[Samba] Cannot access shared home directories from linux machine

[Rowland Penny]

On 10/07/14 17:01, isofx wrote:
>
>> Hi, you seem to be using the 'rid' backend on the machine you are 
>> trying to connect from:
>>
>> idmap config * : backend = rid
>> idmap config * : range = 10000 - 49999
>> idmap uid = 50000 - 100000
>> idmap gid = 50000 - 100000
>>
>> Doing this will ensure that you will definitely get a different id 
>> number for the user on the client against the one that they will have 
>> on the Samba4 server (incidentally, you are running an AD DC not a NT 
>> style PDC). I would suggest that you give your users & groups uid & 
>> gidNumbers and set the client to use these.
>>
>> Once this is setup, you should be able to connect via smbclient etc 
>> to the server, once this is working, you can move onto the cifs setup.
>>
>> Just what OS is the client running? idmap uid & gid where replaced 
>> some time ago.
>>
>> Rowland
>
> Thanks for the hint - this is my first samba setup and I got the idmap 
> configuration from a guide I found online and used it without looking 
> into the rid backend.
>
> I would configure the UID & GIDs via RSAT-Tools - but how can I 
> configure the client (terminal server) to use them?
>
> Both the server and the client are running Debian Wheezy.
>
> Kind regards,
> Rainhard

Just what do you mean by terminal server? If you mean a std linux client 
then have a look here:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_a_Samba_AD_Member_Server

But if you mean a 'thin-client' or ltsp client, then sorry but I haven't 
a clue.

Rowland