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diff --git a/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/TOSHARG-Group-Mapping.xml b/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/TOSHARG-Group-Mapping.xml index 68459cf2f0..f9cb236bcc 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/TOSHARG-Group-Mapping.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/TOSHARG-Group-Mapping.xml @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ <para> <indexterm><primary>IDMAP</primary></indexterm> In both cases, when winbindd is not running, only locally resolvable groups can be recognized. Please refer to - <link linkend="idmap-sid2gid">IDMAP: group SID to GID resolution</link> and <link linkend="idmap-gid2sid">IDMAP: GID resolution to matching SID</link>. + <link linkend="idmap-sid2gid">IDMAP: group SID to GID resolution</link> and + <link linkend="idmap-gid2sid">IDMAP: GID resolution to matching SID</link>. The <command>net groupmap</command> is used to establish UNIX group to NT SID mappings as shown in <link linkend="idmap-store-gid2sid">IDMAP: storing group mappings</link>. </para> @@ -200,6 +201,25 @@ </para> <sect2> + <title>Warning &smbmmdsh; User Private Group Problems</title> + + <para> + Windows does not permit user and group accounts to have the same name. + This has serious implications for all sites that use private group accounts. + A private group account is an administrative practice whereby users are each + given their own group account. Red Hat Linux, as well as several free distributions + of Linux by default create private groups. + </para> + + <para> + When mapping a UNIX/Linux group to a Windows group account all conflict can + be avoided by assuring that the Windows domain group name does not overlap + with any user account name. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> <title>Important Administrative Information</title> <para> |