hpux and cifs

[David_550]

Hi,
somebody knows, how i can create users in my hpux 11i with 8-15 character longs?
I need it because in my windows domain i have users with 9-12 character longs and i need create those users in my hpux and samba.

i dont want do it in trusted mode.

Help,
Thanks

David

[Sundar_7]

Davi, whether or not the system is trusted, the supported maximum number of characters for a login name is only 8, not more than that.

[Steven E. Protter]

You can use LDAP to authenticate HP-UX users to a microsoft or Linux LDAP server that supports longer names.

But with the native OS, any character beyond number 8 is a nuisance that the OS ignores.

SEP

[Geoff Wild]

You can use the username.map file and map users with long windows id's to 8 character unix id's.

Rgds...Geoff

[David_550]

Thanks,but where is the location of the username.map file?

Thanks,

David

[Cesare Salvioni]

Username mapping is for sure the simplest solution.

You can choose any file for mapping, just configure the key
username map through swat in global section (maybe you have to select advanced view to see this parameter)
You can also simply add the line

username map = /your_path/your_file
ex.
username map = /var/opt/samba/private/usernamemap
in the smb.conf file

Then fill this file with entries like
unix_username = windows_username1 ....
like
root = administrator "Cesare Salvioni"

anytime a user in the windows_username is connecting a resource, it will be mapped to the unix_username

See also the help in swat for the username map keyword

Hope this help
Cesare Salvioni

[Geoff Wild]

Actually, username.map by default with HP's CIFS is in /etc/opt/samba

You can put it anywhere you like - just specify in your smb.conf file:

username map = /etc/opt/samba/username.map

Also, check out swat on your system:

http://yourserver:901

Great help available online.

Sign in as root, then click on "Globals", then "Help" next to username.map.

Rgds...Geoff