similar to: "gid of user xxx doesn't exist" error repeatedly posted to /var/messages

Hello, i am running fedora core 3 kernel version = kernel-2.6.10-1.770_FC3 samba version = samba-3.0.10-1.fc3 i have it running as a PDC with roaming profiles. i get the below warnings. i checked both the /etc/passwd and /etc/group file. they are fine. so i am not sure what i can do to fix this problem. any help is appreciated. thanks. ib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1000) getpeername failed.

Good Morning, I have a Centos 4.5 (x86_64) server running samba to share data with windows users. We've been going through a security audit and the following log entries were noted: [2007/09/24 09:37:29, 0] rpc_server/srv_util.c:get_alias_user_groups(206) get_alias_user_groups: gid of user bendew doesn't exist. Check your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files [2007/09/24 09:37:29, 1]

Samba Version 3.0.9-1.3E.2 installed on Vanilla installation of CentOS Users who log in are unable to install printers via a script like they do in all of our other domains. The drivers have been installed properly an rpcclient enumdrivers confirms this. When the user logs in, they are assigned guest privileges, and I believe that this is what's preventing the print install. A quick tail

Hi all I've written a few mails to the list hoping that I might get some hint to what mistake I've been making in configuring my samba server with acl support, but haven't been able to figure out much to date. I'm sending some parts of my log files with a description of my problem as a last hope-- I will have to go through the manuals from cover to cover if I dont get an

Hello, Is here anyone who could tell me where I am able to find FAQ or HOWTO about proper user mapping. I fight with it for over a week and I still recive sth like this belowe. Does usrmgr work with samba? [2006/06/11 15:41:29, 1] rpc_server/srv_util.c:get_domain_user_groups(298) get_domain_user_groups: primary gid of user [root] is not a Domain group ! get_domain_user_groups: You should fix

Hi, I just recently purchased a new server and took this opportunity to upgrade to the latest version of samba (3.0.12). Unfortunatly, I have some weird occurances. I have a user called "joe" who is my admin user. In /etc/passwd I have this: joe:x:500:500:Joe:/home/joe:/bin/bash In /etc/group I have this: admin:x:500:joe id returns correctly: uid=500(joe) gid=500(admin)

Hello, First of all, I would like to say that this is my third attempt to make Samba working as PDC. On the very beginning I had a problem with machine account, but after group mapping and cleaning group maps, I was able to add it from command line - using smbpasswd (according to this point, I would like to ask: "machine" unix group is only allowed for machines? Am I not able to

Hi folks, I am having a weird problem that I just recently noticed on this particular server runnng Samba 3.0.10 on Fedora Core 3 and am hoping someone could shed some light on this. We're using tdb for our backend database. The user "nsu" is a member of unix group admin. The unix group admin is mapped to "Domain Adminstrators". This works OK, in that when logging in

I have been trying to figure out what this error is: Jan 29 18:23:07 dc2 smbd[20729]: [2004/01/29 18:23:07, 0] rpc_server/srv_util.c:get_domain_user_groups(371) Jan 29 18:23:07 dc2 smbd[20729]: get_domain_user_groups: primary gid of user [barbara] is not a Domain group ! Jan 29 18:23:07 dc2 smbd[20729]: get_domain_user_groups: You should fix it, NT doesn't like that Jan 29 18:23:08 dc2

Hello, I've a Debian 3.1 box with Samba 3.0.9 acting as a PDC with OpenLDAP 2.1.30, libdbd-4.2.52, smbldap-tools 0.8.5, libnss-ldap version 220-1. Sometimes I get a burst of 20-30 messages with the same timestamp like these: [2005/01/30 19:17:43, 0, pid=13107, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldapsam_search_one_group(1982) ldapsam_search_one_group: Problem during the LDAP

Hello have seen similar posts, but no conclusive corrections, the logons take up to 1,30min. Can somebody help? TIA Bruno [2005/03/30 14:42:51, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(648) praia2 (192.168.0.29) connect to service 1005 initially as user 1005 (uid=512, gid=513) (pid 2315) [2005/03/30 14:55:06, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(836) praia2 (192.168.0.29) closed connection to

I have a Macintosh Xserve running OS 10.4.8 and it's running Samba 3.0.10. Everytime a Windows XP workstation logs off the Macintosh Xserve server, the following shows up in the log.smbd (located at var/log/samba): [2007/01/11 14:24:17, 0] pdb_ods.c:make_a_mod(2045) make_a_mod: INVALID VALUE!!! [2007/01/11 14:24:17, 0] pdb_ods.c:make_a_mod(2045) make_a_mod: INVALID VALUE!!! [2007/01/11

Good day, I'm running some tests with Samba 3.0.1pre3 with an LDAP sam. LDAP has been, to the best of my abilities, properly populated with the needed group mappings. The "net groupmap list" command indeed shows the following: [root@box bin]# ./net groupmap list Domain Admins (S-1-5-21-2009448231-1530593524-1969381020-512) -> domadm Domain Users

Hi list, I hope that maybe one of you can shed some light on this, as this is a very strange case and I don't even have the slightest clue from what this symptom may all come from. Maybe not Samba, maybe Hardware, maybe buggy windows ..... Problem: We have running a Samba 3.0.7 (from backports.org) Debian 3.0 STABLE Server here for over a year now. On Tuesday this week we got the first

Hello. I've setup a FreeBSD 4.x machine with Samba 2.x and and OpenLDAP backend. I recently upgraded to Samba 3.0.10 and put "passdb backend=ldapsam_compat" in smb.conf. Now, everythings seems to work all right, but I see a lot of this entries in the logs: Feb 17 19:42:27 xxxxx smbd[44170]: get_alias_user_groups: gid of user yyyyyyy doesn't exist. Check your /etc/passwd

Hi! I've been trying to install Samba 3.0.2a + ldapSam (Stand-Alone, not PDC) on a RedHat Enterprise Edition 3.0 as a fileserver. It works fine but I still get some errors about groups and I can't find the answers in the mailing list log: Let's explain the error: When I connect with a W2k client it works fine, but then if I try to add extra permissions to a file it complains

Background: I've setup my server (name:firewall) to acts as a PDC, and to use roaming profiles. I am using Windows XP with sp1 on the client machines. Problem: When I login to my domain (panacea) I get the following error-message: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is attempting to log

Hi list I have a strange problem with my Samba 3.04 server running on redhat 9 with 2.4.24 kernel (with acl patch from acl.bestbits.at applied to it). Acls are working fine on my system, and my server is working fine as a Samba PDC (or so it seems). I can view and modify any permissions on the existing files that are being shared. If setfacl has been used to grant additional users

Hello All, When a user on any of my client machines attempts to create a report in MS Access he receives the following message: "The wizard is unable to create your report." I have found the following on the MS support site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/208553 This also causes various other problems when working with Access databases and forms that have already been

I can now login to my domain from an XP Pro client, as a normal user. Only problem is, I get this: Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to the server when you logoff. Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights. If this problem