[Samba] Drive becomes unusable with "The group name could not be found"

[Gaiseric Vandal]

What OS?

Solaris has 16 group limit.

On 05/20/2010 02:43 PM, Mike A. Leonetti wrote:
> Out of nowhere the share "neil share" disappeared for one user and the
> user got the error "The group name could not be found".  The user was a
> part of the group that was necessary to access the share.  Just
> restarting the samba services allowed the users to get back in to the
> share.  Not sure what the issue was until then...  Samba version 3.5.2.
>
> smb.conf (with omits)
> [global]
>          name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast
>          ldap ssl = no
>          delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x
> "%u" "%g"
>          time server = Yes
>          dns proxy = No
>          workgroup = falm
>          os level = 65
>          ldap admin dn = cn=admin,dc=directory,dc=server
>          security = user
>          add machine script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w '%u'
>          max log size = 50
>          log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>          ldap user suffix = ou=People
>          add group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g"
>          hide unreadable = Yes
>          add user to group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g"
>          ldap password sync = yes
>          logon drive = H:
>          domain master = Yes
>          preferred master = yes
>          local master = yes
>          encrypt passwords = yes
>          logon home = \\%L\%U
>          passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://127.0.0.1/
>          wins support = true
>          ldap delete dn = Yes
>          ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers
>          ldap group suffix = ou=Group
>          server string = Evolution Origin Server
>          ldap suffix = dc=directory,dc=server
>          #log level = 3
>          logon path = \\%L\profiles
>          add user script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m "%u"
>          set primary group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u"
>          ldap idmap suffix = ou=Idmap
>          domain logons = Yes
>          hosts allow = 192.168.1.0/24 127.0.0.0/8
>          interfaces = 192.168.1.0/24
>          logon script = %U.bat
>
> ...
>
> [neil share]
>          writeable = yes
>          path = /var/shares/neil share
>          force directory mode = 770
>          force group = neilshare
>          force create mode = 660
>          comment = Neil Share
>          valid users = @neilshare
>          create mode = 660
>          directory mode = 770
>
> ...
>
>