[email protected] wrote:
Is it possible with DNews to allow both local users and Domain users from
active directory to have Read,Post access to newsgroups while at the same time
allowing other local users Read only access to the same groups?
For instance, we have about 4000 Domain users that access newsgroups based on
Active Directory groups. We are trying to move away from using Domain accounts
because all they are used for is newsgroup access and the Domain is being
removed. So, we want to gradually move users from Domain accounts to local
accounts utilizing local groups instead of Domain geoups. At the same time, we
have a new requirement to allow certain users read only access to specific
newsgroups that others have Post access to.
If someone can point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated. We
are currently using dnews 5.6b1.
Frankly, I'm unsure, user can login using
domain\user
so it's possible they can login to AD or the local domain, I would try it.
Giving some users 'read only' access to some groups is done like this:
---------------------------access.conf-----------------------------------
*:logoff:::*
*:read:$lookup$:$lookup$:*
*:read,post:,groups=staff::*:
*:read:,groups=student::*:
*:post:,groups=student::*,!readonly.groups.*:
---------------------------users.dat----------------------------------------
sally:sallypassword:None:*:sally:student
jim:jimpassword:None:*:jim:staff
jane:janepassword:None:*:jane:staff
ChrisP.
