[Samba] samba users at boot, the same local and samba user bug has gone

[Kees van Vloten]

On 14-05-2023 21:58, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
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> On 14/05/2023 20:47, Kees van Vloten via samba wrote:
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>> On 14-05-2023 21:39, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
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>>> On 14/05/2023 20:32, Kees van Vloten via samba wrote:
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>>>> The uid + gid are the unique identifier of a user in Linux, the 
>>>> name is only relevant for the translation of number (uid) to name.
>>>>
>>>> I.e. a local-user == domain-user when uid + gid are identical.
>>>>
>>>> My nsswitch.conf prefers local-users over domain-users:
>>>>
>>>> passwd:         files systemd winbind
>>>> group:          files systemd winbind
>>>> shadow:         files
>>>> gshadow:        files
>>>>
>>>> But when I do "id <user>" on a user that exists locally and in the 
>>>> domain I get the list of groups of both local + domain concatenated 
>>>> as one long list.
>>>>
>>>> Would it be viewed as two separate users that would not happen.
>>>>
>>>> - Kees.
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>>>
>>> OK, I should have posted that as well:
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>>> adminuser at lmde5:~$ id unixuser
>>> uid=1001(unixuser) gid=1001(unixuser) 
>>> groups=1001(unixuser),13105(unixuser),10513(domain 
>>> users),3001(BUILTIN\users)
>>>
>>> adminuser at lmde5:~$ id SAMDOM\\unixuser
>>> uid=13105(unixuser) gid=10513(domain users) groups=10513(domain 
>>> users),13105(unixuser),3001(BUILTIN\users)
>>>
>>> Still think they are the same user ?
>>>
>>> Rowland
>>>
>> I do !
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>> But only when uid + gid are identical (which is not the case for your 
>> user):
>>
>> id samdom\\user1
>> uid=1114(user1) gid=1114(user1) 
>> groups=1114(user1),100(users),978(ssh-users),10000(domain 
>> users),10123(acl-app_group-access),1000001(BUILTIN\users)
>>
>> id user1
>> uid=1114(user1) gid=1114(user1) 
>> groups=1114(user1),100(users),978(ssh-users),10000(domain 
>> users),10123(acl-app_group-access),1000001(BUILTIN\users)
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>> I get exactly the same list of groups for both.
>>
>> - Kees.
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> I think that you are using the 'ad' idmap backend, but I am not sure 
> what on, a DC ?
>
> What I am trying to get across is, there is no reason to have two 
> users with the same name, one in /etc/passwd and one in AD. the one in 
> /etc/passwd is unknown to AD, but the one in AD can very easily become 
> a Unix user.
>
> Rowland
>
In his initial message Michael described a solution I have been looking 
for, namely how to run a daemon as domain-user which is usually started 
before winbind is up. By creating a local-user that also exists in AD 
with the same uid/gid that seems to be possible.

- Kees.