[Samba] Winbind log errors: string_to_sid...

Mike Diggins mike.diggins at mcmaster.ca
Mon Mar 16 03:30:08 GMT 2009


I'm running Winbind 3.0.33 with FreeRadius for windows authentication. Has 
anyone found a solution to these error messages in the samba.log?

[root at pr01 log]# tail samba.log
[2009/03/12 09:28:33, 0] lib/util_sid.c:string_to_sid(242)
   string_to_sid: Sid S-0-0 is not in a valid format.
[2009/03/12 09:33:33, 0] lib/util_sid.c:string_to_sid(242)
   string_to_sid: Sid S-0-0 is not in a valid format.
[2009/03/12 09:33:33, 0] lib/util_sid.c:string_to_sid(242)
   string_to_sid: Sid S-0-0 is not in a valid format.
[2009/03/12 09:38:35, 0] lib/util_sid.c:string_to_sid(242)
   string_to_sid: Sid S-0-0 is not in a valid format.

I get several a minute. I've found many posts with the same complaint, but 
no solution. Is upgrading (or downgrading) likely to stop it? It seems to 
be a purely cosmetic issue, but I'd still like to find a solution.

winbindd version 3.0.33-3.7.el5 (RH5 RPM)
RedHat Linux 5, release 2 fully patched

-Mike

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