[Samba] winbindd/idmap_ldap.c:472(idmap_ldap_allocate_id) Cannot allocate gid above 20000!

John H Terpstra jht at samba.org
Mon May 23 06:05:40 MDT 2011


On 05/23/2011 06:37 AM, Jelle de Jong wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I got a few servers that where running stable and somehow winbindd
> started complaining. There were no users added or any samba related
> updates. Also the problems did not started on the same day one of the
> servers started today and on other one months ago...
>
> winbindd[14450]: [2011/05/23 13:33:13.442070,  0]
> winbindd/idmap_ldap.c:472(idmap_ldap_allocate_id)
> winbindd[14450]:   Cannot allocate gid above 20000!

Jelle,

In the [global] stanza do you perhaps have:

	idmap gid = 0-20000

If yes, you need to increase that upper limit.

If not, please share with us the output of:

	testparm -s

Cheers,
John T.


>
> # winbindd --version
> Version 3.5.6
>
> How can I fix my this?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jelle de Jong



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