2009/10/23 James Kosin <james_ko...@cox.net>: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "KJS" <li...@netzensolutions.com> > Newsgroups: linux.samba > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:00 AM > Subject: Re: [Samba] UID - high need to lower it for a test user - active > directory auth > > >> Hi Guys, >>> >>> I am having some problems with Active Directory users using a bit of >>> software on our server, my AD users are authing via Winbind this works fine >>> and the only difference I can see between a local user and an AD user is >>> the fact the AD user has a MUCH higher UID, how can I create a user with a >>> low UID to test this? I don't want to change them all yet as it might not >>> be this that is causing the problem. >>> >>> Many Thanks, >>> KJS > > > What sort of problem are you having? > > The higher UID for non-local users is normal and shouldn't be touched in > most cases. This is to keep the local UIDs different significantly from the > ones that are not local. > The only problem you may be having would be if you have a huge number of > local users. In which case you would have to determine if it would be > better to create all local account for everyone on the domain to keep from > having problems. But, I seriously doubt this is the problem.
If it's a wild goose chase it's my fault. He is having trouble with some commercial software when run by domain users instead of local users. The differences between them as far as I could tell are: The local users all have UIDs and primary group IDs << 65536. The domain users all have UIDs and primary group IDs >> 65536. Also, the primary group name of the domain users is "Domain Users". i.e. it has a space in it. Since traditionally UIDs and GIDs were 16 bit numbers, I thought it was possible that this commercial software somehow did not like the large UIDs/GIDs. Perhaps it would be easier to test a local user with a high UID and primary group ID to see if that also does not work. -- Michael Wood <esiot...@gmail.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba