This sounds awfully messy Bert. All those mappings might not be necessary.
I setup a Samba PDC the other week for a customer and we simply used the 'domain admin group =' parameter like this: domain admin group = admin nkelly root and other samba users This means when I (nkelly) log in on a workstation I have complete control over it. HTH Noel -----Original Message----- From: Bert Rapp [mailto:bert@;rappsonline.com] Sent: 05 November 2002 19:13 To: Samba List Subject: Re: [Samba] Trouble with groups Have I wandered into uncharted territory? They has to be someone out there that can point me in the right direction. Please help me. :) Bert Rapp wrote: > I'm having trouble getting myself in to the administrators group. I'm > using samba as a domain controller. I have a samba account called > administrator. I have these settings in my smb.conf:: > > domain group map = /etc/samba/groups.mapping > domain user map = /etc/samba/domainuser.mapping > local group map = /etc/samba/localgroup.mapping > > > This is in my domainuser.mapping to alias the administrator samba > account to the linux root account: > root = \\NORTHTRAILRV\\Administrator > > This is in my groups.mapping to alias admins to the Administrators groups > admins = Administrators > > This is the group listing in /etc/group: > admins:x:200:root > > And for fun I have a local group mapping like this: > admins = BUILTIN\Administrators > > For some reason though, when I log on to the domain as administrator, > I still do not have permission to change the time or anything else. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.404 / Virus Database: 228 - Release Date: 15/10/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.404 / Virus Database: 228 - Release Date: 15/10/2002 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba