[Samba] Confused about groups and access

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Fri Feb 24 16:30:16 GMT 2006


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David Shapiro wrote:
> Unfortunately, aix does not have getent command.

David,

Try this instead:

	$ perl -e ' @grp = getgrnam("ntcdw"); print "@grp:\n";'
	$ perl -e ' @grp = getgrgid($gid); print "@grp:\n";'

> You have 'winbind nested groups = yes' (I know this is
>   obvious).    YES
>  
> 
> * Does 'id username' show the correct listing of groups?
> only after I log into the box as the user and then do an su to that
> user as an extra step do I see all the groups.  before that, all I see
> is domain users.
> 
> * Does `getent group ntcdw` return the group info?
> * Does `getent group $gid_ntcdw` return the group info?
>   ($gid_ntcdw is the numeric gid of ntcdw).

Bill, Is there anything special to AIX in this case?






cheers, jerry
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