[GOLUM] RE: [Samba] pdbedit not working as documented

Dimitri Yioulos dyioulos at firstbhph.com
Wed Aug 10 18:23:36 GMT 2005


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John McLoskey wrote:
> Thanks everyone for your lack of any response whatsoever, I find it builds
> character to be ignored throughout challenges I encounter in my life. Since
> I was unable to explain why Samba is predisposed to a range of SID for all
> accounts, the client who was interested in keeping his Linux/Samba solution
> will be migrating to Window 2003. I hope that feels as bad, deep in your
> stomach, as it does mine! Thanks for nothing.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: golum-bounces at golum.org [mailto:golum-bounces at golum.org] On Behalf Of
> John McLoskey
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:03 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org; golum at golum.org
> Subject: [GOLUM] RE: [Samba] pdbedit not working as documented
> 
> Am I building user_sid internally every time? 
> We seem to ignore -U argument to pdbedit.
> At line 475 of samba-3.0.14a/source/utils/pdbedit.c;
> 
>       if (user_sid) {
>               DOM_SID u_sid;
>               if (!string_to_sid(&u_sid, user_sid)) {
>                       /* not a complete sid, may be a RID, try building a
> SID */
>                       int u_rid;
>                       
>                       if (sscanf(user_sid, "%d", &u_rid) != 1) {
>                               fprintf(stderr, "Error passed string is not
> a complete user SID or RID!\n");
>                               return -1;
>                       }
>                       sid_copy(&u_sid, get_global_sam_sid());
>                       sid_append_rid(&u_sid, u_rid);
>               }
>               pdb_set_user_sid (sam_pwent, &u_sid, PDB_CHANGED);
>       }
>       if (group_sid) {
>               DOM_SID g_sid;
>               if (!string_to_sid(&g_sid, group_sid)) {
>                       /* not a complete sid, may be a RID, try building a
> SID */
>                       int g_rid;
>                       
>                       if (sscanf(group_sid, "%d", &g_rid) != 1) {
>                               fprintf(stderr, "Error passed string is not
> a complete group SID or RID!\n");
>                               return -1;
>                       }
>                       sid_copy(&g_sid, get_global_sam_sid());
>                       sid_append_rid(&g_sid, g_rid);
>               }
>               pdb_set_group_sid (sam_pwent, &g_sid, PDB_CHANGED);
>       }
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+johnmcloskey=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+johnmcloskey=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org] On Behalf
> Of John McLoskey
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 12:46 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: [Samba] pdbedit not working as documented
> 
> Modifying account has same behavior;
> 
> smbsvr# pdbedit -r test1 -U S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3010
> Unix username:        test1
> NT username:
> Account Flags:        [U          ]
> User SID:             S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3008
> Primary Group SID:    S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3009
> Full Name:            User &
> Home Directory:       \\smbsvr\home\test1
> HomeDir Drive:        H:
> Logon Script:
> Profile Path:         \\smbsvr\home\test1\profile
> Domain:               WORKGROUP
> Account desc:
> Workstations:
> Munged dial:
> Logon time:           0
> Logoff time:          Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Kickoff time:         Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Password last set:    Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:53:13 UTC
> Password can change:  Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:53:13 UTC
> Password must change: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Last bad password   : 0
> Bad password count  : 0
> Logon hours         : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+johnmcloskey=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+johnmcloskey=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org] On Behalf
> Of John McLoskey
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:55 PM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] pdbedit not working as documented
> 
> I have am hitting a wall with pdbedit, as shown below. 
> Any workarounds would be greatly appreciated. 
> I am encountering the inability to change any users (profile) SID on Samba
> 3.x for Linux and BSD, which causes the accounts to no longer recognize
> their local Samba 2 profiles once they join Samba 3 domain. If I add a new
> user and pdbedit -a user -U SID it ignores the -U.
> The old profiles appear on the Windows clients as "unknown profile". 
> The problem is that the profiles are inaccessible. 
> If I man pdbedit, it clearly states the ability to;
> 
> 
> 
>  smbsvr# man pdbedit
> 
> ...
