Derek Ragona wrote:
At 05:05 AM 9/7/2007, Bronte Averay wrote:
Hello all,
Firstly, apologies if this email appears more than once, just getting
used to the protocols.
I have an interesting but frustrating issue that I've not been able to
diagnose and/or resolve.
Scenario:
FreeBSD 6.1 Release fileserver (generic kernel) running samba-2.2.12_2.
Desktops are Windows XP SP2, all up to date patch-wise, mapping
various Samba shares.
Problem:
When I run smbstatus, all users that are members of the wheel group
show a UID of root and a GID of <username>.
Users who are not members of the wheel group show a UID of <username>
and a GID of <username>. Equally, removing a user from the wheel
group reverts them to <username>/<username> UID/GID at next logon.
I have two sites running identical hardware/software configurations at
both server and desktop level. But on the second site, members of the
wheel group have a UID of <username> and a GID of <username>, which is
precisely as it should be, based on passed experiences.
I'll take this opportunity to mention that I also have a 4.11 server,
again with some wheel group members, and in this case too, UID and GID
for these wheel group members are <username> and <username>.
I've kept this as simple as I could, but would happily provide more
info if I've omitted anything critical or relevant.
The issue is not causing any specific operational issues, but is
annoying when I want to use smbstatus -u<username> as I obviously get
no result for wheel group members unless I specify a username of root,
then I get more than I care to.
If there's an obvious issue, and you wish to spare me embarrassment,
feel free to contact me directly, with the obvious adjustments. If
etiquette is that a response to the list is appropriate, I can live
with the shame :) .
I've extensively searched but can't find a match to my specific
circumstances.
Many thanks in advance of any suggestions.
Regards,
Bronte.
You don't say how you are managing the users. Is the samba server
acting as a domain controller? Are you creating the accounts
automatically or manually?
-Derek
Thanks Derek.
Server is acting as a domain controller, yes. Most accounts were
created manually (i.e. at server console) on an earlier version of
FreeBSD (4.10-STABLE) (including smbpasswd accounts). The pwd.db,
master.passwd and /etc/group files were *copied* from 4.10 server to new
6.1 server. I had to recreate the smbpasswd accounts manually on the
new server.
New users added to wheel group since the 6.1 install exhibit same
root/<username> GID/PID problem.
I should point out that precisely the same process was followed on the
second site I mentioned earlier, but no problems of this type are evident.
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