[Samba] winbind behavior question

Rowland Penny
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:18:49 -0000

On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 23:06:50 +0800
d tbsky via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi:
>
>    I have one samba 4.7/4.8 DC, one samba member file server (rhel 7.5
> with samba 4.7.1), and one windows 7 member PC.
>
>    if I create an account (my-account) in samba DC, I can not see it
> in the member server with "id my-account" or "getent passwd
> my-account".

How are you creating the user ?

>
>    but if I use windows member PC to access the file server with
> my-account, then immediately "id my-account" and "getent
passwd
> my-account" will work in member server.
>
>    is this behavior expected? can I let samba member server get the
> newly created account immediately?

No, it isn't, it should work fairly immediately, please post the
smb.conf from the Unix domain member.

Rowland