[Samba] group problem on NT4 domain

[John H Terpstra]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, steven.TSE wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Installed latest Samba3.0.2a on NT4 domain, security = domain and net rpc
> join successfully.
>
> everything work great, but group permission failed, error message is
> "user_in_winbind_group_list: nametogid for group NTGROUP failed".

Do you have winbindd running?
Is /etc/nsswitch.conf configured to use winbind?

- John T.

>
> smb.conf on shares as below:
> =====================
> omitted base configurations...
>
> [shareA]
> path = /public/shareA
> valid users =  <mailto:'@NT\Domain> '@NT\Domain Users'
> write list = NT\steven
>
>
> the conf is simple but error occured.  No one can access to shareA, a login
> prompted out for user/pass.  BTW, it has no problem at all if only use user
> rather than group.  Please kindly help or advise, thankyou.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Steven Tse
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org