samba - May 2019 - "getent passwd" works, "getent passwd username" does not

On 2019/05/14 21:30, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
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>> getent passwd GIBB\\nprice
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>> (returns nothing)
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> Now that is weird, it is usually 'getent password' returns nothing
;-)
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> Just one thought, because '\n' is a linefeed, it might just be
that,
> so try <getent password 'GIBB\nprice'>
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Nothing. I think maybe a fresh install Windows style is needed?

On 15/05/2019 08:20, Neil Price via samba wrote:
> On 2019/05/14 21:30, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
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>>> getent passwd GIBB\\nprice
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>>> (returns nothing)
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>>
>> Now that is weird, it is usually 'getent password' returns
nothing ;-)
>>
>> Just one thought, because '\n' is a linefeed, it might just be
that,
>> so try <getent password 'GIBB\nprice'>
>>
> Nothing. I think maybe a fresh install Windows style is needed?
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Does it affect the use of the computer ?

Can the user login, or connect to a share ?

if root creates a file, can its ownership be changed with 'chown' ?

IF everything else is working, I would tend to ignore it, the OS 
definitely knows your user.

I would be a lot more concerned if this was happening with every user, 
you could also try upgrading Samba to 4.9.x

Rowland

On 2019/05/15 09:52, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
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> Can the user login, or connect to a share ?
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No. Just gets a password prompt
> if root creates a file, can its ownership be changed with 'chown' ?
No. Not to a domain user or group
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> I would be a lot more concerned if this was happening with every user, 
> you could also try upgrading Samba to 4.9.x
Give that a try... I was not able to go directly to 4.10... apt-get 
throws everything out.