On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 17:25, Ninti Systems wrote: > I'm wondering if, in a context where samba 3.0.4 is PDC for an NT domain > with XP clients, it is necessary or at least normal practice to map > most/all NT groups (eg Domain Admins, Domain Users) to unix groups? > > Also, I notice when I do 'net groupmap list' that there are not only > Domain Admins, Domain Users and Domain Guests, but also plain Admins, > Users and Guests. What is the significance of these two sets of groups > (the Domain groups and the 'plain' groups), should I map to one or the > other or both? > > Sorry, my knowledge of Windows is even less than my knowledge of Samba > at this point in time. ---- There is coverage of groups in the very excellent samba 3 how-to - see the documentation page at the samba web site <http://www.samba.org>
Rather than cover it inadequately, you would be better served by reading the information there. It seems that you already have mapped groups. 'Plain' groups are local accounts - not of much importance to a Samba machine. Craig -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba