[Samba] Problem looking up domain users

[Lux]

Il 2025-04-16 12:30 Rowland Penny via samba ha scritto:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:38:34 +0200
> Lux via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all.
>> 
>> I have a problem with a Samba DC for a small domain. It is a Centos
>> Stream 8 with samba-4.18.5 compiled by me with AD support.
> 
> 
> First it is your AD domain and you can do what you like, but:
> 
> Why are you using a testing Distro ? (Centos stream is upstream from
> RHEL and between Fedora and RHEL)

Just because it was originally a CentOS 8. I ported it to Strem for the 
known CentOS reasons. Until now it worked lika e charm, despite being 
now dimmed as a "testing distro". I may switch to something else but I'd 
like to hear if there is some advice about the problem I have now.

> Why, if you are compiling Samba yourself, did you not use the latest
> version ?

Because it was the latest version when I compiled it:) It dod work, till 
now when suddenly it exhibits the problem (maybe the problem did start 
weeks ago, I don't have to add users to groups so often).

> Why did you decide to use the experimental MIT kerberos instead of the
> built in Heimdal ?

Just because Mit Krb is in the distro.

> Finally 'root' is not and never has been an AD user.

At least in my AD environment, root is a user like another. The same 
applies to Administrator. The same problem shows with my own user, named 
lux, and with every other user that I tried to use, as I wrote.

If there is some advice about my original problem, you're welcome. On 
the orher hand, I may switch distro when I have time, is I'm unable to 
solve the problem.

Luigi