[Samba] Samba 4 posixGroup mapping

[Gémes Géza]

2012-02-06 01:27 keltezéssel, steve írta:
> Hi
> I've created a Samba 4 group called suseusers and mixed in posixGroup
> and gidNumber using samba-tool group add as a basis.
>
> It works, e.g. when I added an existing user to the group:
> getent group suseusers
> suseusers:*:2000:
> and
> getent passwd steve4
> steve4:x:3000019:2000:steve4:/home/CACTUS/steve4:/bin/bash
> and
> id
> uid=3000019(steve4) gid=2000(suseusers) groups=2000(suseusers)
>
> but there seems to be something wrong with getent group. A local group
> gives this:
> getent group users
> users:x:100:machine
> x not  *
>
> This happens both on the Samba 4 machine and a client with his /home
> directory on nfs4. The uid:gid mappings and permissions are perfect at
> both ends:) But what is the difference between the group info coming
> from Samba 4 and the group info coming from /etc/group? I'm sure that
> this is an error on my part, but I can't force it into failing no
> matter what I throw at it.
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
For an answer we would need some configuration details, first of all
nsswitch.conf, then depending on that maybe other files

Regards

Geza