[Samba] getent group not working

[Jonathan Buzzard]

On 08/08/12 15:13, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 08/08/12 14:45, Jonathan Buzzard wrote:
>> On 08/08/12 13:36, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>
>> [SNIP]
>>
>>>
>>> More info, with 'winbind use default domain = yes' in smb.conf on the
>>> client, 'getent group linuxusers' returns the info. Remove 'winbind use
>>> default domain = yes' from smb.conf and restart nmbd,smbd & winbind,
>>> 'getent group linuxusers' now returns nothing, put the line back &
>>> restart the daemons and the info comes back.
>>>
>>> Why does one line in smb.conf make such a big difference?
>>>
>>
>> Remove it and do a 'getent group HOME\\linuxusers' and see if that
>> works. Should explain why you need the user default domain in there.
>>
>> JAB.
>>
> ok, I removed the line and ran 'getent group HOME\\linuxusers'
> This returned 'HOME\linuxusers:x:3000012:', this is just the same as
> before but with the domain name stuck on the front, 'getent group' still
> returns nothing.
> So as I see it, with ''winbind use default domain = yes' in smb.conf,
> you do not need to give the domain name, but without it you do.
> I still do not see why 'getent group' does not return anything but local
> groups.
>

You did make sure to nuke any DB's that Samba might have created locally 
when switching between the two?

JAB.

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Jonathan A. Buzzard                 Email: jonathan (at) buzzard.me.uk
Fife, United Kingdom.