators,dc=borkholder,dc=com" write + by * read + +## Default to read-only access +access to * + by dn.base="cn=replica,ou=people,ou=corp,dc=borkholder,dc=com" write + by group/groupOfUniqueNames/uniqueMember="cn=LDAP Administrators,dc=borkholder,dc=com" write + by * read +access to attrs=namingcontexts + by anonymous read +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + The <filename>/etc/ldap.conf</filename> file used is listed here: +<screen> +# /etc/ldap.conf +# This file is present on every *NIX client that authenticates to LDAP. +# For me, most of the defaults are fine. There is an amazing amount of customization +# that can be done – see the man page for info. + +# Your LDAP server. Must be resolvable without using LDAP. +# The following is for the LDAP server – all others use the FQDN of the server +URI ldap://127.0.0.1 + +# The distinguished name of the search base. +base ou=corp,dc=borkholder,dc=com + +# The LDAP version to use (defaults to 3 +# if supported by client library) +ldap_version 3 + +# The distinguished name to bind to the server with +# if the effective user ID is root. Password is +# stored in /etc/ldap.secret (mode 600) +rootbinddn cn=Manager,dc=borkholder,dc=com + +# Filter to AND with uid=%s +pam_filter objectclass=posixAccoun + +# The user ID attribute (defaults to uid) +pam_login_attribute uid + +# Group member attribute +pam_member_attribute memberUID + +# Use the OpenLDAP password change +# extended operation to update the password. +pam_password exop + +# OpenLDAP SSL mechanism +# start_tls mechanism uses the normal LDAP port, LDAPS typically 636 +ssl start_tls + +tls_cacertfile /etc/openldap/bork-cert.pem +... +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + The Name Server Switch control file has the following contents: +<screen> +# /etc/nsswitch.conf +# This file controls the resolve order for system databases. + +# the following two lines obviate the "+" entry in /etc/passwd and /etc/group. +passwd: files ldap +group: files ldap +shadow: files ldap +# The above are all that I store in LDAP at this point. There are possibilities to store +# hosts, services, ethers, and lots of other things. +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + In my setup, users authenticate via PAM and NSS using LDAP-based accounts. + This works out of the box with the configuration files in this chapter. It + enables you to have no local accounts for users (it is highly advisable + to have a local account for the root user). Gotchas include: + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + If your LDAP database goes down, nobody can authenticate except for root. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + If failover is configured incorrectly weird behavior can occur. For example, + DNS failing to resolve. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para> + I do have two LDAP slave servers configured. That subject is beyond the scope + of this document and steps for implementing it are well-documented. + </para> + + <para> + The following services authenticate using LDAP: + <simplelist> + <member><para>UNIX login/ssh</para></member> + <member><para>Postfix (SMTP)</para></member> + <member><para>Courier-IMAP/IMAPS/POP3/POP3S</para></member> + </simplelist> + </para> + + <para> + Company-wide White-Pages can be searched using a LDAP client + such as the one in the Windows Address Book. + </para> + + <para> + Having gained a solid understanding of LDAP, and a relatively workable LDAP tree + thus far, it was time to configure Samba. I compiled the latest stable SAMBA and + also installed the latest <command>smbldap-tools</command> from + <ulink url="http://idealx.com">Idealx</ulink>. + </para> + + <para> + The Samba &smb.conf; file was configured as shown here: +<screen> +# Global parameters +[global] + workgroup = CORP + netbios name = CORPSRV + server string = Corp File Server + passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://localhost + pam password change = Yes + username map = /usr/local/samba/lib/smbusers + log level = 5 + log file = /data/samba/log/%m.log + name resolve order = bcast wins lmhosts host + time server = Yes + deadtime = 60 + socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 + printcap cache time = 60 + printcap name = cups + show add printer wizard = No + add user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m "%u" + add group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g" + add user to group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g" + delete