Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of FAQ


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Timestamp:
Jun 14, 2008, 9:47:34 AM (16 years ago)
Author:
Herwig Bauernfeind
Comment:

Add note about difference between Unix group and OS/2 group file

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  • FAQ

    v11 v12  
    33This page should become a collection of tips and tricks around the setup and operation of the Samba Server and Client for eComStation and OS/2.
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    5 '''Q: I see a completely erratic behaviour, when I try to add a users to groups - I get access denied errors, sometimes the user appears magically after the next operation. What is wrong here?'''[[BR]]
    6 '''A:''' The problem is located in the group file and in the addusertogroup.cmd and deluserfromgroup.cmd scripts. The userlist '''MUST''' be terminated by a comma. Examples of the group file syntax floating around neglect this issue, and the scripts mentioned above do not provide the comma either (updated revisions are available at [http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/samba/files/group-20080610.zip here]).[[BR]]
     5'''Q: I see a completely erratic behaviour, when I try to add users to groups - I always get NT_ACCESS_DENIED errors, although credentials should be sufficient. Sometimes the user appears magically after the next operation. What is wrong here?'''[[BR]]
     6'''A:''' The problem is located in the group file and in the addusertogroup.cmd and deluserfromgroup.cmd scripts. The userlist '''MUST''' be terminated by a comma. Examples of the group file syntax floating around neglect this issue, and the scripts mentioned above do not provide the comma either (updated revisions are available  [http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/samba/files/group-20080610.zip here]).[[BR]][[BR]]
    77Each line of your group file should look like this:
    88{{{
    99ntadmin:*:3019:root,paul,herwig,master,administrator,
    1010}}}
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     12''Note: For real Unix it seems that it does not matter whether the trailing comma is added or not. The OS/2 implementation in klibc however depends upon this trailing comma in order to work properly.''[[BR]]
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    1214'''Q: How should my protocol bindings look like in MPTS?'''[[BR]]