On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 17:12 -0800, Susan wrote: > > --- Michael Christian <mchristianjr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi guys. I've installed FDS and the setup is killing me. Essentially all I > > want to use it for is Posix accounts and groups and I'm having trouble with > > groups. > > > > Getting user accounts is no problem, the attributes are aleady there, but > > posix groups are from scratch? > > > > If someone could point me in the right direction, or send me a link I would > > appreciate it. I've combed through the RHDS documentation and not been able > > to find what I was looking for. > > Groups are easy, what are you having problems with? > > Just run migrate_group.pl script on /etc/group on a representative machine, that'll produce an > LDIF you can import into your FDS. Verify that the dn is correct and load it in. > > It puts all posix groups into an ou=Groups, which I found convenient. From the UI, you can see > all your posix groups grouped together under Groups. ---- on a Red Hat system, it will default to Group and not Groups - I found this incredibly confusing at first. ---- > > If you are adding groups from the console, remember to highlight the Groups OU, right click, add > new, "other" posix group. I also change the index to the cn, instead of gid, that makes it easier > to read. > > You just have to decide whether you want to continue with the Linux standard where every user is a > member of his own group. As the number of users grows, that becomes a PITA. ---- and pretty pointless for workgroups, domains, etc. Craig
