[Samba] winbind users get lost sometimes (repost)

[John H Terpstra]

On Wednesday 22 September 2004 01:28, Nicola Mersi wrote:
> Sorry I'm re-posting this topic because I'm becoming crazy about it
>
> In addiction to what follows (that is the old post) I can add that in some
> hours everything return ok.
>
> I use samba and winbind under linux in a NT4 domain.
> I've set pam to use winbind for authentication. Every NT domain user has
> his home (/home/winnt/j.smith) and can login the machine.
> It is going all ok but sometimes, I can't understand why, some users are
> not recognized. If I try getent passwd I see them but if I try to login (or
> su) the user I receive the message that the user does not exist.
> The problem appears randomly for 1 or 2 users of 100.
> Is there a way to force a sync of the users, and why I see the user with
> getent but I can't login that user?

Check that nscd is not running. If it is, stop it.

- John T.

>
> Here is the global section of my smb.conf
>
> [global]
>
>     workgroup = DOMINIO_NT
>     netbios name = GOLIA
>     server string = Samba Server %v
>
>     printcap name = cups
>     load printers = yes
>     printing = cups
>     printer admin = @assistenza
>
>     log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>
>     max log size = 50
>
>     hosts allow = 10.0.0. 127.
>
>     map to guest = bad user
>
>     security = domain
>
>     password server = server_nt roma
>     encrypt passwords = yes
>     smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>
>    username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>    winbind uid = 10000-20000
>    winbind gid = 10000-20000
>    winbind separator = +
>    winbind use default domain = yes
>
>    winbind cache time = 15
>    winbind enum users = yes
>    winbind enum groups = yes
>
>    template homedir = /home/winnt/%U
>
>    obey pam restrictions = yes
>    template shell = /bin/bash
>
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>
>    wins server = 10.0.0.11
>
>    dns proxy = no

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