Hello All, Been a week or three since I could return to this puzzle but I've found some time and thought I'd refresh on my progress so far. I'm trying to set up a CentOS_6.2 box running samba 3.5.10-116 to authenticate against a Windows 2008R2 AD for SSH logins. We've previously done this using winbind and local account on each machine matching AD accounts but I'd like to do this with dependence on local settings. First we did this using a local tdb based map but users had random UID/GID's on every box. Then we tried using the RID backend with some improvement, then users had "random" UID/GID's that at least were the same on every box. But their default group was always "Domain Users" and we'd really prefer that their UID match their emplid. So idmap backend = ad enters the picture. I've found a slew of posts mentioning it but not many that claim to have made it work. Posted some questions here and got some good guidance but still haven't figured this out but I have narrowed down the trouble a bit. Take a look at the below smb.conf. Note the commented lines for the ad backend. This works. I can log in with AD credentials, and from the server I can run wbinfo -u, wbinfo -g, I can even run getent passwd for any AD user and it returns their information. But they all get UID/GID's starting at 1000000. ----- [global] workgroup = DOMAIN password server = * realm = DOMAIN.ORG security = ads template shell = /bin/bash log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 100 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 dns proxy = no idmap backend = tdb idmap uid = 1000000 - 1999999 idmap gid = 1000000 - 1999999 # idmap config DOMAIN : backend = ad # idmap config DOMAIN : readonly = yes # idmap config DOMAIN : range = 5000 - 999999 # idmap config DOMAIN : schema_mode = rfc2307 allow trusted domains = No winbind use default domain = true winbind offline logon = false winbind enum users = Yes winbind enum groups = Yes winbind nested groups = Yes winbind nss info = rfc2307 ----- But if I uncomment those four lines, and restart smb and winbind, and run "net cache flush," it breaks completely. Syslog shows this for an SSH attempt: Jun 20 15:47:16 happytobehere sshd[12021]: Invalid user XXX from 140.107.74.69 Jun 20 15:47:16 happytobehere sshd[12024]: input_userauth_request: invalid user XXX Jun 20 15:48:23 happytobehere sshd[12021]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown Jun 20 15:48:23 happytobehere sshd[12021]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruserrhost=foo.bar.org Jun 20 15:48:23 happytobehere sshd[12021]: pam_succeed_if(sshd:auth): error retrieving information about user rrue Jun 20 15:48:25 happytobehere sshd[12021]: Failed password for invalid user XXX from XX.YY.YY.ZZ port 62180 ssh2 I get similar errors in syslog if I try it from the console: Jun 20 15:53:31 happytobehere login: pam_unix(login:auth): check pass; user unknown Jun 20 15:53:31 happytobehere login: pam_succeed_if(login:auth): error retrieving information about user XXX Jun 20 15:53:33 happytobehere login: FAILED LOGIN 3 FROM (null) FOR XXX, User not known to the underlying authentication module If I run wbinfo I get users and groups back. But "getent" doesn't return AD users or groups any more. Uncommenting those lines somehow breaks the machine's ability to query the AD for users and groups. So I think I've eliminated other factors and have narrowed this down to the few lines controlling the ad backend for idmap. But I'm stumped on what those lines need to say. One question that I think I've already asked here but I don't think anyone has answered. To confirm: I DON'T need to install SFU or any schema extensions to my AD if I'm running 2K8R2, right? I should be able to do this against the native AD? Hope to hear from you. Randy Rue Seattle