samba - May 2008 - adding users to group with net rpc

section 13.3.2 of the HOWTO shows that i can add a user to a group with the
following command:

root# net rpc group addmem "MIDEARTH\Engineers" ajt -Uroot

when i execute this command (replaced with my server specific values, of
course), i get a NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER error.

i can verify that my user DOES exist and that he belongs to the posix group
account. i can also verify that the posix group account is mapped to the
windows group account.

is the syntax for this command correct? (the net manpage shows no
'addmem'
option), or am i doing something wrong??

when i run the following i get an empty list:

root# net rpc group members "Domain Users" -Uroot

On Monday 19 May 2008 02:30:31 pm Leandro Tracchia
wrote:
> section 13.3.2 of the HOWTO shows that i can add a user to a group with the
> following command:
>
> root# net rpc group addmem "MIDEARTH\Engineers" ajt -Uroot
>
> when i execute this command (replaced with my server specific values, of
> course), i get a NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER error.
>
> i can verify that my user DOES exist and that he belongs to the posix group
> account. i can also verify that the posix group account is mapped to the
> windows group account.
>
> is the syntax for this command correct? (the net manpage shows no
'addmem'
> option), or am i doing something wrong??
>
> when i run the following i get an empty list:
>
> root# net rpc group members "Domain Users" -Uroot
What version of Samba are you running?

- John T.

executing the following command for all users will show their correct group:

root# net rpc user info billybob

but, like i said the following command shows nothing:

root# net rpc group members "Domain Users" -Uroot

and i still can't get this command to work:

root# net rpc group addmem "MIDEARTH\Engineers" ajt -Uroot

however, i'm wondering i do i even need this last command... all my users
seem to be already mapped...

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Leandro Tracchia <ltracchia@gmail.com>
wrote:
> section 13.3.2 of the HOWTO shows that i can add a user to a group with the
> following command:
>
> root# net rpc group addmem "MIDEARTH\Engineers" ajt -Uroot
>
> when i execute this command (replaced with my server specific values, of
> course), i get a NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER error.
>
> i can verify that my user DOES exist and that he belongs to the posix group
> account. i can also verify that the posix group account is mapped to the
> windows group account.
>
> is the syntax for this command correct? (the net manpage shows no
'addmem'
> option), or am i doing something wrong??
>
> when i run the following i get an empty list:
>
> root# net rpc group members "Domain Users" -Uroot
>

> What version of Samba are you running?
     I don't even know how to check that ashamed to say...
> What do you mean by this?  How did you do this?
     well, i gather this because of the following 3 reasons:

     1) the following command shows the correct Windows groups mapped
to their corresponding posix group accounts.

         root# net rpc groupmap list

     2) the Windows Domain Users group is mapped to the posix users
group which is shown with the above command. all my user accounts
belong to the users group.

     3) the following commands shows the correct Windows group (Domain
Users) for each particular user (as i already stated).

         root# net rpc user info billybob

     4) posix user accounts all correspond to their smbpasswd accounts.
> OK.  What is the output of?:
>        pdbedit -Lw root
     i'll answer this tomorrow when i'm back at work

thanks for you help and please bear with me, i'm new at this

John,

here is the information you requested.... hopes this helps you help me.
> OK.  What is the output of?:
>        pdbedit -Lw root
root:0:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:FD11C5234188D996BAF50904399221E6:[U
         ]:LCT-4832C5D3:
> What version of Samba are you running?
Version 3.0.28a