The names are just reverse translations of the UID/GID values.  Where are those 
mapped?  passwd?  NIS? LDAP? Winbind?

The translation happens in the name-service-switch mechanism, controlled by 
nsswitch.conf.

Somewhere, your mapping database is getting reset.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 6:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [LINUX-390] Samba weirdness
>
>
> I have a Samba installation that is authenticating to a
> Windows NT PDC and
> working just peachy.  All until the virtual machine is
> rebooted.  Then all of
> the security that was set up for the shares and directories
> and files under
> the shares revert back to uid and gid numeric values (instead
> of names).
>
> Has anyone run into this before and how was it resolved.
> This is Samba 2.2.7a
> running under SLES7.
> --
> Rich Smrcina
> Sytek Services, Inc.
> Milwaukee, WI
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