user from group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u" "%g" + set primary group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u" + add machine script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%m" + logon script = logon.bat + logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U\%a + logon drive = H: + logon home = \\%L\%U + domain logons = Yes + os level = 100 + preferred master = Yes + domain master = Yes + wins support = Yes + ldap admin dn = cn=Manager,dc=borkholder,dc=com + ldap group suffix = ou=Groups + ldap idmap suffix = ou=People + ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers + ldap passwd sync = Yes + ldap suffix = ou=CORP,dc=borkholder,dc=com + ldap ssl = no + ldap user suffix = ou=People + remote announce = 192.168.2.255/CORP + remote browse sync = 192.168.2.255 + admin users = root, "@Domain Admins" + printer admin = "@Domain Admins" + force printername = Yes + preexec = /bin/echo %u at %m connected to //%L/%S on %T >>/tmp/smblog + +[netlogon] + comment = Network logon service + path = /data/samba/netlogon + write list = "@Domain Admins" + guest ok = Yes + +[profiles] + comment = Roaming Profile Share + path = /data/samba/profiles/ + read only = No + profile acls = Yes + veto files = desktop.ini + browseable = No + +[homes] + comment = Home Directories + valid users = %S + read only = No + create mask = 0770 + veto files = desktop.ini + hide files = desktop.ini + browseable = No + +[software] + comment = Software for %a computers + path = /data/samba/shares/software/%a + guest ok = Yes + +[public] + comment = Public Files + path = /data/samba/shares/public + read only = No + guest ok = Yes + +[PDF] + comment = Location of documents printed to PDFCreator printer + path = /data/samba/shares/pdf + guest ok = Yes + +[EVERYTHING] + comment = All shares + path = /data/samba + valid users = "@Domain Admins" + read only = No + +[CDROM] + comment = CD-ROM on CORPSRV + path = /mnt + guest ok = Yes + +[print$] + comment = Printer Drivers Share + path = /data/samba/drivers + write list = root + browseable = No + +[printers] + comment = All Printers + path = /data/samba/spool + create mask = 0644 + printable = Yes + browseable = No + +[acct_hp8500] + comment = "Accounting Color Laser Printer" + path = /data/samba/spool/private + valid users = @acct, @acct_admin, @hr, "@Domain Admins", @Receptionist, dwayne, terri, danae, jerry + create mask = 0644 + printable = Yes + copy = printers + +[plotter] + comment = Engineering Plotter + path = /data/samba/spool + create mask = 0644 + printable = Yes + use client driver = Yes + copy = printers + +[APPS] + path = /data/samba/shares/Apps + force group = "Domain Users" + read only = No + +[ACCT] + path = /data/samba/shares/Accounting + valid users = @acct, "@Domain Admins" + force group = acct + read only = No + create mask = 0660 + directory mask = 0770 + +[ACCT_ADMIN] + path = /data/samba/shares/Acct_Admin + valid users = @”acct_admin” + force group = acct_admin + +[HR_PR] + path = /data/samba/shares/HR_PR + valid users = @hr, @acct_admin + force group = hr + +[ENGR] + path = /data/samba/shares/Engr + valid users = @engr, @receptionist, @truss, "@Domain Admins", cheri + force group = engr + read only = No + create mask = 0770 + +[DATA] + path = /data/samba/shares/DATA + valid users = @engr, @receptionist, @truss, "@Domain Admins", cheri + force group = engr + read only = No + create mask = 0770 + copy = engr + +[X] + path = /data/samba/shares/X + valid users = @engr, @acct + force group = engr + read only = No + create mask = 0770 + copy = engr + +[NETWORK] + path = /data/samba/shares/network + valid users = "@Domain Users" + read only = No + create mask = 0770 + guest ok = Yes + +[UTILS] + path = /data/samba/shares/Utils + write list = "@Domain Admins" + +[SYS] + path = /data/samba/shares/SYS + valid users = chad + read only = No + browseable = No +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + Most of these shares are only used by one company group, but they are required + because of some ancient Qbasic and Rbase applications were that written expecting + their own drive lettes. + </para> + + <para> + One note: During the process of building the new server, I kept it up-to-date + with the Novell server via use of rsync. On a separate system (my workstation + in fact) which could be rebooted whenever necessary, I set up a mount point to the + Novell server via ncpmount. I then created a rsyncd.conf to share