[Samba] New (4.18 provisioned) domain is missing id lookups from idmap.ldb

Mon Sep 4 21:04:06 UTC 2023

On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 22:50:56 +0200
Kees van Vloten via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> 
> On 04-09-2023 22:26, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> > On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 22:09:35 +0200
> > Kees van Vloten via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Team,
> >>
> >>
> >> I am setting up a new AD-domain, the first DC is just operational
> >> and some users and groups are created.
> >>
> >> This run on Debian 11, Samba 4.18.6 and it is set up with the same
> >> (but evolved) Ansible code I used for my other domains (all of them
> >> on different networks and independent of each other). The older
> >> domains were initially set up with Samba 4.14 and another with 4.15
> >> and upgraded many times since, the new setup with 4.18.6. In all
> >> places gets installed from the same debian packages.
> >>
> >> Due to the repeatable Ansible setup the /etc/samba/smb.conf is
> >> exactly the same (apart from the domain name etc.) on the existing
> >> domains and the new domain. And all domains were provisioned with
> >> '--use-rfc2307'.
> >>
> >> 'samba-tool processes | wc -l' is equal between old and new: 24
> >> lines. And ps aux | grep winbindd also shows an equal number of
> >> winbind processes.
> >>
> >> '/etc/nsswitch.conf' is also equal and includes winbind for passwd
> >> and group.
> >>
> >>
> >> Now the mystery starts: there is a difference in id (uid/gid)
> >> lookups on a DC between the older domains and the new domain.
> >>
> >> It looks like the new domain is not querying
> >> /var/lib/samba/private/idmap.ldb (but is does exist there), whereas
> >> the older once are.
> >>
> >> As an example I tried: getent passwd '<DOMAIN-NAME>\domain admins'
> >>
> >> On the old domain(s) this results (as expected) in:
> >>
> >> OLDDOM\domain admins:*:3000004:3000004::/home/domain
> >> admins:/bin/bash
> >>
> >> But on the new domain the lookup has no result.
> >>
> >> The winbind logging is equally different, on the old domain
> >> (success):
> >>
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:56.243929,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_misc.c:355(winbindd_interface_version)
> >>     winbindd_interface_version: [nss_winbind (2502996)]: request
> >> interface version (version = 32)
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:56.243999,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd.c:497(process_request_send)
> >>     process_request_send: [nss_winbind (2502996)] Handling async
> >> request: GETPWNAM
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:56.244007,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_getpwnam.c:59(winbindd_getpwnam_send)
> >>     [nss_winbind (2502996)] Winbind external command GETPWNAM
> >> start. Query username 'OLDDOM\domain admins'.
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:56.244312,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_getpwnam.c:149(winbindd_getpwnam_recv)
> >>     Winbind external command GETPWNAM end.
> >>     (name:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:dir:shell)
> >>     OLDDOM\domain admins:*:3000004:3000004::/home/domain
> >> admins:/bin/bash [2023/09/04 20:55:56.244322,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd.c:564(process_request_done)
> >>     process_request_done: [nss_winbind(2502996):GETPWNAM]:
> >> NT_STATUS_OK [2023/09/04 20:55:57.091601,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_misc.c:355(winbindd_interface_version)
> >>     winbindd_interface_version: [nss_winbind (2502997)]: request
> >> interface version (version = 32)
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:57.091800,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd.c:497(process_request_send)
> >>     process_request_send: [nss_winbind (2502997)] Handling async
> >> request: GETGROUPS
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:57.091817,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_getgroups.c:63(winbindd_getgroups_send)
> >>     [nss_winbind (2502997)] Winbind external command GETGROUPS
> >> start. Searching groups for username 'root'.
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:57.093936,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_util.c:1736(lookup_usergroups_cached)
> >>     : lookup_usergroups_cached
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:57.106212,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_getgroups.c:267(winbindd_getgroups_recv)
> >>     Winbind external command GETGROUPS end.
> >>     Received 2 entries.
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:57.106337,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_getgroups.c:272(winbindd_getgroups_recv)
> >>     0: GID 10000
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:57.106344,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_getgroups.c:272(winbindd_getgroups_recv)
> >>     1: GID 10019
> >> [2023/09/04 20:55:57.106350,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd.c:564(process_request_done)
> >>     process_request_done: [nss_winbind(2502997):GETGROUPS]:
> >> NT_STATUS_OK
> >>
> >> On the new domain (no result):
> >>
> >> [2023/09/04 20:54:18.579629,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_misc.c:355(winbindd_interface_version)
> >>     winbindd_interface_version: [nss_winbind (43590)]: request
> >> interface version (version = 32)
> >> [2023/09/04 20:54:18.579686,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd.c:497(process_request_send)
> >>     process_request_send: [nss_winbind (43590)] Handling async
> >> request: GETPWNAM
> >> [2023/09/04 20:54:18.579701,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_getpwnam.c:59(winbindd_getpwnam_send)
> >>     [nss_winbind (43590)] Winbind external command GETPWNAM start.
> >>     Query username 'NEWDOM\domain admins'.
> >> [2023/09/04 20:54:18.582975,  1]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/wb_queryuser.c:128(wb_queryuser_got_uid)
> >>     XID type is 2, should be ID_TYPE_UID or ID_TYPE_BOTH.
> >> [2023/09/04 20:54:18.582990,  1]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd_getpwnam.c:142(winbindd_getpwnam_recv)
> >>     Could not convert sid
> >> S-1-5-21-435088123-233829246-2133031062-512: NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER
> >> [2023/09/04 20:54:18.582995,  3]
> >> ../../source3/winbindd/winbindd.c:564(process_request_done)
> >>     process_request_done: [nss_winbind(43590):GETPWNAM]:
> >> NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER
> >>
> >> Another indication that /var/lib/samba/private/idmap.ldb is not
> >> used comes from the group lookup of domain admins:
> >>
> >> getent group '<DOMAIN-NAME>\domain admins'
> >>
> >> Old domain: OLDDOM\domain admins:x:3000004: (3000004 is the
> >> xidNumber in idmap.ldb)
> >>
> >> New domain: NEWDOM\domain admins:x:10001: (10001 is the gidNumber
> >> in the ldap record of the group)
> >>
> >>
> >> Would could cause this different behaviour (on these 2 very similar
> >> environments)?
> > You giving Domain Admins a gidNumber attribute, which by the way has
> > just broken sysvol.
> >
> > Rowland
> >
> >
> ok, it was worth testing your hypothesis:
> 
> # destroy domain:
> dpkg -l | grep 4.18.6 | awk '{print $2}' | xargs apt-get -y purge
> # everything including /var/lib/samba is removed
> 
> # rerun ansible playbook for samba_dc_install
> 
> getent group 'domain admins'
> # no result
> 
> So no more gidNumber from the ldap group record, but nothing from 
> idmap.ldb either :-(
> 
> - Kees.
> 
> 
> 

It has worked for over 10 years, so if it has stopped working, why?
These are probably stupid questions, but are libpam-winbind and
libnss-winbind installed ? Also is /etc/nsswitch.conf set up correctly?

Rowland