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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 6d5a019fcbe..00000000000 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/GROUP-MAPPING-HOWTO.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="groupmapping"> -<chapterinfo> - <author> - <firstname>Jean François</firstname><surname>Micouleau</surname> - </author> -</chapterinfo> - -<title>Group mapping HOWTO</title> - -<para> -Starting with Samba 3.0 alpha 2, a new group mapping function is available. The -current method (likely to change) to manage the groups is a new command called -<command>smbgroupedit</command>. -</para> - -<para> -The first immediate reason to use the group mapping on a PDC, is that -the <command>domain admin group</command> of <filename>smb.conf</filename> is -now gone. This parameter was used to give the listed users local admin rights -on their workstations. It was some magic stuff that simply worked but didn't -scale very well for complex setups. -</para> - -<para> -Let me explain how it works on NT/W2K, to have this magic fade away. -When installing NT/W2K on a computer, the installer program creates some users -and groups. Notably the 'Administrators' group, and gives to that group some -privileges like the ability to change the date and time or to kill any process -(or close too) running on the local machine. The 'Administrator' user is a -member of the 'Administrators' group, and thus 'inherit' the 'Administrators' -group privileges. If a 'joe' user is created and become a member of the -'Administrator' group, 'joe' has exactly the same rights as 'Administrator'. -</para> - -<para> -When a NT/W2K machine is joined to a domain, during that phase, the "Domain -Administrators' group of the PDC is added to the 'Administrators' group of the -workstation. Every members of the 'Domain Administrators' group 'inherit' the -rights of the 'Administrators' group when logging on the workstation. -</para> - -<para> -You are now wondering how to make some of your samba PDC users members of the -'Domain Administrators' ? That's really easy. -</para> - -<orderedlist> -<listitem><para>create a unix group (usually in <filename>/etc/group</filename>), let's call it domadm</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>add to this group the users that must be Administrators. For example if you want joe,john and mary, your entry in <filename>/etc/group</filename> will look like:</para> - -<para><programlisting> -domadm:x:502:joe,john,mary -</programlisting></para> - -</listitem> - -<listitem><para>Map this domadm group to the <command>domain admins</command> group by running the command:</para> - -<para><command>smbgroupedit -c "Domain Admins" -u domadm</command></para></listitem> - -</orderedlist> - -<para>You're set, joe, john and mary are domain administrators !</para> - -<para> -Like the Domain Admins group, you can map any arbitrary Unix group to any NT -group. You can also make any Unix group a domain group. For example, on a domain -member machine (an NT/W2K or a samba server running winbind), you would like to -give access to a certain directory to some users who are member of a group on -your samba PDC. Flag that group as a domain group by running: -</para> - -<para><command>smbgroupedit -a unixgroup -td</command></para> - -<para>You can list the various groups in the mapping database like this</para> -<para><command>smbgroupedit -v</command></para> - -</chapter> |