From 619aaa3cabcbe7bbdf7693027382b3f3bd85db4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:03:55 +0000 Subject: Added index entries. (This used to be commit 570739924cb26e73e87d8a92d0310d99e86b4de2) --- docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/Samba-Guide') diff --git a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml index 722c2aaa42..d19302c335 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap06-MakingHappyUsers.xml @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ may occur: + PDC + network bandwidthutilization + BDC + user account + PDC/BDC ratio Notice: A significant number of network administrators have responded to the guidance given below. It should be noted that there are sites that have a single PDC for many hundreds of @@ -209,11 +214,16 @@ clients is conservative and if followed will minimize problems - but it is not a Regarding LDAP Directories and Windows Computer Accounts + LDAPdirectory Computer (machine) accounts can be placed where ever you like in an LDAP directory subject to some constraints that are described in this section. + POSIX + SambaSAMAccount + machine account + trust account The POSIX and SambaSAMAccount components of computer (machine) accounts are both used by Samba. i.e.: Machine accounts are treated inside Samba in the same way that Windows NT4/200X treats them. A user account and a machine account are indistinquishable from each other, except that @@ -221,13 +231,17 @@ clients is conservative and if followed will minimize problems - but it is not a - The need for Windows user, group, machine, trust, etc. accounts to be tied to a valid UNIX uid + account + UID + The need for Windows user, group, machine, trust, etc. accounts to be tied to a valid UNIX UID is a design decision that was made a long way back in the history of Samba development. It is unlikely that this decision will be reversed of changed during the remaining life of the Samba-3.x series. + SID + NSS The resolution of a UID from the Windows SID is achieved within Samba through a mechanism that must refer back to the host operating system on which Samba is running. The Name Service Switcher (NSS) is the preferred mechanism that shields applications (like Samba) from the @@ -244,6 +258,7 @@ clients is conservative and if followed will minimize problems - but it is not a + nss_ldap For many the weapon of choice is to use the PADL nss_ldap utility. This utility must be configured so that computer accounts can be resolved to a POSIX/UNIX account UID. That is fundamentally an LDAP design question. The information provided on the Samba list and -- cgit