that mount point + out to my new server, and synchronized once an hour. The script I used to synchronize + is quite nice, so I will include it in an appendix. The reason I had to have the + rsync daemon running on a system which could be rebooted frequently is because ncpfs + has a nasty habit of creating stale mountpoints which cannot be recovered without + a reboot. The reason I only synchronized once an hour is because some part of the + chain was very slow and performance-heavy (whether rsync itself, the network, or + the Novell server I am not sure – probably the Novell server). + </para> + + <para> + Anyway, after I had Samba configured, I had to put the information that was necessary + into the LDAP database. So the first thing I had to do was to store the LDAP password + in the Samba configuration by issuing the command (as root): +<screen> +&rootprompt; smbpasswd –-w verysecret +</screen> + where “verysecret” is replaced by my LDAP bind password, of course. + </para> + + <para> + Now Samba is good, I need to configure smbldap-tools. There are two relevant files, + which are usually put into /etc/smbldap-tools. The main one is smbldap.conf. Mine + is shown below: +<screen> +############################################################################## +# +# General Configuration +# +############################################################################## + +# Put your own SID +# to obtain this number do: net getlocalsid +SID="S-1-5-21-725326080-1709766072-2910717368" + +############################################################################## +# +# LDAP Configuration +# +############################################################################## + +# Notes: to use to dual ldap servers backend for Samba, you must patch +# Samba with the dual-head patch from IDEALX. If not using this patch +# just use the same server for slaveLDAP and masterLDAP. +# Those two servers declarations can also be used when you have +# . one master LDAP server where all writing operations must be done +# . one slave LDAP server where all reading operations must be done +# (typically a replication directory) + +# Ex: slaveLDAP=127.0.0.1 +slaveLDAP="127.0.0.1" +slavePort="389" + +# Master LDAP : needed for write operations +# Ex: masterLDAP=127.0.0.1 +masterLDAP="127.0.0.1" +masterPort="389" + +# Use TLS for LDAP +# If set to 1, this option will use start_tls for connection +# (you should also used the port 389) +ldapTLS="0" + +# How to verify the server's certificate (none, optional or require) +# see "man Net::LDAP" in start_tls section for more details +verify="" + +# CA certificate +# see "man Net::LDAP" in start_tls section for more details +cafile="" + certificate to use to connect to the ldap server +# see "man Net::LDAP" in start_tls section for more details +clientcert="" + +# key certificate to use to connect to the ldap server +# see "man Net::LDAP" in start_tls section for more details +clientkey="" + +# LDAP Suffix +# Ex: suffix=dc=IDEALX,dc=ORG +suffix="ou=CORP,dc=borkholder,dc=com" + +# Where are stored Users +# Ex: usersdn="ou=Users,dc=IDEALX,dc=ORG" +usersdn="ou=People,${suffix}" + +# Where are stored Computers +# Ex: computersdn="ou=Computers,dc=IDEALX,dc=ORG" +computersdn="ou=Computers,${suffix}" + +# Where are stored Groups +# Ex groupsdn="ou=Groups,dc=IDEALX,dc=ORG" +groupsdn="ou=Groups,${suffix}" +# Where are stored Idmap entries (used if samba is a domain member server) +# Ex groupsdn="ou=Idmap,dc=IDEALX,dc=ORG" +idmapdn="ou=People,${suffix}" + +# Where to store next uidNumber and gidNumber available +sambaUnixIdPooldn="ou=People,${suffix}" + +# Default scope Used +scope="sub" + +# Unix password encryption (CRYPT, MD5, SMD5, SSHA, SHA) +hash_encrypt="SSHA" + +# if hash_encrypt is set to CRYPT, you may set a salt format. +# default is "%s", but many systems will generate MD5 hashed +# passwords if you use "$1$%.8s". This parameter is optional! +crypt_salt_format="%s" +############################################################################## +# +# Unix Accounts Configuration +# +############################################################################## + +# Login defs +# Default Login Shell +# Ex: userLoginShell="/bin/bash" +userLoginShell="/bin/false" + +# Home directory +# Ex: userHome="/home/%U" +userHome="/home/%U" + +# Gecos +userGecos="Samba User" + +# Default User (POSIX and Samba) GID +defaultUserGid="513" + +# Default Computer (Samba) GID +defaultComputerGid="515" + +# Skel dir +skeletonDir="/etc/skel" + +# Default