i never had trouble using winbindd with spaces in group names. recently tested with samba v3.0.14a against NT4 PDC
greez Gary Dale wrote: > Liu wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>This is my first time to configure Samba server as a member server in AD >>domain, >> >>So, I have a question about how to configure a group name with one or more >>spaces in smb.conf? >> >>As we know, this kind of group names are very common in Windows environment. >> >>For example, set “valid users” parameter: >> >>Usually , a name starting with @ is represented group, >> >> valid users = username, @GroupName,… >> >>But if the group name includes spaces, e.g. “it dept”, “sales dept”, >> >>How can I set them correctly? >> >>(I set them as @”it dept”, but the winbind log file tells me “group it dept >>in domain XXXX does not exist”, >> >>But I can list this group using wbinfo �Cg) >> >>Wish someone give me a advice! >> >>Thanks in advance! >> >> >> >>Best Regards! >> >>Liu hongquan >> >> >> >> >> > > Basically, you need to map your NT groups to Linux groups. The Linux > groups should not have spaces in the names. Do a search on samba > groupmap for the details. -- Michael Gasch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Department of Human Evolution (IT) Deutscher Platz 6 D-04103 Leipzig Germany Phone: 49 (0)341 - 3550 137 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
