[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#382469: #382469 samba: option "valid users = @groupname" does not work

[Erik Saarts]

Noèl Köthe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> you reported/commented the Debian samba bug
> http://bugs.debian.org/382469
> 
> Could you please give us more details like your complete smb.conf and
> the /etc/group or whereever you store your samba group.
> Additional please give us a detailed step-by-step guide how you
> reproduce this?
> 
> Thank you.
> 

Hard to say whether this is fortunate or unfortunate case, but I am
unable to reproduce the behaviour. Upon receiving your letter I
changed "valid users" lines in my smb.conf back to use @groupname
style and it works. I have upgraded system meanwhile and my current
samba version is 3.0.24-2. My smb.conf and /etc/group have probably no
use to you if I'm unable to reproduce the bug so I won't send them.
I'll gladly send them if You think they could be of any value (no fancy stuff
there though).

Initially I had my smb.conf working with @groupname style, but after
upgrade I found some users had trouble accessing certain shares. Turned out to
be that "valid users" option that did not seem to accept @groupname argument.

Erik