smbd does not support space in user or group name

Lin Li linl at xandros.com
Thu Feb 14 11:54:01 GMT 2002


Lin Li wrote:

> "Esh, Andrew" wrote:
>
> >
> > Here's what I use with winbind:
> >
> >         valid users = "@%D+Domain Users"
> >
> > or if you don't want to use macros, this would work with domain name
> > "DOMAIN":
> >
> >         valid users = "@DOMAIN+Domain Users"
> >
> > Perhaps I am misunderstanding the problem, but I don't see why any
> > change is needed.
>
> >
> > Hmmm... I though you could simply do something like
> >
> >         valid users = " @"Domain Users" "
> >
> > jerry
>
> Both of these do not work. What I did is on  a samba machine create a
> share, grant the permission to "Domain Users" by setting valid users as
> both of you suggested.  Then I use smbclient to access this share. I get
> some message in the log file like this:
> --------------
> lib/username.c:user_in_winbind_group_list(318)
> user_in_winbind_group_list: winbind_lookup_name for group \DOMAIN\Domain
> failed.
> --------------
> Test with my patch works in such situation.
>
> Thanks,
> Lin

I just find use valid users = ' @"DOMAIN\Domain Users" ' will work.

Thanks,
Lin





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