[Samba] idmap uid range missing or invalid

Matthew Scarrow
Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:08:16 -0000

I'm getting this error on a Redhat 9 install. I was all working fine and now
for some reason its not.

here's part of the log leading up to the error.

[2003/11/25 10:17:02, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(379)
  winbindd: idmap uid range missing or invalid
[2003/11/25 10:17:02, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(380)
  winbindd: cannot continue, exiting.
[2003/11/25 10:39:24, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(379)
  winbindd: idmap uid range missing or invalid
[2003/11/25 10:39:24, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(380)
  winbindd: cannot continue, exiting.
[2003/11/25 10:47:31, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(379)
  winbindd: idmap uid range missing or invalid
[2003/11/25 10:47:31, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(380)
  winbindd: cannot continue, exiting.
[2003/11/25 10:51:34, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(379)
  winbindd: idmap uid range missing or invalid
[2003/11/25 10:51:34, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(380)
  winbindd: cannot continue, exiting.
[2003/11/25 10:54:07, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(379)
  winbindd: idmap uid range missing or invalid
[2003/11/25 10:54:07, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(380)
  winbindd: cannot continue, exiting.
[2003/11/25 10:55:44, 2] lib/interface.c:add_interface(79)
  added interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
[2003/11/25 10:55:44, 5] lib/util.c:init_names(270)
  Netbios name list:-
  my_netbios_names[0]="PG1"
[2003/11/25 10:55:44, 2] lib/interface.c:add_interface(79)
  added interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
[2003/11/25 10:55:44, 5] lib/gencache.c:gencache_init(59)
  Opening cache file at /usr/local/samba/var/locks/gencache.tdb
[2003/11/25 10:55:44, 5] libsmb/namecache.c:namecache_enable(58)
  namecache_enable: enabling netbios namecache, timeout 660 seconds
[2003/11/25 10:55:44, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(379)
  winbindd: idmap uid range missing or invalid
[2003/11/25 10:55:44, 0] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:winbindd_param_init(380)
  winbindd: cannot continue, exiting.
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Does anyone have any idea what's going on. Thanks.

Matthew Scarrow
ComIT Solutions Inc.
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