I see. We're aiming at having all users and groups created on the AD side
in the first place, so hopefully this will not be an issue.
Thanks for the info anyway - we'll take this into account while designing
our setup.
On 2/5/09, Rich Megginson <rmeggins(a)redhat.com> wrote:
Kenneth Holter wrote:
> Hi. Sorry for the late response.
> They AD-groups are global security groups. We've not quite decided on
> whether to use existing AD-groups or create new ones aimed at the linux
> environment.
>
I don't know if security groups will sync correctly. When you create a
group in DS that you want to sync to AD, it will be created as a
distribution group.
>
> On 1/29/09, *Rich Megginson* <rmeggins(a)redhat.com <mailto:
> rmeggins(a)redhat.com>> wrote:
>
> Kenneth Holter wrote:
>
> Hi Rich.
> I haven't worked with the WindowsSync feature much myself,
> so I'm not sure about the group type details your requesting.
> But what we're working on is syncing AD groups over to DS, and
> use the group member information to build our own nis
> netgroups. These netgroups are then used by PAM to
> authenticate users.
>
> What are the AD groups used for in AD? Are they Security Groups
> or Distribution Groups or both? Are they Global or Local (or
> Universal)? We're just trying to get a sense of what people use
> Groups for on both sides.
>
> On 1/27/09, *Rich Megginson* <rmeggins(a)redhat.com
> <mailto:rmeggins@redhat.com> <mailto:rmeggins@redhat.com
> <mailto:rmeggins@redhat.com>>> wrote:
>
> We're currently investigating the group sync feature of Windows
> Sync, and we wanted to know how it is deployed. Do you sync
> groups? What types of groups? Security or Distribution?
> Global
> or Local? Do the groups have "meaning" in both AD and
> Fedora DS,
> or only in one side?
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