Re: User invalid SID with home directory - Bueller?

[Wes Modes <wmodes@xxxxxxxx>]

It does not. But then the SID of each user doesn't match those of each 
other either.  I've seen that asked before, but are you sure the 
machine's SID and every user SID should be the same?

W.

Charlie wrote:
> If you do a "net getlocalsid" at your shell prompt on the samba server
> that hosts the share, does the preamble of the SID returned match that
> of the SID you see in your error messages?
>
> I'm betting not...
>
> --Charlie
>
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Wes Modes <wmodes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > So even though I see this popping up in tons of posts, no one has
> > encountered it and successfully solved the problem or can illuminate the
> > issue?
> >
> >  Here's what I did not knowing what else to do:
> >
> >   1. Deleted the account.  (smbldap-userdel)
> >   2. Recreated the account  (smbldap-useradd)
> >   3. Searched for any files owned by the old user, and chown'd them to
> >      the new user
> >
> >  It is not an elegant solution, but it is the only one I have now.  So far I
> > haven't gotten any accounts that have had the problem reoccur.  But I'm
> > waiting to see.
> >
> >  Wes
> >
> >
> >  Wes Modes wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > I'm having the problem in which users can access their group shares, but
> > >       
> > not their home shares.  These two shares are defined thusly in smb.conf:
> >     
> > >   [seref]
> > >           comment = Science & Engineering Reference Section
> > >           path = /data/group/seref
> > >           valid users = @seref, @seref-read, @admin
> > >           read list = @seref-read
> > >           write list = @seref, @admin
> > >           force group = seref
> > >           create mask = 0664
> > >           directory mask = 0770
> > >
> > >   [home]
> > >           comment = %u's Personal Share Directory
> > >           path = /data/home/%U
> > >           valid users = %U, @admin
> > >           write list = %U, @admin
> > >           create mask = 0600
> > >           directory mask = 0700
> > >           browseable = No
> > >
> > >
> > > It seems that the %U variable, causes Samba to do a lookup_global_sam_name
> > >       
> > which fails.
> >     
> > >   [root@fileserver]# smbclient -Ujoeblow
> > >   '\\edgar.library.ucsc.edu\home' xxxxxxxx
> > >          tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's the relevant section of the log:
> > >
> > >   passdb/pdb_ldap.c:init_sam_from_ldap(545)
> > >       init_sam_from_ldap: Entry found for user: joeblow
> > >   passdb/pdb_ldap.c:init_group_from_ldap(2158)
> > >       init_group_from_ldap: Entry found for group: 30023
> > >   passdb/passdb.c:lookup_global_sam_name(596)
> > >       User joeblow with invalid SID
> > >   S-1-5-21-2642364908-3785178431-1037763545-61756 in passdb
> > >   passdb/pdb_ldap.c:init_group_from_ldap(2158)
> > >     init_group_from_ldap: Entry found for group: 1001
> > >   smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(616)
> > >       user 'joeblow' (from session setup) not permitted to access this
> > >   share (home)
> > >
> > >
> > > Please note that I am not using the ADS security model, nor do I care to
> > >       
> > at the moment.  Here's the significant part of my smb.conf:
> >     
> > >   ### Basic information for server
> > >           workgroup = MCHSTAFF
> > >           netbios name = EDGAR
> > >           server string = Library Samba Server
> > >           hosts allow = 169.233.
> > >           hosts allow = 128.114.
> > >           enable privileges = yes
> > >           security = user
> > >           encrypt passwords = yes
> > >           preferred master = yes
> > >           domain master = yes
> > >           domain logons = yes
> > >           local master = yes
> > >           username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
> > >           logon path =
> > >           wins support = yes
> > >           dns proxy = no
> > >
> > > So why I am I getting the failure "User joeblow with invalid SID"?
> > >
> > > Wes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >       
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> >
> >  Wes Modes
> >  Server Administrator & Programmer Analyst
> >  McHenry Library
> >  Computing & Network Services
> >  Information and Technology Services
> >  459-5208
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Wes Modes
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McHenry Library
Computing & Network Services
Information and Technology Services
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