SambaLogonTimeTo save the logon time of each user with a samba pdc use the following procedure yum install ruby ruby-devel rdoc cd /usr/local/src Newer releases of fedora >5 will install rubygems with yum wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/17190/rubygems-0.9.2.tgz tar -zxvf rubygems-0.9.2.tgz cd rubygems-0.9.2 ruby setup.rb gem install ruby-net-ldap gem install ruby-net-ldap cd I'm doing this as root so you should be in the root directory now "/root/" Download the ldapctl script: wget http://go.sneakymustard.com/stuff/code/ldapctl.rb or, now it resides on my server wget http://www.dghartung.com/samples/ldapctl.rb I had to modify line 99 in the script to accommodate my use, change line 99 from : CONFIG = ENV['HOME'] + '/.ldapctlrc' TO CONFIG = '/root/.ldapctlrc' Create a config file named .ldapctlrc with the following contents suited for yourself mydomain: host: 127.0.0.1 port: 389 bind_dn: cn=Manager,dc=dghartung,dc=com base_dn: dc=dghartung,dc=com password: passwd dn_pattern: uid=%s,ou=People,dc=dghartung,dc=com Change to the /usr/local/bin directory cd /usr/local/bin Create a file called smbupd.sh with the following contents #!/bin/bash TIMESTAMP=$(date +%s) /usr/bin/ruby /root/ldapctl.rb mydomain replace $1 sambaLogonTime "$TIMESTAMP" Make sure it is executable chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/smbupd.sh Now Modify your /etc/samba/smb.conf file. In your netlogon share place the following line root preexec = /usr/local/bin/smbupd.sh "%U" |