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Old 01-01-2008, 11:15 PM   #1
des_a
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Explanation of Group Types in Samba/Linux/Windows


OK I'm looking for a general explanation of group types in Samba Linux and Windows. First here's what I think I understand already.

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* Groups are a way to logically group users for privaliges
* You can add a group to a group in Windows, but not Linux
* Sometimes you can add a group to a group in Samba, but not in the version I'm using
* Linux has only plain groups
* Windows has different types of groups:
  * Universal
  * Local
  * Global
  * Domain Local
  * Domain Global
* Samba has 3 different types of groups:
  * Local
  * Domain
  * Builtin
The main question about this is am I right so far, and what is the differences between the functions of each, especially in a samba server, and what does it map to in the Windows world?

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Old 01-02-2008, 04:03 PM   #2
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