[K12OSN] smbldap - adding ldap users to local groups

[Jim Kronebusch]

> > From a console on the server as root:
> > 
> > vigr (this is a vi-based group file editor - it locks the file to
> > prevent other writes)
> > 
> > now append fusers to the fuse group entry. If it is after another entry
> > for the fuse group, use a comma between the entries.
> 
> I tried adding an ldap group to a local group and it did not work properly (it 
> was as if members of the ldap group were not members of the local group).  
> Then I tried adding a local group to another local group and that also did not 
> work (similar results as above).  Is there something special I need to do in 
> order to allow a group to be a member of another group and have the "child 
> group" inherit the permissions of the "parent group"?
> 
> -Rob

I had tried the same thing before and could not get this too work.  As you said it acted
as if the users were not part of the group.  I was only able to get local groups working
if I mirrored them in the LDAP server as shown in Step 4 of
www.1-cs.com/ubuntu_ldap_howto.txt.   I then set up Webmin to add all new users to these
groups.  This is working very well for me.

Jim 

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