UserID/Samba issue for wheel group members - newbie poster

[Bronte Averay]

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.