[Samba] Samba PDC + OpenLDAP + Windows 7 user name length

[Volker Lendecke]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 08:54:18AM +0200, Joan Antoni Torres wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We have the following configuration:
> 
> - OpenLDAP 2.4.21
> - Samba 3.5.2
> - Windows 7 x64
> - Roaming Profiles
> 
> We have 2500 users and format of usernames are:
> 
> name.firtsname.secondname (Spanish has first and second name)
> 
> Windows 7 clients are joined to the Samba domain. Everything works
> fine, users can logon in Samba domain, network volumes (F: , G: ...)
> are mapped correctly and the user profile is stored on the server at
> user logoff.
> 
> What is wrong? We have problems when the username is longer than 19
> characters. These users, can't logon, they see next error in the
> screen:

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7343

This is known and sounds VERY much like a Win7 bug. You
might contact Microsoft about this. I've tried without
success.

With best regards,

Volker

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