[Samba] getent passwd does not show correct UID.GID

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 01 Dec 2017 02:33:45 -0500
Mark Foley via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> I've moved a user from being in /etc/passwd to being a proper domain
> user.  I've added the user with RSAT with UID.GID 10005.10000. I've
> removed the user from /etc/passwd. However, getent continues to show
> the user with his old UID:
> 
> # getent passwd mpress
> HPRS\mpress:*:3000031:10000:Mike Press:/home/HPRS/mpress:/bin/bash
> 
> in ldbsearch it shows the correct UID:GID:
> 
> # record 281
> dn: CN=Mike Press,CN=Users,DC=hprs,DC=local
> msSFU30NisDomain: hprs
> uidNumber: 10005
> loginShell: /bin/bash
> unixHomeDirectory: /home/HPRS/mpress
> gidNumber: 10000
> msSFU30Name: mpress
> 
> I've rebooted the user's computer. Restarted Samba on the AD/DC,
> finally rebooted the AD/DC. I've done:
> 
> # /etc/rc.d/rc.sambaDC stop                          
> Stopping Samba
> 
> # net cache flush                           
> # rm /var/lib/samba/*.tdb                      
> 
> # /etc/rc.d/rc.sambaDC start
> Starting Samba:  /usr/sbin/samba
> 
> # getent passwd mpress      
> HPRS\mpress:*:10005:10000:Mike Press:/home/HPRS/mpress:/bin/bash
> 
> Notice that immediately after doing this flush/rm the UID is correct,
> but about 30 seconds later, it's back to 3000031.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks, --Mark
> 

I think you may be running into this bug:

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13054

Rowland