Hi Adam, Thanks for your reply. A couple a questions inline:
On 5/31/07, Adam Tauno Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is a Windows issue, not a Samba issue.
All the information I've been able to find references windows tools - the part I'm missing is where the windows tools stop and Samba takes over. I hope you don't mind me clarifying a couple of things below.
> Is there a simple howto that I've missed on this? Thanks in advance for any > tips. Yes, the Windows documentation. O'Reilly has a title: "Windows NT User Administration" you need a book like that. Most of the HOWTOs and what not on the Internet are confusing garbage, or at best only half complete, my advise is to skip them entirely.
Thanks for the tip - I think half my problem is I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for. I have Samba happily running as a Domain Controller and have the computers on the network in the domain. However, I don't have any windows servers, and hence don't have a Windows Active Directory on my network. All my searching for information regarding policies and so on aren't turning up much because they all seem to refer to AD. Can I ask if you (or anyone else) know if what I'm trying to do is possible using Samba on its own (and the GPO approach)? I'm assuming that I need to learn and understand firstly how to create my policy (thanks for the help on this) and how to distribute it. I'm hoping that the distribution is simply a matter of putting the appropriate file on a Samba share (once I know which share it is). Re the book, thanks - I've ordred a copy on amazon, unfortunately its not available on Safari.
The *OFFICIAL* Samba documentation does cover this to some extend, beyond that get a book. http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/PolicyMgmt.html
I had read that, and thought I was doing the right thing (although missing the link between POL and ADM files). Not sure how I'm going to get my hands on poledit.exe which I figure is my next step. Thanks again for your help. cheers, dim -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
