security = domain vs. valid users = @group

[Martin Apel]

> With samba 2.0.4b on Solaris 2.6 with nis (not nis+), 
> all I get is repeated failures in the username/password 
> dialog box when I use this combination in smb.conf: 
> 
>   [global] 
>   security = domain 
>   encrypt passwords = yes 
> 
>   [myshare] 
>   valid users = @unixgroup 
> 
> But when I change to 
> 
>   valid users = user1,user2,user3 
> 
> all is well. 
> 
> Has anyone found success with valid users = @group? 

I have similar problems on a Linux 2.2.10 machine. However I found out
that the problem seems to depend on the number of users which are member
of the given netgroup. For me the problem occurs only for a netgroup
with about 80 members. If I try the same for smaller netgroups, everything
works fine.

Any further experiences anywhere?

Martin
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