[Samba] BUILTIN groups mapping via winbind!!

[Kaustubh Chaudhari]

Hi Herman,

Ok, i got an idea, thanks a lot for putting your time in this and 
helping me out. :)

Regards,
Kaustubh

herman wrote:
> Kaustubh Chaudhari wrote:
>> Hi Herman.
>>
>> This is really a helpful information, but i am not able to understand 
>> why in built group we cant see a mapping for a normal user, as if we 
>> look Builtin is also a OU and we have some Builtin users and groups 
>> in it.
>>
>> If i create a OU and groups or users in it than i can see all those 
>> but just not with Buitin.
>>
>> Feel free to correct me, if you find i am wrong.
>>
>> Thanks for your interest in this.
>> Regards,
>> Kaustubh. 
> Well, I have found that Winbind can get confused when you do things in 
> ADS that you should not do - for example cross linked users and groups 
> after you dragged records around.  WinXP clients may still work, but 
> the only way to fix Winbind is to delete the offending records in 
> ADS.  The problem is that how you are supposed to find the offending 
> records is impossible to say.  Sometimes you can fix it by trying to 
> remember when it last worked and deleting everything that was changed 
> since.  Sometimes, the only way to fix things is to give up and 
> re-install ADS.
>
> Sooo, try to roll back till you get to a working situation, then make 
> your changes very carefully and with frequent backups.  I run ADS on 
> VMware and take a snapshot before every change I make to it, so I can 
> roll back without too much hassle as soon as things stop working.  
> Unfortunately, Winbind is still immature and not as robust as one may 
> like it to be.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Herman