We have two servers, one PDC and one Domain Member Server. I have been having problems with the Domain Member Server since a recent upgrade to Samba 3.0.28a on Ubuntu. Every time samba is restarted users lose access to the shares on the Member Server. It appears to be related to group mapping. Users on the Domain Member (Louise) seem to be GID "users", not GID "samba" as expected and desired. All of the shares are set to group samba and the PDC reports these mappings; root@thelma:/home/rob# net groupmap list System Operators (S-1-5-32-549) -> operator Replicators (S-1-5-32-552) -> staff Guests (S-1-5-32-546) -> nogroup Domain Admins (S-1-5-21-4166445610-3302986456-3838465043-512) -> staff Domain Guests (S-1-5-21-4166445610-3302986456-3838465043-514) -> nogroup Power Users (S-1-5-32-547) -> atlanta Print Operators (S-1-5-32-550) -> print Administrators (S-1-5-32-544) -> staff Account Operators (S-1-5-32-548) -> account Domain Users (S-1-5-21-4166445610-3302986456-3838465043-513) -> samba Backup Operators (S-1-5-32-551) -> backup Users (S-1-5-32-545) -> samba The PDC reports the correct users in the groups; root@thelma:/home/rob# net rpc group members "Domain Users" Password: ATLANTA\arris ATLANTA\administrator ATLANTA\irving ATLANTA\root ATLANTA\rob ATLANTA\debbie ATLANTA\maria ATLANTA\katie The Member server can see the groups. root@louise:/home/rob# wbinfo -g BUILTIN\administrators BUILTIN\users ATLANTA\domain admins ATLANTA\domain guests ATLANTA\domain users Most of the shares are in directory /files/Lucretia on the Member Server Louise. root@louise:/home/rob# ls -ld /files/Lucretia/* drwxrwsr-x 72 rob samba 16088 2008-03-28 16:25 Office drwxrwsr-x 67 rob samba 14456 1969-12-31 19:00 Office.orig drwxrwsr-x 50 rob samba 3992 2008-07-16 17:01 Projects drwxrwsr-x 6 rob samba 304 2008-06-23 11:33 Sigma drwxrwsr-x 308 rob samba 19712 2008-07-16 22:09 Windows This used to work and I'd like to figure out what is going on and fix it. Here are the globals for the PDC, which seem to be working fine. Users can access every thing there without a problem. [global] workgroup = ATLANTA server string = %h mail passwd server (Samba, Ubuntu) passdb backend = tdbsam passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . syslog = 0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 time server = Yes hostname lookups = Yes logon path = \\THELMA\%U\.profiles logon drive = U: logon home = \\THELMA\%U domain logons = Yes domain master = Yes preferred master = Yes security = user wins support = Yes panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 hide dot files = No Here is the Globals section for the Member Server [global] workgroup = ATLANTA server string = %h file server (Samba, Ubuntu) security = domain password server = * log level = 1 syslog = 0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 wins proxy = yes wins server = 192.168.1.24 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 template shell = /bin/bash name resolve order = wins bcast hosts hosts allow = 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 Here is a typical share definition; [Projects] path = /files/Lucretia/Projects username = Project Specific Data force group = samba read only = No create mask = 0764 directory mask = 0775 [Office] comment = General Office Data path = /files/Lucretia/Office force group = samba read only = No create mask = 0764 directory mask = 0775 If I comment out the "force group" then users can access the files at the Unix "other" permissions which does not have write privileges. -- Robert Steinmetz, AIA Principal Steinmetz & Associates