[K12OSN] open samba share

[Huck]

a quote from Ch. 4 of the 'Using Samba' book from O'Reilly.

add user script:

There are two ways in which add user script can be used. When the Samba 
server is set up as a PDC, it can be assigned to a command that will run 
on the Samba server to add a Win NT/2k/XP computer acct to Samba's 
passwd db. When the user on the Win System changes the computer's 
settings to join a domain, he is asked for the username and password of 
a user who has admin rights on the domain controller.  Samba auths this 
user and then runs the 'add user script' with root perms.

When Samba is configured as a domain member server, the 'add user 
script' can be assigned to a command to add a user to the system. This 
allows Win clients to add users that can access shares on the Samba 
system without requiring an admin to create the account manually on the 
Samba host.

delete user script:

There are times when users are automatically delted from the domain, and 
the 'delte user script' can be assigned to a command that removes a user 
from the Samba host as a Win server would do.  However, you might not 
want this to happen because the Unix user might need the acct for 
reasons other than use with Samba, so be careful.


Not sure how helpful that is... but that's what the book says ;)

--Huck
caveat...I use the first method of the 'add user script' to add machines 
to the domain...but the users already exist in my scenario they aren't 
dynamically created and deleted.

Doug Simpson wrote:
> So if I put adduser in there on the share using root preexec then it will 
> create the unix account and that will allow samba to connect and use a 
> share created by the user withh adduser?
> 
> Don't you have to run smbpasswd -a <username> also?
> 
> I will try it with just adduser first and see what happens. . .
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Doug Simpson
> Technology Specialist
> DeQueen Public Schools
> DeQueen, AR 71832
> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
> Tux for President!
> 
> On Thu, 4 May 2006, Les Mikesell wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 11:00, Doug Simpson wrote:
>>> I am wanting a dumb share available without having to have usernames and 
>>> passwords entered on the linux server, but still have the smb set up with 
>>> security = server. . 
>>>
>>> Not possible is it?
>>>
>>> I guess I will just have to add the users on the linux server. . . RATS!
>> I think if you use winbindd authentication on the linux side
>> the users would be there automatically.  Otherwise all you
>> need is the 'adduser' step.  You don't have to assign passwords
>> on the Linux side.
>>
>> -- 
>>  Les Mikesell
>>   les at futuresource.com
>>
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