[Samba] "gid of user xxx doesn't exist" error repeatedly posted to /var/messages

[Fred Nuffer]

Tim,

Thanks for the quick response.

Our Red Hat installation uses the UPG convention by default, so I simply 
trying to support it.  I will discontinue its use if I can't find a 
workaround.  Samba 3 with ACL support and ntconfig.pol policies make it 
somewhat redundant.

But, yes, that group cannot be found.  The UPG is is the primary group 
of the user, and I _think_ Samba wants to chgrp the user to a different 
group.  This fails because the UPG is not a Samba group.  If I map the 
private group to Domain group of the same name, I run into netbios name 
duplication problems.

Tim Boneko wrote:
> Fred Nuffer schrieb:
>> Feb 20 09:35:50 SUMSRVR smbd[27950]:   get_alias_user_groups: gid of
>> user xxx doesn't exist. Check your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files
> 
> Only to make sure i got it right:
> You create your users with their own group name, i.e. user fred is
> member of the group fred. This group name cannot be found by samba
> because samba only knows your domain groups. Is that right?
> 
> If so, do you need these "private groups"? I create my users with
> primary group "users" which is hinted at by my "Domain Users" group.
> I see the downside of home directories being group accessible, but you
> can still do "chmod 700" on a home directory which lets in only the
> owner. Samba allows manifold policy settings, share specific or global.
> 
> If you can't or won't put your users into a common group, i will try to
> find a different solution. Will be tricky - the thinking most of all ;-)
> 
> 
>    timbo

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Best regards,

L. Fred Nuffer