[Samba] workaround needed for Security Principals, and SID's mapping bug.

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:10:04 +0100
"L.P.H. van Belle via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hai, 
> 
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> Does anyone know if this Security Principals, and SID's mapping bug
> is resolved or if there is any patch. 
> 
> Rowland? Achim? Any samba dev? 
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> I really need it. 
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> Im at samba 4.4.5 
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> I cant find if its fixed in 4.4.7 or 4.5.1 
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> To check if you affected with this, follow these steps. 
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> 
> 1.                       Under "When running the task, use the
> following user account:", click "Change User or Group..." 
> 
> 2.                       Click "Locations" 
> 
> 3.                       Expand the [domain FQDN] and select the
> "Builtin" container, then click OK 
> 
> 4.                       In the box labelled "Enter the object name
> to select:" type "system", then click OK 
> 
> 5.                       You should see "NT AUTHORITY\System" in the
> box  
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> If you affected with this bug, you wil see :  DOMAIN\system  
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> And not NT AUTHORITY\System or buildin\system 
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> Due to the fact that i cant type the username, i need a solution. 
> 
> Typing the username wil result in : 
> 
> Windows (7)  event id 4098  error code  0x80041316
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> I need a way so step 1-5 does result in : NT AUTHORITY\System 
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> Greetz, 
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> Louis
> 

For the stupid amongst us i.e. me ;-)

What bug are you referring to ?
What are the steps before '1.' ? 

Rowland