samba - Feb 2005 - Warning in logs: gid of user does not exist

Hello.
I've setup a FreeBSD 4.x machine with Samba 2.x and and OpenLDAP backend.
I recently upgraded to Samba 3.0.10 and put "passdb 
backend=ldapsam_compat" in smb.conf.

Now, everythings seems to work all right, but I see a lot of this 
entries in the logs:

Feb 17 19:42:27 xxxxx smbd[44170]:   get_alias_user_groups: gid of user 
yyyyyyy
doesn't exist. Check your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files

This happens always with yyyyyy ever changing and being either an user 
or machine account.

I can't get to understand the reasons of this: /etc/passwd and 
/etc/group are correct.

In OpenLDAP I only have user/machine accounts, not groups.

I tried "net group [add]" but it does nothing. Also "net groupmap
list"
shows no entries, which I don't think is correct.

I've read all the howto and googled a lot, but found no answer.
Any hint?

  bye & Thanks
	av.

> Hello.
> I've setup a FreeBSD 4.x machine with Samba 2.x and and OpenLDAP
backend.
> I recently upgraded to Samba 3.0.10 and put "passdb
backend=ldapsam_compat"
> in smb.conf.
>
> Now, everythings seems to work all right, but I see a lot of this entries
in
> the logs:
>
> Feb 17 19:42:27 xxxxx smbd[44170]:   get_alias_user_groups: gid of user 
> yyyyyyy
> doesn't exist. Check your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files
>
> This happens always with yyyyyy ever changing and being either an user or 
> machine account.
>
> I can't get to understand the reasons of this: /etc/passwd and
/etc/group are
> correct.
>
> In OpenLDAP I only have user/machine accounts, not groups.
                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^

it is suspected that samba ldap code has an assumption that user/group 
information should be in LDAP, I also saw something very strange with
similar situation, but (LDAP but no ldap_nss at all), unfortunately I 
didn't have enough time to make investigations.
>
> I tried "net group [add]" but it does nothing. Also "net
groupmap list" shows
> no entries, which I don't think is correct.
>
> I've read all the howto and googled a lot, but found no answer.
> Any hint?
>
> bye & Thanks
> 	av.
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Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> Hello.
> I've setup a FreeBSD 4.x machine with Samba 2.x and and OpenLDAP
backend.
> I recently upgraded to Samba 3.0.10 and put "passdb 
> backend=ldapsam_compat" in smb.conf.
> 
> Now, everythings seems to work all right, but I see a lot of this 
> entries in the logs:
> 
> Feb 17 19:42:27 xxxxx smbd[44170]:   get_alias_user_groups: gid of user 
> yyyyyyy
> doesn't exist. Check your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files
> 
> This happens always with yyyyyy ever changing and being either an user 
> or machine account.
> 
> I can't get to understand the reasons of this: /etc/passwd and 
> /etc/group are correct.
> 
> In OpenLDAP I only have user/machine accounts, not groups.
> 
> I tried "net group [add]" but it does nothing. Also "net
groupmap list"
> shows no entries, which I don't think is correct.
> 
> I've read all the howto and googled a lot, but found no answer.
> Any hint?
> 
>  bye & Thanks
>     av.
Well, the same as here. Just for ONE user, the "gid of user doesn't 
exist" error remains. This user is part of /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and 
member of the "Advanced Users" group (or whaterver it's called in 
English) and it was mapped at least twice with net groupmap add, and 
smbpasswd {-a -e} $USER.
This error is driving him crazy 'cause he can't logoff from that host in
no less than 15 minutes!

TIA,

RSalles