[Samba] Samba/winbind UID mismatch.

[Pramod Venugopal]

Even stranger. 

This happens only when the user is a member of the domain admins group. When I removed the user from "Domain Admins" , the uid is correct.

On Aug 13, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Pramod Venugopal <pramod at dvnull.org> wrote:

> That did not work. But on the bright side, it looks like it is doing that only for one user and only via smb. 
> 
> Other services which use the same winbind authentication seem to work fine for that user such ftp and afp. I am going to recreate the user and see if it resolves the issue.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> - Pramod
> 
> 
> On Aug 12, 2013, at 4:52 AM, steve <steve at steve-ss.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/08/13 13:04, Pramod Venugopal wrote:
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> I am running Samba 4.0.8 on Arch Linux (installed from the Arch Repo)
>>> 
>>> I have winbind authentication configured and working. I am able to login via ssh, and at the machine console with my samba credentials. I also have a Windows 8 client and an OS X client which is able to connect to this system via smb.
>>> 
>>> However, when I create files or directories via smb I seem to have a UID mismatch compared to when I create files/directories via shell or at the console
>>> 
>>> When I type id at the shell, it tells me my uid is 3000018 . Files created at the shell or console have this as the owner.
>>> 
>>> When I copy files via smb the uid is 3000000.
>>> 
>>> In idmap.ldb , my xidNumber is 3000018.
>>> 
>>> Am I missing something ?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> - Pramod
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> Hi
>> A quick fix maybe.
>> 1. Add the line:
>> idmap_ldb use:rfc2307 = Yes
>> to smb.conf
>> 2. add:
>> uidNumber: 3000018
>> to the DN of the user
>> 3. Always work on the DC either by ssh or at the console.
>> 
>> Then the uidNumber will _always_ be 3000018.
>> 
>> There are many ways to do the same but I don't know Arch so dare not suggest.
>> HTH
>> Steve
>> 
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