[Samba] tdb_update_sam: Failing to store a SAM_ACCOUNT

[Nigel Marsh]

On Saturday 27 March 2004 21:03, RedNuX at gmx.at wrote:
> Nice Evening!
>
> A friend of me has the following problem.  He is using (smbd Version
> 3.0.2a-Debian) I have in the bottom of this Mail his smb.conf.
> Can someone help us?
>
> [code]
> # userdel -r fritz
> # smbpasswd -x fritz
> Failed to initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user fritz.
> Failed to modify password entry for user fritz
>
> # useradd fritz -m -G users
> # passwd fritz
> Enter new UNIX password:
> Retype new UNIX password:
> passwd: password updated successfully
>
> # smbpasswd -a fritz
> New SMB password:
> Retype new SMB password:
> tdb_update_sam: Failing to store a SAM_ACCOUNT for [fritz] without a
> primary group RID

This is complaining about a Primary Group RID. Have you set up groupmapping?
See man net

> Failed to add entry for user fritz.
> Failed to modify password entry for user fritz
> [/code]
>
> smb.conf
> [code]
> #
> # Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
> #
> #
> # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
> # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
> # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
> # are not shown in this example
> #
> # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
> # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
> # for commentary and a ; for parts of the config file that you
> # may wish to enable
> #
> # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
> # "testparm" to check that you have not many any basic syntactic
> # errors.
> #
>
> #======================= Global Settings =======================
>
> [global]
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
>         obey pam restrictions = yes
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>         write list = heinz
>         force directory mode = 777
>         force group = users
>         encrypt passwords = true
>         public = yes
>         passdb backend = tdbsam guest
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>         dns proxy = no
>         netbios name = festplatte
>         wide links = no
>         server string = %h server (Samba %v)
>         invalid users = root
>         force create mode = 666
>         workgroup = lan
>         force user = nobody
>         os level = 20
>         security = share
>         syslog = 0
>         panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>         max log size = 1000
>
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = no
>
> # By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change next
> # parameter to 'yes' if you want to be able to write to them.
>    writable = no
>
> # File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
> # create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
>    create mask = 0700
>
> # Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want
> to
> # create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
>    directory mask = 0700
>
> # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain
> Logons
> # (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
> ;[netlogon]
> ;   comment = Network Logon Service
> ;   path = /home/samba/netlogon
> ;   guest ok = yes
> ;   writable = no
> ;   share modes = no
>
> [printers]
>    comment = All Printers
>    browseable = no
>    path = /tmp
>    printable = yes
>    public = no
>    writable = no
>    create mode = 0700
>
> # Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
> # printer drivers
> [print$]
>    comment = Printer Drivers
>    path = /var/lib/samba/printers
>    browseable = yes
>    read only = yes
>    guest ok = no
>
> # Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
> # Replace 'ntadmin' with the name of the group your admin users are
> # members of.
> ;   write list = root, @ntadmin
>
> # A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others.
> ;[cdrom]
> ;   comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
> ;   writable = no
> ;   locking = no
> ;   path = /cdrom
> ;   public = yes
>
> # The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the
> #       cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain
> #       an entry like this:
> #
> #       /dev/scd0   /cdrom  iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user   0 0
> #
> # The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the
> #
> # If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD
> #       is mounted on /cdrom
> #
> ;   preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom
> ;   postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom
>
>
> [anime]
>         comment = Anime - nur Lesen
>         path = /daten/anime/anime
>         write list = heinz
>
> [x_anime]
>         comment = Austausch Anime
>         writeable = yes
>         create mode = 666
>         path = /daten/anime/anime/austausch_anime
>         directory mode = 777
> [/code]
>
> thanks for reading!
>
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