[wpkg-users] wpkgCreateReport Update

[Lukasz Zalewski]

Malte Starostik wrote:
> Hello Mark,
> 
> Am Freitag, 21. August 2009 20:44:03 schrieb Mark Nienberg:
>> grubi wrote:
>>> Download and user manual can be found at:
>>> http://www.gig-mbh.de/edv/software/wpkgtools/wpkg-create-report-english.h
>>> tm
>> The user manual says:
>>
>> "The prerequisite is that you have copied the wpkg.xml file of every client
>> to a central directory, carrying the name of the computer it originates
>> from. This can easily be achieved by appending something like the following
>> command line at the end of the script file you are calling wpkg from."
>>
>> What is the best way to do this if you are using the wpkg-client service to
>> call wpkg?  I'm guessing that maybe it should be listed in the "Advanced"
>> section under "Execute After". In that case, does anyone know which
>> user/passwd combination will be used to execute the command?  I'd like to
>> be sure that user actually has write privileges in the share that will hold
>> the xml files.
> 
> in the client, you can configure a command to execute after wpkg.js (Variable, 
> actions -> Execute after).  There you can put sth. like
> cmd /c copy /y "%SystemRoot%\system32\wpkg.xml" 
> \\host\share\%COMPUTERNAME%.xml
> 
> Mybe you need the testing version of the client for that - see 
> http://www1.wpkg.org/files/client/beta/test/2009-01-24/
> Then you need to somehow setup the connection to the share, one IMHO very 
> clean way to do this with the above testing version is to check "Path, users 
> _> Use computer account and password" and grant the group "Domain Computers" 
> read permission on the share(s) containing WPKG and SOFTWARE and write 
> permissions on the share referenced in the above copy command.  This way there 
> is no need to save some user's password for WPKG to run.
> 
Malte,
Did you managed, or heard anyone being successful in getting computer 
authentication working on samba 3.0.X with ldap backend?

Thx

Luk