[Samba] getent and wbinfo not returning expected results?

Doug Sampson dougs at dawnsign.com
Fri Sep 16 17:34:28 GMT 2005


> Some commands work but not the way i would expect them to, such as  
> "wbinfo -u". This command comes back with a list of users 
> from the AD  
> but the domain name is not prepended as i would expect with the  
> domain separator value between the domain name and the username.
> 
> "wbinfo -g" is exactly the same, it comes back with a list of AD  
> groups but the domain is not prepended, what would cause this 
> behavior?
> 
> Here is the global section of my smb.conf, maybe i am missing  
> something that will be obvious to users on this list.
> 
> > [global]
> >    workgroup = domain
> >    netbios name = mps1intmx01
> >    server string = SMB %v for domain.com
> >    security = ADS
> >    encrypt passwords = Yes
> >    template shell = /bin/bash
> >    realm = DOMAIN.COM
> >
> >    # Winbind settings
> >    idmap backend = idmap_rid:DOMAIN=500-5000
> >    idmap uid = 500-1000
> >    idmap gid = 500-1000
> >    winbind separator = /
> >    winbind enum users = Yes
> >    winbind enum groups = Yes
> >    winbind use default domain = Yes
> >    winbind nested groups = Yes
> >    allow trusted domains = No
> >
> >    preferred master = No
> >    local master = No
> >    wins server = msp1intmx02.domain.com
> >
> >    log level = 10

Remove 'winbind use default domain = Yes' from smb.conf and you'll see the
domain name prepended to the output from 'wbinfo -u' & 'wbinfo -g' commands.

~Doug 


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