Idmap config ad

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Introduction

The ad ID mapping back end implements a read-only API to read account and group information from Active Directory (AD). The back end is based on RFC 2307. For further details, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2307.txt.

For alternatives, see Identity Mapping Back Ends.



Advantages and Disadvantages of the ad Back End

Advantages:

  • Central administration of IDs inside Active Directory (AD).
  • Consistent IDs on all Samba clients and servers using the ad back end.
  • The required attributes only need creating once, this can be done when the user or group is created
  • IDs are only cached locally, they are stored in the AD database on DC's. This means that if the local cache becomes corrupt the file ownerships are not lost.

Disadvantages:

  • You have to manualy track ID values to avoid duplicates.
  • The values for the RFC2307 attributes are not created automatically, they must be added manually.

Winbind NSS info mode-specific features:

  • rfc2307: Individual login shells and home directory paths for users.
  • template: The login shells and home directory base paths are the same for all users.



Planning the ID Ranges

Before configuring the ad back end in the smb.conf file, you must select unique ID ranges for each domain. The ranges must be continuous and big enough to enable Samba to assign an ID for every future user and group created in the domain.



Prerequisites

To enable Samba to retrieve user and group information from Active Directory (AD):

  • Users must have, at least, the uidNumber attribute set. When using the rfc2307 winbind NSS info mode, user accounts must also have the loginShell and unixHomeDirectory set.
  • Groups must have, at least, the gidNumber attribute set.
  • Computers, or: 'machine network accounts', must have the uidNumber attribute set to access shares on samba domain members.
  • The Users and Computers Primary Group must have a gidNumber attribute set.
  • The user, computer, and group IDs must be within the range configured in the smb.conf for this domain.
  • User and computer IDs must be unique for all users and computers, and group IDs must be unique for all groups. Duplicate IDs or reusing IDs of previously deleted accounts enable the new user, computer, or group to access files created by the other or previous ID owner. When using the ADUC utility, the user and group IDs are automatically tracked inside AD and incremented when creating a new user or group.
  • Computer IDs (uidNumber attribute) are not automatically tracked inside AD and must be set manually in the ADUC Attribute Editor tab when a computer is joined to the domain.



The RFC2307 and template Mode Options

Before Samba version 4.6.0:


The ad ID mapping back end supports two modes, set in the winbind nss info parameter in the [global] section of the smb.conf file:

  • winbind nss info = rfc2307: All information is read from Active Directory (AD):
  • Users: Account name, UID, login shell, home directory path, and primary group.
  • Groups: Group name and GID.
  • winbind nss info = template: Only the following values are read from AD:
  • Users: Account name, UID, and primary group.
The login shell and home directory are automatically set by user-independent settings in the smb.conf file.
  • Groups: Group name and GID


From Samba version 4.6.0:


You no longer use the winbind nss info parameter, it has been replaced by idmap config DOMAIN : unix_nss_info

The ad ID mapping back end supports two modes, set in the idmap config DOMAIN : unix_nss_info parameter in the [global] section of the smb.conf file:

  • idmap config DOMAIN : unix_nss_info = yes: All information is read from Active Directory (AD):
  • Users: Account name, UID, login shell, home directory path, and primary group.
  • Groups: Group name and GID.
  • These settings are set on a DOMAIN basis, this means you can have different settings for each DOMAIN.
  • If a user lacks the RFC2307 attributes, the login shell and home directory are automatically set by user-independent settings in the smb.conf file.
  • idmap config DOMAIN : unix_nss_info = no: Only the following values are read from AD:
  • Users: Account name, UID, and primary group.
The login shell and home directory are automatically set by user-independent settings in the smb.conf file.
  • Groups: Group name and GID
  • This is the default setting.


There is now a new setting unix_primary_group, this allows you to use another group for the users primary group instead of Domain Users.

  • If this is set with unix_primary_group = yes, the users primary group is obtained from the gidNumber attribute found in the users AD object.
  • If this is set with unix_primary_group = no, the users primary group is calculated via the "primaryGroupID" attribute.
  • The default is 'no'


Configuring the ad Back End

Before Samba version 4.6.0:

  • To configure the ad back end using the 10000-999999 ID range for the SAMDOM domain, set the following in the [global] section of your smb.conf file:
security = ADS
workgroup = SAMDOM
realm = SAMDOM.EXAMPLE.COM

log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
log level = 1

winbind nss info = rfc2307

# Default ID mapping configuration for local BUILTIN accounts
# and groups on a domain member. The default (*) domain:
# - must not overlap with any domain ID mapping configuration!
# - must use a read-write-enabled back end, such as tdb.
idmap config * : backend = tdb
idmap config * : range = 3000-7999
# - You must set a DOMAIN backend configuration
# idmap config for the SAMDOM domain
idmap config SAMDOM:backend = ad
idmap config SAMDOM:schema_mode = rfc2307
idmap config SAMDOM:range = 10000-999999

vfs objects = acl_xattr
map acl inherit = yes
store dos attributes = yes


From Samba version 4.6.0:

  • To configure the ad back end using the 10000-999999 ID range for the SAMDOM domain, set the following in the [global] section of your smb.conf file:
security = ADS
workgroup = SAMDOM
realm = SAMDOM.EXAMPLE.COM

log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
log level = 1

# Default ID mapping configuration for local BUILTIN accounts
# and groups on a domain member. The default (*) domain:
# - must not overlap with any domain ID mapping configuration!
# - must use a read-write-enabled back end, such as tdb.
idmap config * : backend = tdb
idmap config * : range = 3000-7999
# - You must set a DOMAIN backend configuration
# idmap config for the SAMDOM domain
idmap config SAMDOM:backend = ad
idmap config SAMDOM:schema_mode = rfc2307
idmap config SAMDOM:range = 10000-999999
idmap config SAMDOM:unix_nss_info = yes

vfs objects = acl_xattr
map acl inherit = yes
store dos attributes = yes



  • Configure the Winbind NSS info mode:
  • To enable the template mode and set, for example, /bin/bash as shell and /home/%U as home directory path:
# Template settings for login shell and home directory
template shell = /bin/bash
template homedir = /home/%U
The settings are applied to all users in each domain that has the schema_mode = rfc2307 parameter set. From Samba 4.6.0, the global template settings can be overwritten on a domain-basis by enabling the idmap config domain_name:unix_nss_info parameter.
Samba resolves the %U variable to the session user name. For details, see the VARIABLE SUBSTITUTIONS section in the smb.conf(5) man page.
  • By default, Samba sets the Windows primary group as primary group for mapped domain user entries on Unix. The Windows primary group is retrieved from the primaryGroupID attribute of each user entry, this is usually set to the Domain Users group RID. This RID is then used to obtain the gidNumber attribute from the Windows primary group.
  • If you are running Samba 4.6.0 or later, you can optionally configure Samba to use the primary group set in the gidNumber attribute in the users entry instead. For example, when using the Active Directory Users and Computers application, this attribute is displayed in the UNIX Attributes tab. To use the group ID set in the users gidNumber attribute as primary group for each user instead of the Windows primary group, enable the following parameter in the [global] section in your smb.conf file:
idmap config SAMDOM:unix_primary_group = yes
  • Reload Samba:
# smbcontrol all reload-config

For further details, see the smb.conf(5) and idmap_ad(5) man page.



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