Solaris has a 15 member limit to groups. Since you are under that limit, it should not be a problem. I have Samba running on an Ultra 60 with Solaris8, samba version 2.2.5. I have users who are members of at least 14 groups and not having any problems accessing shared folders.
Mike On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 13:35, Gopal Bhat wrote: > I am facing a strange problem related to authentication of NT users > accessing the SAMBA server. > Here are the details: > Server: Solaris 9, SUN Ultra 60, SAMBA 2.2.7a with PAM and WINBIND > Client: Windows XP, NT4.0, 2000 > > Symptoms: > Created a share \\server\test (UNIX: /export/SMB/test) with access to > group 'TestGoup' where 'TestUser' is a member. > 'TestUser' is a member of 10 more groups along with 'TestGroup' (Total > number of TestUser's group = 11) > > With the above settings 'TestUser' can't access the share > '\\server\test', and the following message shows up in the Client.log: > > [2003/03/04 13:31:52, 0] smbd/sec_ctx.c:initialise_groups(244) > Unable to initgroups. Error was Not owner > [2003/03/04 13:31:52, 0] smbd/sec_ctx.c:initialise_groups(247) > This is probably a problem with the account domain\testuser > [2003/03/04 13:31:52, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(599) > client (10.81.105.121) Can't change directory to /export/SMB/test > (Permission denied) > > If I change the number of groups the user 'TestUser' belongs from 11 to > 8 ('TestGroup' + 7 other groups), the user can access the share > '\\server\test' without any problems. > > It looks like there is some limitation on number of NT group memberships > 'smbd' can handle. > Note: 'wbinfo' returns all the right groups of the user without any > problems. > > Is there anyone out there who is aware of this problem and knows a > workaround/solution to this? > I really appreciate any help from the prestigious SAMBA Team. > > Thanks, > Gopal > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba