Hi all,

This is my first query and it concerns a groups issue.

I am trying to establish a Samba PDC on a Dell Poweredge with Redhat ES 4. Needless to say, I am not succeeding and am very tired. I may be missing something fairly basic.

I include the output from certain commands here:

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[root@fileserver ~]# net rpc group delete "Domain Admins" -Uroot%password
Request open_group failed[root@fileserver ~]#

[root@fileserver ~]# net groupmap list
System Operators (S-1-5-32-549) -> -1
Replicators (S-1-5-32-552) -> -1
Guests (S-1-5-32-546) -> -1
Power Users (S-1-5-32-547) -> -1
Print Operators (S-1-5-32-550) -> -1
Administrators (S-1-5-32-544) -> -1
Account Operators (S-1-5-32-548) -> -1
Domain Admins (S-1-5-21-2731065732-233676179-2163845378-512) -> -1
Domain Guests (S-1-5-21-2731065732-233676179-2163845378-514) -> -1
Domain Users (S-1-5-21-2731065732-233676179-2163845378-513) -> -1
Backup Operators (S-1-5-32-551) -> -1
Users (S-1-5-32-545) -> -1

[root@fileserver ~]# net rpc group list -Uroot%password
System Operators
Replicators
Guests
Power Users
Print Operators
Administrators
Account Operators
Backup Operators
Users

[root@fileserver ~]# pdbedit -L -v
debug_parse_params: unrecognized debug class name or format [#]
---------------
Unix username: root
NT username:
Account Flags: [U ]
User SID: S-1-5-21-2731065732-233676179-2163845378-1000
Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-2731065732-233676179-2163845378-1001
Full Name: root
Home Directory: \\fileserver\home\root\.profile
HomeDir Drive: X:
Logon Script: \\fileserver\var\lib\samba\netlogon\scripts\logon.bat
Profile Path: \\fileserver\var\lib\samba\profiles\root
Domain: rrrr
Account desc:
Workstations:
Munged dial:
Logon time: 0
Logoff time: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 04:45:51 GMT
Kickoff time: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 04:45:51 GMT
Password last set: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:24:31 GMT
Password can change: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:24:31 GMT
Password must change: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 04:45:51 GMT
Last bad password : 0
Bad password count : 0
Logon hours : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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Unix username: stevemcl
NT username:
Account Flags: [U ]
User SID: S-1-5-21-2731065732-233676179-2163845378-2000
Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-2731065732-233676179-2163845378-2001
Full Name: dregetgdt
Home Directory: \\fileserver\home\stevemcl\.profile
HomeDir Drive: X:
Logon Script: \\fileserver\var\lib\samba\netlogon\scripts\logon.bat
Profile Path: \\fileserver\var\lib\samba\profiles\stevemcl
Domain: rrrr
Account desc:
Workstations:
Munged dial:
Logon time: 0
Logoff time: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 04:45:51 GMT
Kickoff time: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 04:45:51 GMT
Password last set: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:47:10 GMT
Password can change: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:47:10 GMT
Password must change: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 04:45:51 GMT
Last bad password : 0
Bad password count : 0
Logon hours : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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Unix username: philt
NT username:
Account Flags: [U ]
User SID: S-1-5-21-2731065732-233676179-2163845378-2002
Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-2731065732-233676179-2163845378-2003
Full Name: rettdtgtrd
Home Directory: \\fileserver\home\philt\.profile
HomeDir Drive: X:
Logon Script: \\fileserver\var\lib\samba\netlogon\scripts\logon.bat
Profile Path: \\fileserver\var\lib\samba\profiles\philt
Domain: HERO
Account desc:
Workstations:
Munged dial:
Logon time: 0
Logoff time: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 04:45:51 GMT
Kickoff time: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 04:45:51 GMT
Password last set: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:47:24 GMT
Password can change: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:47:24 GMT
Password must change: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 04:45:51 GMT
Last bad password : 0
Bad password count : 0
Logon hours : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

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Why am I getting an entry for Domain Users/Admins and Guests after "net groupmap list" and not after "net rpc group list" ??

When I add a group called 'Domain Admins' it gets added to the list seen after "net groupmap list" ... !!!

I cannot erase the Domain Admins properly either.

Any help would be gladly received,

Thanks.