> 
>       -G SID|rid
>               This option can be used while adding or  modifying  a  user
> ac-
>               count. It will specify the users' new primary group SID
> (Securi-
>               ty Identifier) or rid.
> 
>               Example: -G S-1-5-21-2447931902-1787058256-3961074038-1201
> 
> 
>        -U SID|rid
>               This option can be used while adding or  modifying  a  user
> ac-
>               count.  It will specify the users' new SID (Security
> Identifier)
>               or rid.
> 
>               Example: -U S-1-5-21-2447931902-1787058256-3961074038-5004
> 
> Last login: Mon Aug  8 22:00:37 2005 from 192.168.1.101
> Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
>         The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
> 
> FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun May  8 10:21:06 UTC 2005
> 
> smbsvr# pdbedit -V
> Version 3.0.12
> smbsvr# pdbedit -r Administrator
> Unix username:        Administrator
> NT username:
> Account Flags:        [U          ]
> User SID:             S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3006
> Primary Group SID:    S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3007
> Full Name:            User &
> Home Directory:       \\smbsvr\home\Administrator
> HomeDir Drive:        H:
> Logon Script:
> Profile Path:         \\smbsvr\home\Administrator\profile
> Domain:               WORKGROUP
> Account desc:
> Workstations:
> Munged dial:
> Logon time:           0
> Logoff time:          Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Kickoff time:         Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Password last set:    Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:39:22 UTC
> Password can change:  Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:39:22 UTC
> Password must change: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Last bad password   : 0
> Bad password count  : 0
> Logon hours         : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> smbsvr# pdbedit -u Administrator -U
> S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3007
> Administrator:1003:User &
> smbsvr# pdbedit -r Administrator
> Unix username:        Administrator
> NT username:
> Account Flags:        [U          ]
> User SID:             S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3006
> Primary Group SID:    S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3007
> Full Name:            User &
> Home Directory:       \\smbsvr\home\Administrator
> HomeDir Drive:        H:
> Logon Script:
> Profile Path:         \\smbsvr\home\Administrator\profile
> Domain:               WORKGROUP
> Account desc:
> Workstations:
> Munged dial:
> Logon time:           0
> Logoff time:          Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Kickoff time:         Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Password last set:    Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:39:22 UTC
> Password can change:  Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:39:22 UTC
> Password must change: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Last bad password   : 0
> Bad password count  : 0
> Logon hours         : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> smbsvr# adduser
> Username: test1
> Full name:
> Uid (Leave empty for default):
> Login group [test1]:
> Login group is test1. Invite test1 into other groups? []:
> Login class [default]:
> Shell (sh csh tcsh nologin) [sh]:
> Home directory [/home/test1]:
> Use password-based authentication? [yes]:
> Use an empty password? (yes/no) [no]:
> Use a random password? (yes/no) [no]:
> Enter password:
> Enter password again:
> Lock out the account after creation? [no]:
> Username   : test1
> Password   : *****
> Full Name  :
> Uid        : 1004
> Class      :
> Groups     : test1
> Home       : /home/test1
> Shell      : /bin/sh
> Locked     : no
> OK? (yes/no): yes
> adduser: INFO: Successfully added (test1) to the user database.
> Add another user? (yes/no): no
> Goodbye!
> smbsvr#
> smbsvr#
> smbsvr# pdbedit -a test1 -U S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-5000
> new password:
> retype new password:
> Unix username:        test1
> NT username:
> Account Flags:        [U          ]
> User SID:             S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3008
> Primary Group SID:    S-1-5-21-1375268081-527015025-691025275-3009
> Full Name:            User &
> Home Directory:       \\smbsvr\home\pdigm\test1
> HomeDir Drive:        H:
> Logon Script:
> Profile Path:         \\smbsvr\home\pdigm\test1\profile
> Domain:               WORKGROUP
> Account desc:
> Workstations:
> Munged dial:
> Logon time:           0
> Logoff time:          Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Kickoff time:         Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Password last set:    Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:53:13 UTC
> Password can change:  Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:53:13 UTC
> Password must change: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 21:14:07 UTC
> Last bad password   : 0
> Bad password count  : 0
> Logon hours         : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> smbsvr# wtf
> wtf: Command not found.
> smbsvr#
> 
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