password validation time (time in days) Comment the next line if +# you don't want password to be enable for defaultMaxPasswordAge days (be +# careful to the sambaPwdMustChange attribute's value) +defaultMaxPasswordAge="45" + + +############################################################################## +# +# SAMBA Configuration +# +############################################################################## + +# The UNC path to home drives location (%U username substitution) +# Ex: \\My-PDC-netbios-name\homes\%U +# Just set it to a null string if you want to use the smb.conf 'logon home' +# directive and/or disable roaming profiles +userSmbHome="" + +# The UNC path to profiles locations (%U username substitution) +# Ex: \\My-PDC-netbios-name\profiles\%U +# Just set it to a null string if you want to use the smb.conf 'logon path' +# directive and/or disable roaming profiles +userProfile="" + +# The default Home Drive Letter mapping +# (will be automatically mapped at logon time if home directory exist) +# Ex: H: for H: +userHomeDrive="" + +# The default user netlogon script name (%U username substitution) +# if not used, will be automatically username.cmd +# make sure script file is edited under dos +# Ex: %U.cmd +# userScript="startup.cmd" # make sure script file is edited under dos +userScript="" + +# Domain appended to the users "mail"-attribute +# when smbldap-useradd -M is used +mailDomain="borkholder.com" + +############################################################################## +# +# SMBLDAP-TOOLS Configuration (default are ok for a RedHat) +# +############################################################################## +# Allows not to use smbpasswd (if with_smbpasswd == 0 in smbldap_conf.pm) but +# prefer Crypt::SmbHash library +with_smbpasswd="0" +smbpasswd="/usr/bin/smbpasswd" +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + NOTES: I chose not to take advantage of the TLS capability of this. + Eventually I may go back and tweak it. Also I chose not to take advantage + of the master/slave configuration as I heard horror stories that it was + unstable. My slave servers are replicas only, as it is. + </para> + + <para> + The /etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap_bind.conf file is shown here: +<screen> +# smbldap_bind.conf +# This file simply tells smbldap-tools how to bind to your LDAP server. It has to be +# a DN with full write access to the Samba portion of the database. + +############################ +# Credential Configuration # +############################ +# Notes: you can specify two differents configuration if you use a +# master ldap for writing access and a slave ldap server for reading access +# By default, we will use the same DN (so it will work for standard Samba +# release) +slaveDN="cn=Manager,dc=borkholder,dc=com" +slavePw="verysecret" +masterDN="cn=Manager,dc=borkholder,dc=com" +masterPw="verysecret” +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + We can now run the “smbldap-populate” command which will populate our LDAP tree + with the appropriate default users, groups, and UID and GID pools. It will create + a user called Administrator with UID nf 0 and GID matching the Domain Admins group. + This is fine you can still log in a root to a Windows system, but it will break + cached credentials if you need to log in as the administrator to a system that + is not on the network for whatever reason. If smbldap-populate works, then you + will see the entries in your LDAP database. If not, look in your LDAP logs to see + what is wrong. + </para> + + <para> + The next thing is to add group mappings to LDAP. The easiest way to do this is + to use “smbldap-groupadd” command. It will create the group with the posixGroup + and sambaGroupMapping attributes, a unique GID, and an automatically-determined + RID. I learned the hard way not to try to do this by hand. + </para> + + <para> + After I had my group mappings in place, I added users to the groups (the users + don't really have to exist yet or have Samba information in their Dns yet). I used + the “smbldap-groupmod” command to accomplish this. It can also be done manually by + adding “memberUID” atttributes to the group entries in LDAP. + </para> + + <para> + The most monumental task of all was adding the sambaSamAccount information to each + already-existent posixAccount entry. I did it one at a time as I moved people onto + the new server, by issuing the command “smbldap-usermod -a -P username” after