[Samba] Using +<group> in "valid users" is not working

Krigler Pavol krigler at energotel.sk
Tue Jul 13 23:14:52 MDT 2010


Hi,

I had a similar problem, please check your /etc/nsswitch.conf settings.
Try to change settings to "group: files winbind" and then you can use
directly AD Domain Groups.

Cheers

Pavol

On 07/13/2010 02:00 AM, Lee, Andrien wrote:
> Hi Björn
> Thanks for your response.  The problem I'm having is that "payoff" in this instance is actually a UNIX group.  If I set valid users as "+payoff" I get the same problem with the same error message.  It just isn't recognising that bbancroft is a member of the local UNIX group payoff.
> 
> Cheers
> Andrien Lee
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Björn Jacke [mailto:bj at SerNet.DE] 
> 
> On 2010-07-12 at 14:19 +1000 Lee, Andrien sent off:
>> I have included a level 3 log from log.smbd up to the first rejection, along with the relevant smb.conf info that I am aware of.  The log is for a connection to a share with "valid users = @payoff", where bbancroft is a member of the payoff group.
> 
> make sure you don't run into the 16/32 Groups/User limitation of Solaris and
> also make sure to use @DOMAIN\group instread of @group.
> 
> Cheers
> Björn



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