Description of problem: Simo Sorce (ssorce) means it is a glibc bug, please see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204240 if you have a "@" in your smb.conf, e.g: write list = @group, samba will not share anything. by replacing it with a "+", samba will share again. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): glibc-kernheaders-3.0-5.2 glibc-common-2.4-11 glibc-2.4-11 glibc-devel-2.4-11 glibc-2.4-11 glibc-headers-2.4-11 samba-common-3.0.24-2.fc5 samba-3.0.24-2.fc5 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. setup your smb.conf with "write list @someone" 2. restart samba 3. see what happens Actual results: by replacing the "@" with a "+", sabma will share again Expected results: samba should work with that "@". Additional info:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 210862 ***