[Samba] Incorrect group name is displayed in folder permission list in Windows

Rowland penny rpenny at samba.org
Wed Feb 12 10:58:35 UTC 2020


On 12/02/2020 10:36, Mason Schmitt via samba wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Samba file server
> - OS = CentOS 7
> - Samba version = 4.9 (from CentOS repos)
>
> Samba AD server
> - OS = Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
> - Samba version = 4.7 (from Ubuntu repos)
>
> Windows client OS = Windows 10 Pro 1909
>
> Problem:
> Incorrect group name is displayed in folder permission list in Windows, just
> as described in this Windows support article
> <https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2928800/incorrect-group-name-is-displayed-in-folder-permission-list-in-windows>
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> - Create a domain local group
> - Add a user to the domain local group
> - Apply an ACL to a folder on the samba file server using the domain local
> group as the principal
> - Use RSAT to change the name of the domain local group in samba AD
> - View the ACL - it still shows the old domain local group name
>
>
> Is there any way to get the ACL to display the new group name?
>
> I know I can create a new group, add users to the new group, use the new
> group in an ACL, delete the old principal from the ACL, then finally delete
> the old group, but that's a fair bit of work.
>
Hi, can we start by seeing your smb.conf from the file server ?

Rowland





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