smbd - could'nt set effective gid to 100 msg

[Steve Jacobson]

Gerald,

Thanks, and I can understand how busy supporting these things can get.

I understand what smbd is trying with the setgid, but I just can't figure
out why it's failing.

I'm running Slackware Linux, with Linux Kernel 2.0.37, and smbd version
2.0.3.

Thanks

-steve j

Gerald Carter wrote:

> Steve Jacobson wrote:
> >
> > I was hoping that someone could take a look at this
> > error and point me in the right direction.  Is there a
> > better list / source for this?  I couldn't
> > find anything more appropriate and functional
> > on samba.org.
> >
> > > [2000/08/13 16:43:56, 0] smbd/uid.c:become_gid(105)
> > >   Couldn't set effective gid to 100 currently set to
> > >   (real=0,eff=0)
>
> Sorry Steve.  We've all been a little busier
> than usual as of late.
>
> While I'm not sure what's caused you error, I can
> give you a general understanding of what it means.
>
> smbd changes its effective uid and gid to that of
> the connected user (or force user/group) when doing
> operations on behalf of the user.  Otherwise it
> runs as root.  In you case, that process could not
> change to the user's group.
>
> What is the server platform you are running on?
>
> Cheers, jerry
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