FW: [Samba] Possible bug!!

Andrew Bartlett abartlet at samba.org
Thu Aug 15 06:20:01 GMT 2002


Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> 
> Kristyan Osborne wrote:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter [mailto:jerry at samba.org]
> > Sent: 14 August 2002 16:14
> > To: Kristyan Osborne
> > Cc: samba at samba.org
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] Possible bug!!
> >
> > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Kristyan Osborne wrote:
> >
> > > I'm using samba head cvs from 01/08/02 with ldap support. I have set
> > > some global groups up, however when i run the command (from win2k
> > > client) net group it /DOMAIN i get system error 5 access is denied.
> > >
> > > When i look at the logs on the samba server i get
> > >
> > > [2002/08/12 11:43:30, 2] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldapsam_connect_system(398)
> > >   ldap_connect_system: successful connection to LDAP server
> > > [2002/08/12 11:43:30, 2] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldapsam_search_one_user(410)
> > >    ldapsam_search_one_user: searching for:[(&(uid=it)(objectclass=sambaAccount))]
> > > [2002/08/12 11:43:30, 4] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldapsam_getsampwnam(1276)
> > >    We don't find this user [it] count=0
> > >
> > >
> > > It seems samba is using uid=group instead of gid=group, is there
> > > something I have missed or is this a bug???
> >
> > You should forward this off to andrew bartlett since he rewrote all that
> > stuff in HEAD.  Contact him on the samba-technical list.
> 
> I saw this when it first went past samba at samba.org, but I can't see
> what's wrong.  In particular, I'll need quite a few more details...
> 
> But there are code paths which will look up 'users as groups', in an

or groups as users for that matter.

> attempt to detect clashes.  Users and groups share the same NT
> namespace.  I don't think this bit is your bug.
> 
> Andrew Bartlett
> 
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> Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team  abartlet at samba.org
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Andrew Bartlett                                 abartlet at pcug.org.au
Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team  abartlet at samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College   abartlet at hawkerc.net
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