[WBEL-users] SAMBA

[Johnny Hughes]

There are 2 kinds of groups ... global groups (groups that are domain
wide) and local groups (groups that only affect that specific PC). 
SAMBA doesn't do local groups ... it does do global groups.  

If the group that is created is a local group (created on each windows
PC), you would add the user to the group by going to "Control Panel ->
Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups"
and adding the the user into the local group.  In this case, you can
also create a global group that has all users you want to be able to do
this (using usrmgr) and on the individual windows computers, add that
global group to the local group created by the program.

If the group that is created is a Global group, then you need to use the
usrmgr tool and add the users from your domain to the group directly.

As I said, I have no experience with this specific program (VS.NET) ...
but I have lots of experience with windows groups in samba and windows.

> Thanks for the tip. Just one question though. Let me see if I get you 
> correct. Upon installation of VS.NET, a new group is created in Win PC 
> that a User on the Win machine needs to be added to, to enable him to 
> use VS.NET properly. By using your instructions, I would basically be 
> adding the user logging in to that group (in the local machine?) so that 
> he can use VS.NET properly? Am I understanding you right? And what do 
> you mean by "global group"? Thanks again for your advice.
> 
> Ganesh
> 
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, 2004-08-01 at 15:41, Ganeshram Iyer wrote:
> ><snip>
> >>I know that users wishing to do that would need to be in the 
> >>"Debugger Users" group in Windows. Any way I can add the users in the 
> >>domain to be defined as a part of that group when logging in from Win 
> >>PC? 
> ><snip>
> >
> >I don't know anything about debugging VS.NET, but if you have WBEL as a
> >NT type domain controller, you can use the usrmgr.exe tool (from any 2K
> >or XP workstation that is attached to your domain) to create a global
> >group named "Debugger Users" and add people to it.
> >
> >You can download the usrmgr tool (part of srvtools.exe) from here:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=173673
> >
> >If needed, Part 3 of my Samba PDC guide discusses more about
> >SVRTOOLS.EXE:
> >
> >http://www.hughesjr.com/content/view/26/30/Guides
> >
Johnny Hughes
HughesJR.com <http://www.hughesjr.com>