In fact the problem is solved using the "winbind expand groups" parameter in /etc/samba/smb.conf with the value of 1 (winbind expand groups = 1) .
This was the default in earlier versions of samba, and was changed to 0 (winbind expand groups = 0) from version 4.2.x. I appreciate the contribution ! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1586707 Title: Failure mounting cifs volumes pam_mount To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1586707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs