Re: Samba refusing to let uses connect

[Donald Spoon <dspoon@astcomm.net>]

Elie De Brauwer wrote:
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> Hi, i've got this small samba problem to which google can't seem to give me 
> the solution. The fact is samba was configured/working properly but since an 
> apt-get dist-upgrade, there seems to be a little problem. valid users can't 
> seem to access their homedirecotories anymore,  /var/log/log.smbd contains
> the following error message. So what is an idmap, how do i create one, ....
>
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> [2003/05/26 07:12:29, 1] sam/idmap_tdb.c:db_idmap_init(331)
>   idmap gid range missing or invalid
>   idmap will be unable to map foreign SIDs
>
> greetings
> Elie De Brauwer
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I am getting the same from a recent upgrade for Samba from SID.  I 
managed to restore a few (haven't tried all of them) client connections 
by re-generating the appropriate line in the /etc/samba/smbpasswd 
file... I.E. I removed the original "user" with "smbpasswd -x 
[username]" and added it in again with "smbpasswd -a [username]".  This 
cleared up the problem with client logins.  Dunno about the error 
message about "idmap"... I have it too and it still seems to be present, 
although as I said, I have NOT "updated" all my user's smbpasswd entries 
yet.  I only have 2 and one of them never logs in .... <grin>  No 
pressure to be quick ;)

I know this falls into the "voodoo magic" category, but I HTH.

Cheers,
-Don Spoon-