Groups with Long Descriptions.
This error is reproducible with samba 2.2.4 and 2.2.5.
Setup is Windows 4.0 PDC. Samba 2.2.4/5 server using ACL's and Winbind.
Config for winbind is
winbind uid = 10000-20000
winbind gid = 10000-20000
winbind cache time = 10
All other options left as default.
Config for Samba.
[global]
workgroup = mydomain
netbios name = storm
server string = Titan updated server
security = DOMAIN
encrypt passwords = yes
update encrypted = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
password server = *
unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password*
%n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
inherit permissions = Yes
preferred master = no
local master = no
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
username map = /etc/samba/users.map
log level = 5
max log size = 50
announce version = 7.0
allow trusted domains = no
admin users = mydomain\username
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = No
domain master = no
bind interfaces only = yes
interfaces = 10.251.0.38/255.255.0.0
create mode = yes
template shell = /bin/bash
template homedir = /home/%D/%U
The winbind info is in the smb.conf file, I just broke them apart here
for clarity.
Long group descriptions in windows domain are as follow.
Group Name = FTP Group
Description = This groups allows read/write access to the ftp folder on
storm ftp server.
Users = Several users. 1 to 12 sometimes.
Say I have a user named sam. I have 6-14 groups like the one above. I
can add Sam in 4 groups and things are working fine. If I add him to
another 4 to bring him up to a total of 8 he now cannot get to anything
on the samba server. So I take him out of three of the groups, restart
samba, and he now can get to things. I add in another one and things are
working fine. I get him in the last group and now he cannot get access
to services on the samba server.
Can anyone confirm that this error does exist? I was having a problem
with a Dell app and I was able to fix it by taking myself out of groups
that I really didn't need anymore. So this could be a Windows error that
we are running on, like how it reports back large group membership.
Well this is totally out of my league so I will leave it up to you pros.
Have fun and thanks for a GREAT Application.
