[Samba] Can't get permission on a share to work problem with groups

[Horace]

On 2014-02-09 06:39, Leander S. wrote:
> Am 09.02.14 12:25, schrieb Horace:
>> On 2014-02-09 06:11, Horace wrote:
>>> On 2014-02-09 05:59, Leander S. wrote:
>>>> Am 09.02.14 11:51, schrieb Horace:
>>>>> On 2014-02-09 05:31, Leander S. wrote:
>>>>>> Am 09.02.14 10:01, schrieb Horace:
>>>>>>> I have also tried valid users = ACCOUNTSAD\"Domain Admins" but I 
>>>>>>> still get 'is none, expected a group'? What is the correct syntax 
>>>>>>> to providing groups in valid users field??
>>>>>> I also wonder ;/
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have already scoured the Internet and only found similar 
>>>>> questions without any defined solutions. So I wonder myself. :/
>>>> That was one of my best research results, yet it didn't help. Goggle
>>>> translate may help wit hlanguage compatibility ;)
>>>> 
>>>> http://forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29553
>>> 
>>> Thanks but not to helpful, for whatever reason (that Google has
>>> changed lately), I can't translate that page :/
>> 
>> Although, the few English comments that I glance at that I could 
>> decipher, is to try with sid. Although this does work, what I can't I 
>> understand is what Group Names do not work ?
>> 
>> [2014/02/09 06:17:22.927279,  3] 
>> ../libcli/security/dom_sid.c:209(dom_sid_parse_endp)
>>   string_to_sid: SID @Domain Admins is not in a valid format
> 
> 
> 
> Well as funny as it may sound, BUT *drumroll*
> 
> Following combination seems working just fine:
> 
> write list  = @Groupname
> force user  =  Username
> 
> So, Samba is ABLE to resolve my groupname - it's just not able with
> the attribute *valid users* and *force group*. they seem broke?!

I have been working on this for quite awhile now, should a bug report be 
reported? In any case, this would probably be a good reference in case 
anyone happens to run into this problem.