samba - Jan 2015 - Is there any problem that can arise from remapping gidNumber?

On 01/13/2015 06:35 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 13/01/15 11:33, John Lewis wrote:
>> This morning I remapped gidNumber from primaryGroupID to gidNumber. I
>> did that because I could not change the integer in primaryGroupID wit
>> ldbedt as root.
>>
>> I mapped to to a new attribute called gidNumber which has no specific
>> meaning in samba. Is there any potential problems that can arise from
>> doing that. Is there a better way to fix that problem?
>>
> 
> Hmm, definitely going to need more info here, gidNumber has a specific
> meaning to samba, depending on how you set up samba.
>   
> Rowland
> 
I took the defaults except for rfc2307 which I enabled. I am running
Samba Version 4.1.11-Debian.

On 13/01/15 14:06, John Lewis wrote:
> On 01/13/2015 06:35 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:
>> On 13/01/15 11:33, John Lewis wrote:
>>> This morning I remapped gidNumber from primaryGroupID to gidNumber.
I
>>> did that because I could not change the integer in primaryGroupID
wit
>>> ldbedt as root.
>>>
>>> I mapped to to a new attribute called gidNumber which has no
specific
>>> meaning in samba. Is there any potential problems that can arise
from
>>> doing that. Is there a better way to fix that problem?
>>>
>> Hmm, definitely going to need more info here, gidNumber has a specific
>> meaning to samba, depending on how you set up samba.
>>    
>> Rowland
>>
> I took the defaults except for rfc2307 which I enabled. I am running
> Samba Version 4.1.11-Debian.
Yes, but what as ?? an AD DC or in classic mode i.e. just like samba3
Might be best if you post your smb.conf (sanitised )

Rowland

On 01/13/2015 09:23 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 13/01/15 14:06, John Lewis wrote:
>> On 01/13/2015 06:35 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>> On 13/01/15 11:33, John Lewis wrote:
>>>> This morning I remapped gidNumber from primaryGroupID to
gidNumber. I
>>>> did that because I could not change the integer in
primaryGroupID wit
>>>> ldbedt as root.
>>>>
>>>> I mapped to to a new attribute called gidNumber which has no
specific
>>>> meaning in samba. Is there any potential problems that can
arise from
>>>> doing that. Is there a better way to fix that problem?
>>>>
>>> Hmm, definitely going to need more info here, gidNumber has a
specific
>>> meaning to samba, depending on how you set up samba.
>>>    Rowland
>>>
>> I took the defaults except for rfc2307 which I enabled. I am running
>> Samba Version 4.1.11-Debian.
> 
> Yes, but what as ?? an AD DC or in classic mode i.e. just like samba3
> Might be best if you post your smb.conf (sanitised )
> 
> Rowland
I attached it to this email.
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# Global parameters
[global]
	workgroup = OFLAMEO
	realm = D.OFLAMEO.COM
	netbios name = DRAKEBURNER
	server role = active directory domain controller
	dns forwarder = 192.168.2.1
	idmap_ldb:use rfc2307 = yes

[netlogon]
	path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol/d.oflameo.com/scripts
	read only = No

[sysvol]
	path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol
	read only = No