[Samba] sysvolreset error '{Operation Failed} The requested operation was unsuccessful.'

[Rowland Penny]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:40:18 +0200
"Ing. Claudio Nicora" <claudio.nicora at gmail.com> wrote:

> So there's no error on my side: I have no idmap lines in my smb.conf
> and since I can't add any I should live with the error/warning, right?
> 
> Is this error related to sysvolreset taking forever to run?
> What about Louis/your script here 
> https://github.com/thctlo/samba4/blob/master/samba-check-set-sysvol.sh ?
> I know it's safer but... is it also faster? :)
> 
> Thanks again
> Claudio
> 
> ---
> # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
> [global]
>    bind interfaces only = Yes
>    interfaces = lo eth_lan
>    netbios name = SRVSAMBA2
>    realm = SAMDOM.LOCAL
>    server role = active directory domain controller
>    server services = s3fs, rpc, nbt, wrepl, ldap, cldap, kdc, drepl, 
> winbindd, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate
>    workgroup = SAMDOM
>    ldap server require strong auth = no
>    client ldap sasl wrapping = plain
>    log level = 2 vfs:1
>    log file = /var/log/samba/log.samba
>    max log size = 10000
> 
> [netlogon]
>    path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol/samdom.local/scripts
>    read only = No
> 
> [sysvol]
>    path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol
>    read only = No
> ---
> 

You have a line missing:

 	idmap_ldb:use rfc2307  = yes

Not 100% sure if it will help, but it should be there.

Rowland