samba

Samba scripts moved to subversion

The scripts I'm using to populate, manage and test the Windows drivers on WolfPrint have been copied into subversion.  The repo is

https://svn.unity.ncsu.edu/svn/print/trunk/sambascripts/

It's private to unix systems folks (I think) as the source has some sql passwords in it.

It's pretty raw, as a work in progress, so don't expect a README or nuttin. :-)

 

uidNumber, gidNumber, and uid added to global catalog of Unity.ad

I've just modified Unity.ad to hold the attributes uidNumber, gidNumber, and uid in the global catalog, using the info from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/248717

The "global catalog" is a partial replica of the account information needed to log in to the domain, used for performace so that users don't have to chase referrals when trying to login.

These particular attributes are used by Samba, in particular the 3.3 release that we're migrating towards, in identity management between the AD domain and the posix world.

 

Samba printing for Windows workstations

Traditionally, Windows clients were hosted from seperate print servers running Novell's NDPS and the third party Pcounter software.  This required that the logs and quotas be syncronized.  Starting in 2009, we moved to use Samba to convert the native Microsoft SMB/RPC print requests into a form that WolfPrint can use.