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Issue:
Why am I seeing the error 'winbindd: idmap uid range missing or invalid' in /var/log/messages when winbind starts successfully?
Resolution:
One cause of this error is a simple syntax error in
/etc/samba/smb.conf whereby spaces are placed between the range values of the
idmap uid and
idmap gid parameters.
For example, the following lines will generate the error:
idmap uid = 10000 - 20000
idmap gid = 10000 – 20000
To resolve the issue remove the spaces between 10000 - 20000 and restart winbind. Check that the error no longer shows up in
/var/log/messages.
Verify that uid/gid mapping is now working by running
getent passwd and look for domain usernames (this is assuming there aren't any other configuration problems which are beyond the scope of this article).
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