I am unable to perform this operation using samba 3.0a17 the group is created and can be deleted okay but no users are added to the group and i get this message "the handle is invalid"
here is what i think are the relevant bits of the log [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 4] rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:api_rpcTNP(1158) api_rpcTNP: api_samr_rpc op 0xa - api_rpcTNP: rpc command: SAMR_CREATE_DOM_GROUP [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_debug(78) 000000 samr_io_q_create_dom_group followed later by [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 3] groupdb/mapping.c:smb_create_group(1170) smb_create_group: Running the command `/usr/sbin/smbldap-groupadd.pl power_users' gave 0 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 10] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:get_samr_info_by_sid(72) get_samr_info_by_sid: created new info for sid S-1-5-21-952143027-1224863391-451646606-1401 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 4] rpc_server/srv_lsa_hnd.c:create_policy_hnd(139) followed by a couple of these [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 4] rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:api_rpcTNP(1158) api_rpcTNP: api_samr_rpc op 0x1 - api_rpcTNP: rpc command: SAMR_CLOSE_HND and ultimately [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 4] rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:api_rpcTNP(1158) api_rpcTNP: api_samr_rpc op 0x11 - api_rpcTNP: rpc command: SAMR_LOOKUP_NAMES [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_debug(78) 000000 samr_io_q_lookup_names [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 6] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_debug(78) 000000 smb_io_pol_hnd pol [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0000 data1: 00000000 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0004 data2: 0000000c [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint16(547) 0008 data3: 0000 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint16(547) 000a data4: 0000 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint8s(663) 000c data5: c6 d0 d1 3c a7 69 00 00 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0014 num_names1: 00000001 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0018 flags : 000003e8 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 001c ptr : 00000000 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0020 num_names2: 00000001 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 6] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_debug(78) 000024 smb_io_unihdr [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint16(547) 0024 uni_str_len: 0016 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint16(547) 0026 uni_max_len: 0018 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0028 buffer : 00267e48 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 6] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_debug(78) 00002c smb_io_unistr2 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 002c uni_max_len: 0000000c [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0030 undoc : 00000000 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0034 uni_str_len: 0000000b [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:dbg_rw_punival(748) 0038 buffer : p.o.w.e.r._.u.s.e.r.s. [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_lookup_names(1175) _samr_lookup_names: 1175 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 4] rpc_server/srv_lsa_hnd.c:find_policy_by_hnd_internal(167) Policy not found: [000] 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C6 D0 D1 3C ........ .......< [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 4] lib/util.c:dump_data(1563) [010] A7 69 00 00 .i.. [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_samr.c:init_samr_r_lookup_names(4630) init_samr_r_lookup_names [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_debug(78) 000000 samr_io_r_lookup_names [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0000 num_rids1: 00000000 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0004 ptr_rids : 00000000 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 0008 num_types1: 00000000 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(576) 000c ptr_types : 00000000 [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_ntstatus(605) 0010 status: NT_STATUS_OBJECT_TYPE_MISMATCH [2002/05/02 19:53:15, 4] rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:api_rpcTNP(1191) api_rpcTNP: bad handle fault return. I have a full level 10 log if anybody is interested brad