[Samba] Samba 3.6 doesn't accept force user / force group with domain name user

[Jakov Sosic]

Any ideas? :(



On 09/21/2015 01:11 PM, Jakov Sosic wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I had a samba 3.5.x install (CentOS 6), joined to an AD domain named
> EXAMPLE. I also have a local user/group on a linux boxes example:example.
>
> This is an example share:
>
> [app]
>      path                 = /home/example/www/app
>      valid users          = @"EXAMPLE\itdesign", @"EXAMPLE\itdev"
>      force user           = "example"
>      force group          = "example"
>      browseable           = yes
>      writeable            = yes
>      guest ok             = no
>      guest only           = no
>
> This works perfectly on 3.5.x.
>
> BUT
>
> After upgrading to 3.6.x, everything works EXCEPT that I cannot have
> force user or force group set to 'example' in my smb.conf. Windows
> clients report the following:
>
> "The user name could not be found"
>
> when I change 'force user' username to something else, I get:
>
> "The group name could not be found".
>
> So, basically, this is what I gotta do to make it work:
>
> [app]
>      path                 = /home/example/www/app
>      valid users          = @"EXAMPLE\itdesign", @"EXAMPLE\itdev"
>      force user           = "someone"
>      force group          = "else"
>      browseable           = yes
>      writeable            = yes
>      guest ok             = no
>      guest only           = no
>
> And then it works...
>
> Any ideas? Did Samba 3.6 disable the force user with the same name as
> the domain? Is there an option that would allow this behaviour?