From a2e3ba6e1281a7d3693173679ec7fb28898df319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:36:25 +0000 Subject: Merge over book changes into 3_0 CVS (This used to be commit d8fe4a81fb0d4972b2331b3d5fc4890244b44c33) --- docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml | 137 +++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml') diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml index a13a43675b..076b870609 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.xml @@ -7,17 +7,20 @@ &author.jerry; &author.jht; -Mapping MS Windows and Unix Groups +Mapping MS Windows and UNIX Groups + +groupsmapping Starting with Samba-3, new group mapping functionality is available to create associations - between Windows group SIDs and UNIX groups. The groupmap subcommand + between Windows group SIDs and UNIX groups. The groupmap subcommand included with the &net; tool can be used to manage these associations. The first immediate reason to use the group mapping on a Samba PDC, is that + domain admin group the domain admin group has been removed and should no longer be specified in &smb.conf;. This parameter was used to give the listed users membership in the Domain Admins Windows group which gave local admin rights on their workstations @@ -30,33 +33,54 @@ Samba allows the administrator to create MS Windows NT4 / 200x group accounts and to - arbitrarily associate them with Unix/Linux group accounts. + arbitrarily associate them with UNIX/Linux group accounts. +UID +GID - Group accounts can be managed using the MS Windows NT4 or MS Windows 200x MMC tools - so long as appropriate interface scripts have been provided to &smb.conf;. + Group accounts can be managed using the MS Windows NT4 or MS Windows 200x / XP Professional MMC tools. + Appropriate interface scripts should be provided in &smb.conf; if it is desired that UNIX / Linux system + accounts should be automatically created when these tools are used. In the absence of these scripts, and + so long as winbind is running, Samba accounts group accounts that are created using these tools will be + allocated UNIX UIDs/GIDs from the parameters set by the idmap uid/idmap gid settings + in the &smb.conf; file. + +
IDMAP groups + + + + +
+ + groupadd + groupdel + Administrators should be aware that where &smb.conf; group interface scripts make - direct calls to the Unix/Linux system tools (eg: the shadow utilities, groupadd, - groupdel, groupmod) then the resulting Unix/Linux group names will be subject + direct calls to the UNIX/Linux system tools (eg: the shadow utilities, groupadd, + groupdel, groupmod) then the resulting UNIX/Linux group names will be subject to any limits imposed by these tools. If the tool does NOT allow upper case characters or space characters, then the creation of an MS Windows NT4 / 200x style group of - Engineering Managers will attempt to create an identically named - Unix/Linux group, an attempt that will of course fail! + Engineering Managers will attempt to create an identically named + UNIX/Linux group, an attempt that will of course fail! + + GID + SID + There are several possible work-arounds for the operating system tools limitation. One - method is to use a script that generates a name for the Unix/Linux system group that - fits the operating system limits, and that then just passes the Unix/Linux group id (GID) + method is to use a script that generates a name for the UNIX/Linux system group that + fits the operating system limits, and that then just passes the UNIX/Linux group id (GID) back to the calling Samba interface. This will provide a dynamic work-around solution. - Another work-around is to manually create a Unix/Linux group, then manually create the + Another work-around is to manually create a UNIX/Linux group, then manually create the MS Windows NT4 / 200x group on the Samba server and then use the net groupmap tool to connect the two to each other. @@ -74,6 +98,7 @@ local machine. + Administrator The 'Administrator' user is a member of the 'Administrators' group, and thus inherits 'Administrators' group privileges. If a 'joe' user is created to be a member of the @@ -111,11 +136,12 @@ - - &rootprompt;net groupmap add ntgroup="Domain Admins" unixgroup=domadm - + +&rootprompt;net groupmap add ntgroup="Domain Admins" unixgroup=domadm + + "Domain Admins" group The quotes around "Domain Admins" are necessary due to the space in the group name. Also make sure to leave no whitespace surrounding the equal character (=). @@ -126,6 +152,7 @@ Now joe, john and mary are domain administrators! + groupsdomain It is possible to map any arbitrary UNIX group to any Windows NT4 / 200x group as well as making any UNIX group a Windows domain group. For example, if you wanted to include a @@ -134,15 +161,15 @@ - - &rootprompt;net groupmap add rid=1000 ntgroup="Accounting" unixgroup=acct - + +&rootprompt;net groupmap add rid=1000 ntgroup="Accounting" unixgroup=acct + Be aware that the RID parameter is a unsigned 32 bit integer that should normally start at 1000. However, this rid must not overlap with any RID assigned - to a user. Verifying this is done differently depending on on the passdb backend + to a user. Verifying this is done differently depending on the passdb backend you are using. Future versions of the tools may perform the verification automatically, but for now the burden is on you. @@ -156,13 +183,13 @@ - - &rootprompt; net groupmap list - System Administrators (S-1-5-21-2547222302-1596225915-2414751004-1002) -> sysadmin - Domain Admins (S-1-5-21-2547222302-1596225915-2414751004-512) -> domadmin - Domain Users (S-1-5-21-2547222302-1596225915-2414751004-513) -> domuser - Domain Guests (S-1-5-21-2547222302-1596225915-2414751004-514) -> domguest - + +&rootprompt; net groupmap list +System Administrators (S-1-5-21-2547222302-1596225915-2414751004-1002) -> sysadmin +Domain Admins (S-1-5-21-2547222302-1596225915-2414751004-512) -> domadmin +Domain Users (S-1-5-21-2547222302-1596225915-2414751004-513) -> domuser +Domain Guests (S-1-5-21-2547222302-1596225915-2414751004-514) -> domguest + @@ -185,7 +212,7 @@ Sample &smb.conf; add group script - A script to great complying group names for use by the Samba group interfaces: + A script to create complying group names for use by the Samba group interfaces: @@ -213,9 +240,9 @@ exit 0 The &smb.conf; entry for the above script would look like: - - add group script = /path_to_tool/smbgrpadd.sh %g - + +add group script/path_to_tool/smbgrpadd.sh %g + @@ -224,8 +251,8 @@ exit 0 Script to configure Group Mapping - In our example we have created a Unix/Linux group called ntadmin. - Our script will create the additional groups Engineers, Marketoids, Gnomes: + In our example we have created a UNIX/Linux group called ntadmin. + Our script will create the additional groups Orks, Elves, Gnomes: @@ -245,13 +272,13 @@ net groupmap modify ntgroup="Print Operators" unixgroup=lp net groupmap modify ntgroup="Replicators" unixgroup=daemon net groupmap modify ntgroup="Power Users" unixgroup=sys -#groupadd Engineers -#groupadd Marketoids -#groupadd Gnomes +groupadd Orks +groupadd Elves +groupadd Gnomes -#net groupmap add ntgroup="Engineers" unixgroup=Engineers type=d -#net groupmap add ntgroup="Marketoids" unixgroup=Marketoids type=d -#net groupmap add ntgroup="Gnomes" unixgroup=Gnomes type=d +net groupmap add ntgroup="Orks" unixgroup=Orks type=d +net groupmap add ntgroup="Elves" unixgroup=Elves type=d +net groupmap add ntgroup="Gnomes" unixgroup=Gnomes type=d @@ -279,7 +306,7 @@ manually before putting them into active service. This is a common problem when the groupadd is called directly - by the Samba interface script for the add group script in + by the Samba interface script for the add group script in the &smb.conf; file. @@ -290,9 +317,9 @@ manually before putting them into active service. There are three possible work-arounds. Firstly, use only group names that comply - with the limitations of the Unix/Linux groupadd system tool. + with the limitations of the UNIX/Linux groupadd 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 + 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. @@ -302,12 +329,40 @@ manually before putting them into active service. Adding MS Windows Groups to MS Windows Groups Fails + groupsnested + Samba-3 does NOT support nested groups from the MS Windows control environment. + + Adding <emphasis>Domain Users</emphasis> to the <emphasis>Power Users</emphasis> group + + + What must I do to add Domain Users to the Power Users group? + + + + The Power Users group is a group that is local to each Windows + 200x / XP Professional workstation. You can not add the Domain Users group to the Power Users + group automatically, this must be done on each workstation by logging in as the local workstation + administrator and then using click on Start / Control Panel / Users and Passwords + now click on the 'Advanced' tab, then on the 'Advanced' Button. + + +"Domain Users" group + + Now click on 'Groups', then double click on 'Power Users'. This will launch the panel to add users + or groups to the local machine 'Power Uses' group. Click on the 'Add' button, select the domain + from which the 'Domain Users' group is to be added, double click on the 'Domain Users' group, then + click on the 'Ok' button. Note: If a logon box is presented during this process please remember to + enter the connect as DOMAIN\UserName. ie: For the domain MIDEARTH and the user 'root' enter + MIDEARTH\root. + + + -- cgit