[Samba] W7 client cannot adjust file permissions via ADUC

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

Leaving and re-joining the domain is easy. Tried that, no difference. 

Checking the gidNumber for the Domain Admin group . . not sure how to do
that? 

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On 2015-01-30 13:54, Rowland Penny wrote: 

> On 30/01/15 19:42, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:
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>> Yes, "INTERNAL" was the actual. Generated by script, I presume. Now changed to my workgroup name. Restarted member server. Now 'getent passwd Administrator' returns nothing but, W7 client still cannot connect. (As I have restored and re-run script this morning doesn't that mean it has to be coming over from DC's somehow?)
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> OK, we are getting somewhere (not sure where though ;-) )
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> I don't get anything when I try to get Administrators info either, so don't worry about it.
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> so, you have a user in AD that does have a 'uidNumber', does Domain Users have a 'gidNumber', if not give the group one.
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> After that, does 'getent passwd <username>' return anything, if not check that the 'uidNumber' & 'gidNumber' are both inside '2000-40000'
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> Is the W7 client joined to the Domain, try leaving the domain and rejoining.
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> Rowland
 

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