Unable to connect to samba share with "force user = unix_user" [Solved]

[Quentin Gibeaux]

On 15/10/2014 15:05, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 15/10/14 13:57, Quentin Gibeaux wrote:
>> On 15/10/2014 14:47, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>> OK, this is what I expected, when you uncomment the 'force user' 
>>> line you are trying to force the files to be owned by 'somename', 
>>> this user is not in AD, hence this is why you are getting 
>>> 'NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER' . Either do not use the line or change 
>>> 'somename' to an AD user. 
>> In facts, i don't understand why it checks in the AD for the user 
>> with 'somename' name.
>> Anyway, if I try with "force user = root", where root is a unix only 
>> user : it works, whereas root is not in AD (so should be 
>> NO_SUCH_USER, right ?).
>>
>
> root is a special case, as far as I am aware it is hardcoded into 
> samba. I would have thought that 'NO_SUCH_USER' on the end of the 
> error message was pretty much to the point, samba **does not know who 
> 'somename' is* *
>
> Rowland
>
It also works with "nobody" or "munin", which aren't in AD either :)
Is it normal ?
I still don't get it on why samba's checking on AD for 'force user' : 
isn't it supposed to be only about filesystem rights ?

Quentin