asking + the person what their current Novell password was. The wiser way to have done it + would probably be to dump the entire database to an LDIF file (by using “slapcat > + somefile.ldif” command, using a Perl script to parse and add the appropriate + attributes and objectClasses to each entry, and re-importing the entire database + from that file by shutting down the database, moving the physical database files + out of the way, and issuing the command “slapadd -l somefile.ldif”. This can be + done at any time and for any reason, with no harm to the database. + </para> + + <para> + So first I added a test user, of course. The LDIF for this test user looks like + this, to give you an idea: +<screen> +# Entry 1: cn=Test User,ou=people,ou=corp,dc=borkholder,dc=com +dn:cn=Test User,ou=people,ou=corp,dc=borkholder,dc=com +cn: Test User +gecos: Test User +gidNumber: 513 +givenName: Test +homeDirectory: /home/test.user +homePhone: 555 +l: Somewhere +l: ST +mail: test.user +o: Corp +objectClass: top +objectClass: inetOrgPerson +objectClass: posixAccount +objectClass: sambaSamAccount +postalCode: 12345 +sn: User +street: 10 Some St. +uid: test.user +uidNumber: 1074 +sambaLogonTime: 0 +sambaLogoffTime: 2147483647 +sambaKickoffTime: 2147483647 +sambaPwdCanChange: 0 +displayName: Samba User +sambaSID: S-1-5-21-725326080-1709766072-2910717368-3148 +sambaLMPassword: 9D29C287C58448F9AAD3B435B51404EE +sambaAcctFlags: [U] +sambaNTPassword: D062088E99C95E37D7702287BB35E770 +sambaPwdLastSet: 1102537694 +sambaPwdMustChange: 1106425694 +userPassword: {SSHA}UzFZ2VxRGdwUueLnTGtsTBtnsvMO1oj8 +loginShell: /bin/false +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + Then I went over to a spare Windows NT machine and joined it to the CORP domain. + It worked, and the machine's account entry under OU=COMPUTERS looks like this: +<screen> +dn:uid=w2kengrspare$,ou=Computers,ou=CORP,dc=borkholder,dc=com +objectClass: top +objectClass: inetOrgPerson +objectClass: posixAccount +objectClass: sambaSamAccount +cn: w2kengrspare$ +sn: w2kengrspare$ +uid: w2kengrspare$ +uidNumber: 1104 +gidNumber: 515 +homeDirectory: /dev/null +loginShell: /bin/false +description: Computer +gecos: Computer +sambaSID: S-1-5-21-725326080-1709766072-2910717368-3208 +sambaPrimaryGroupSID: S-1-5-21-725326080-1709766072-2910717368-2031 +displayName: W2KENGRSPARE$ +sambaPwdCanChange: 1103149236 +sambaPwdMustChange: 2147483647 +sambaNTPassword: CA199C45CB6737035DB6D9D9F6CD1834 +sambaPwdLastSet: 1103149236 +sambaAcctFlags: [W ] +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + So now I can log in with test.user from the machine w2kengrspare. It's all fine and + good, but that user is in no groups yet so has pretty boring access. We can fix that + by writing the login script! To write the login script, I used Kixtart + (http://www.kixtart.org). I used it because it will work with every architecture of + Windows, has an active and helpful user base, and was both easier to learn and more + powerful than the standard netlogon scripts I have seen. I also did not have to do a + logon script per user or per group. + </para> + + <para> + I downloaded Kixtart and put the following files in my [netlogon] share: +<screen> +KIX32.EXE +KX32.dll +KX95.dll <-- Not needed unless you are running Win9x clients. +kx16.dll <-- Probably not needed unless you are running DOS clients. +kxrpc.exe <-- Probably useless as it has to run on the server and can only be run on NT. + It's for Windows 95 to become group-aware. We can get around the need. +</screen> + </para> + + <para> + I then wrote the folloowing logon.kix file. I chose to keep it all in one file, + but it can be split up and linked via include directives. +<screen> +break on + +$RETURNCODE = EXISTKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Borkholder") +IF NOT $RETURNCODE = 0 +; Add key for Borkholder-specific things on the first login + ADDKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Borkholder") + ; The following key gets deleted at the end of the first login + ADDKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Borkholder\FIRST_LOGIN") +ENDIF + +SETTITLE("Logging on @USERID to @LDOMAIN at @TIME") + +; Set the time on the workstation +$Timeserver = "\\corpsrv" +Settime $TimeServer + + +; Make sure they don't get someone else's home directory +USE H: /DELETE + +; We need the home directory set up for the rest of the script to work +USE H: @HOMESHR ; connect to user's home share +IF @ERROR = 0 + H: + CD @HOMEDIR ; change directory to user's home directory +ENDIF + +; People with laptops need My Documents to be in their profile. People with +; desktops can have My Documents redirected to their home directory to avoid +; long delays with logging out and out-of-sync files. +; The way that profiles are stored (per architecture) is taken advantage of here. + +; Check to see if this is the first login -- doesn't make sense to do this +; at the very first login + +$RETURNCODE = EXISTKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Borkholder\FIRST_LOGIN") +IF NOT $RETURNCODE = 0 + + IF NOT INGROUP("CORPSRV\Laptop") + $RETURNCODE=EXISTKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Borkholder\profile_copied") + IF NOT $RETURNCODE = 0 + IF EXIST("\\corpsrv\profiles\@userID\WinXP") + copy "\\corpsrv\profiles\@userID\WinXP\My Documents\*" "\\corpsrv\@userID\" + ENDIF + IF EXIST("\\corpsrv\profiles\@userID\Win2K") + copy "\\corpsrv\profiles\@userID\Win2K\My Documents\*" "\\corpsrv\@userID\" + ENDIF + IF EXIST("\\corpsrv\profiles\@userID\WinNT") + copy "\\corpsrv\profiles\@userID\WinNT\My Documents\*" "\\corpsrv\@userID\" + ENDIF + + ADDKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Borkholder\profile_copied") + WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ +User Shell Folders", "Personal","\\corpsrv\@userID","REG_SZ") + WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ +User Shell Folders", "My Pictures", "\\corpsrv\@userID\My Pictures", "REG_SZ") + IF @PRODUCTTYPE="Windows 2000 Professional" or @PRODUCTTYPE="Windows XP Professio +nal" + WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ +User Shell Folders", "My Videos", "\\corpsrv\@userID\My Videos", "REG_SZ") + WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ +User Shell Folders", "My Music", "\\corpsrv\@userID\My Music", "REG_SZ") + WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ +User Shell Folders", "My eBooks", "\\corpsrv\@userID\My eBooks", "REG_SZ") + ENDIF + $SELECTION =MESSAGEBOX("Changes were made to your registry. You must now log out +.Please save any open files and click OK", "Log Out Necessary", 0) + IF $SELECTION = 1 + IF $SELECTION = 1 + LOGOFF(Force) + ENDIF + ENDIF + ENDIF +ENDIF + +IF INGROUP("CORP\Domain Admins") + USE Z: \\corpsrv\everything + SETCONSOLE("show") +ELSE + ; Nobody cares about seeing the login script except admins + SETCONSOLE("hide") +ENDIF + + +IF INGROUP("CORPSRV\Acct_Admin","CORPSRV\HR") + USE I: \\CORP\HR_PR + ; Eventually ABRA mapping will be here +ENDIF + +IF INGROUP("CORP\Acct") +; Set up printer +$RETURNVALUE = existkey("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\,,corpsrv,acct_hp8500") +IF NOT $RETURNVALUE = 0 + ADDPRINTERCONNECTION("\\corpsrv\acct_hp8500") + SETDEFAULTPRINTER("\\corpsrv\acct_hp8500") +ENDIF +; Set up drive mappings + USE M: \\corpsrv\ACCT + +ENDIF + +IF INGROUP("CORP\Engr","CORP\Truss","CORP\Receptionist") +$RETURNVALUE = EXISTKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\,,corpsrv,engr_hp1300") +IF NOT $RETURNVALUE = 0 + ADDPRINTERCONNECTION("\\corpsrv\engr_hp1300") +ENDIF +USE LPT3: "\\corpsrv\engr_legacy_printer" +; Make sure the user can run MATLIST -- they need a .get file and it gets +; created automatically if they don't have one (copied from one that works) + IF NOT EXIST("\\corpsrv\data\batch\paths\@USERID.get") + copy \\corpsrv\data\batch\paths\jenny.get \\corpsrv\data\batch\paths\@USERID.get + ENDIF + +; The program was written to use a variable that exists in Novell but not NT, so we set it here + SET "LINAME=@USERID" + ? "LINAME set to @USERID" ; for MATLIST program -- look in %L\DATA\BATCH\PATHS\username.get + +; Set up drive mappings here (X will go away eventually) + USE L: \\corpsrv\engr + USE G: \\corpsrv\apps + USE Q: \\corpsrv\data + USE U: \\corpsrv\utils + use X: \\corpsrv\X + +;SET "PATH=L:\ENGINEER\MATLST;u:;h:;g:\ifsapp\runtime;c:\orawin95\bin;%PATH%;" +ENDIF + +IF INGROUP("CORP\Truss") + ; Don't set up a default printer, they choose which one they want + $RETURNVALUE = EXISTKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections\,,corpsrv,truss_hp4") + IF NOT $RETURNVALUE = 0 + ADDPRINTERCONNECTION("\\corpsrv\truss_hp4") + ENDIF + $RETURNVALUE = EXISTKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections\,,corpsrv,truss_hp5n") + IF NOT $RETURNVALUE = 0 + ADDPRINTERCONNECTION("\\corpsrv\truss_hp5n") + ENDIF + $RETURNVALUE = EXISTKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections\,,corpsrv,truss_hp4050") + IF NOT $RETURNVALUE = 0 + ADDPRINTERCONNECTION("\\corpsrv\truss_hp4050") + ENDIF + +ENDIF + +; Everyone gets the N drive +USE N: \\corpsrv\network + +$RETURNVALUE = EXISTKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Borkholder\FIRST_LOGIN") +IF $RETURNVALUE = 0 + DELKEY("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Borkholder\FIRST_LOGIN") +ENDIF +</screen> + + <para> + As you can see in the script, I redirect the My Documents to the user's home + share if they are not in the “Laptop” group. I also add printers on a + group-by-group basis, and if applicable I setthe group printer. For this to + be effective, the print drivers must be installed on the Samba server in the + [print$] share. Ample documentation exists about how to do that so I did not + cover it. + </para> + + <para> + I actually call this script via the logon.bat script in the [netlogon] directory: +<screen> +\\corpsrv\netlogon\kix32 \\corpsrv\netlogon\logon.kix /f +</screen> + I only had to fully qualify the paths for Windows 9x, as Windows NT and + greater automatically add [NETLOGON] to the path. + </para> + + <para> + Also of note for Win9x is that the drive mappings and printer setup will not + work because they rely on RPC. One merely has to put the appropriate settings + into the c:\autoexec.bat file or map the drives manually. One option would + be to check the OS as part of the Kixtart script, and if it is Win9x and if + it is the first login, copy a pre-made autoexec.bat to the C: drive. I only + have three such machines and one is going away in the very near future, so it + was easier to do it by hand. + </para> + + <para> + At this point I was able to add the users. This is the part that really falls + into “upgrade. I moved the users over one group at a time, starting with the + people who used the least amount of resources on the network. With each group + that I moved, I first logged in as a “standard” user in that group and took + careful note of their environment, mainly the printers they used, their PATH, + and what network resources they had access to (most importantly which ones + they actually needed access to). + </para> + + <para> + I would then add the user's SambaSamAccount information as mentioned earlier, + and join the computer to the domain. The very first thing I had to do was to + copy the user's profile to the new server. This was very important, and I really + struggled with the most effective way to do it. Here is the method that worked + for every one of my users on Windows NT, 2000, and XP: + </para> + + <procedure> + <step><para> + Log in as the user on the domain. This creates the local copy + of the user's profile and copies it to the server as they log out. + </para></step> + + <step><para> + Reboot the computer and log in as the LOCAL administrator. + </para></step> + + <step><para> + Right-click My Computer, click Properties, and navigate to the + appropriate tab which perttains to user profiles (varies per + version of Windows). + </para></step> + + <step><para> + Select the user's LOCAL profile (COMPUTERNAME\username), and + click the “Copy To” button. + </para></step> + + <step><para> + In the next dialog, copy it to“C:\Documents and Settings\username.DOMAIN + (could be username.000, username.001, it seems to depend with no rhyme + or reason. If unsure, use Windows Explorer to view the permissions on + the directories. This one will be owned by DOMAIN\user) or in the case + of Windows NT, C:\WINNT\PROFILES\user.DOMAIN. In the very rare case + that such a directory was notcreated (this happened two times out of + about 60), copy it directly to the domain share + (\\PDCname\profiles\user\<architecture> in my case) where profiles are + stored. You will have to have made a connection to the share as that + user already (in Windows Explorer type \\PDCname\profiles\username or + the appropriate thing for your setup, and when prompted for a + username/password use the one of the user whose profile you are copying). + </para></step> + + <step><para> + When the copy is complete (it can take a while) log out, and log back in + as the user. All his/her settings and all contents of My Documents, + Favorites, and the registry should have been copied successfully. + </para></step> + + <step><para> + If it doesn't look right (the dead giveaway is the desktop background) + shut down the computer without logging out (powercycle) and try logging + in as the user again. If it still doesn't work, repeat the steps above. + I only had to ever repeat it once. + </para></step> + + </procedure> + + <para> + WORDS TO THE WISE: + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + If the user was anything other than a standard user on his/her system + before, you will save yourself some headaches by giving them identical + permissions (on the local machine) as their domain account, BEFORE + copying their profile over. Do this through the User Administrator + in the Control Panel, after joining the computer to the domain and + before logging as that user for the first time. Otherwise they will + have trouble with permissions on their registry keys. