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

[Mike A. Leonetti]

Gentoo Linux.

Mike A. Leonetti
As warm as green tea

On 05/20/10 16:54, Gaiseric Vandal wrote:
> 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
>>
>> ...
>>
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