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RE: SSH, Samba, smbnetsec and chmod


Maybe the reason this seems so strange to me is that the Samba host is
not configured to be a NT domain controller.  Let's consider adding my
remote group to /etc/group...  The format is group:SID:GID, right?
Where would I get the SID from?

S. Sherbert

> Yes.  At least your remote group should be in /etc/group.
Furthermore, 
> I found that I had to add the local user to that group to be able to 
> access remote files.
>	Igor
>
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Stephen Sherbert wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the quick response.
> >
> > I will have to wait for the network admin to make the Samba changes.

> > I am anxious to see if that solves my problem.
> >
> > For the final response, I do have a comment.  My user and group ARE
in 
> > the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.  I mentioned that is my
problem 
> > description.  However since I am using Samba, I have another user 
> > account for the remote box hosting Samba.  Did you mean for me to
put 
> > that remote user/group into my /etc/passwd(group) files?


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