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para> + If any application was installed for the user only, rather than for + the entire system, it will probably not work without being reinstalled. + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para> + After all these steps are accomplished, only cleanup details are left. Make sure user's + shortcuts and “Network Places” point to the appropriate place on the new server, check + the important applications to be sure they work as expected and troubleshoot any problems + that might arise, check to be sure the user's printers are present and working. By the + way, if there are any network printers installed as system printers (the Novell way) + you will need to log in as a local administrator and delete them. + </para> + + <para> + For my non-laptop systems, I would then log in and out a couple times as the user, + to be sure that their registry settings were modified, then I was finished. + </para> + + <para> + Some compatibility issues that cropped up included: + </para> + + <para> + Blackberry client – It did not like having its registry settings moved around, + and had to be reinstalled. Also it needed write permissions to a portion of + the hard drive, and I had to give it those manually on the one system where + this was an issue. + </para> + CAMedia digital camera software for Canon cameras I had all kinds of trouble + with the registry. I had to use the “Runas” service to open the registry of + the local user while logged in as the domain user, and give the domain user + the appropriate permissions to some registry keys, then export that portion + of the registry to a file. Then as the domain user I had to import that file + into the registry. + </para> + + <para> + Crystal Reports version 7 More registry problems that were solved by re-copying + the user's profile. + </para> + + <para> + Printing from legacy applications I found out that Novell sent its jobs to + the printer in a raw format. CUPS sends them in Postscript by default. I had + to make a second printer definition forone printer and tell CUPS specifically + to send raw data to the printer, and assign this printer to the LPT port with + Kixtart's version of the “net use” command. + </para> + + <para> + These were all eventually solved by elbow grease, queries to the Samba mailing + list and others, and diligence. I started transferring users to the new server + just before Thanksgiving, and by Decembe 29 I had every user transferred over. + My userbase is relatively small, but includes multiple versions of Windows, + multiple Linux member servers, a mechanized saw, a pen plotter, and legacy + applications written in Qbasic and R:Base, just to name a few. I actually + ended up making some of these applications work better (or work again, as + some of them had stopped functioning on the oldserver) because as part of + the process I had to find out how things were supposed to work. + </para> + + <para> + The one thing I have not been able to get working is a very old database that + we had around for reference purposes which uses Novell's Btrieve engine. + </para> + + <para> + As the resources compare, I went from 95% disk usage to just around 10%. + I went from a very high load on the server to an average load of between 1 + and 2 runnable processes on the server. I have improved the security and + robustness of the system. I have also implemented ClamAV Autivirus + (http://www.clamav.net) which scans the entire Samba server for viruses + every two hours and quarantines them. I have found it much less problematic + than our ancient version of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, and much + ore up-to-date. + </para> + + <para> + In short, my users are much happier with the new server, and I was told + several times that the transition was amazingly smooth + </para> + + </sect3> + </sect2> </sect1> |