Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 568778
samba-swat does not properly store group names with spaces in them
Last modified: 2010-11-09 08:15:31 EST
Description of problem: When editing with swat, group or user listings (such as global or share-based configuration items like "admin users" or "write list") do not get stored properly. When typing in the admin interface (even with double quotes), I get a comma in place of the space, thus making the config file split the entry into two groups (DOMAIN\\Domain Admins turns into 2 groups: DOMAIN\\Domain and another called Admins: DOMAIN\\Domain, Admins instead of the intended DOMAIN\\Domain Admins or "DOMAIN\\Domain Admins" or DOMAIN\\Domain\ Admins) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.0.33, release 3.15.el5_4.1: Installed Packages Name : samba-swat Arch : i386 Version : 3.0.33 Release : 3.15.el5_4.1 Size : 16 M How reproducible: Every time, just add a group such as "DOMAIN\\Domain Admins" and you will get in the result list after saving: DOMAIN\\Domain, Admins instead of the correct string. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Edit any entry in swat requiring a user or group name 2. Include a space in the name, surround with double quotes, or even backslash-escape a space in the string (eg: @DOMAIN\\Domain Admins or @DOMAIN\\Domain\ Admins will result in an entry @DOMAIN\\Domain, Admins or @DOMAIN\\Domain\, Admins), does not matter if quotes are used or not, no difference. Resulting entries in the file (for reference, used "\ " to escape the space, however it still places a comma as if I never inserted the space): [Share] comment = Administrative Share for Admins path = /samba-shares valid users = @DOMAIN\\Domain\, Admins admin users = @DOMAIN\\Domain\, Admins read only = No
Additional comments on workaround: Workarounds: None known, even using typical shell-style or POSIX-style escape techniques to escape the space.
Sorry (don't mean to self post), more additional info: Reported on Samba as well, their bugzilla #7187. This is also a problem in smb.conf, unless the group name with a space has quotation marks in it, it is interpreted as 2 groups as well, even if trailed by a comma in the correct place. To make the group (with a space in the name) work, the smb.conf file must be manually edited and quoted (with double quotes), then smbd/nmbd sees the group properly, even though not correctly created/edited by swat. Only double-quotes work (backslash shell-escaping the space does not work)
Can you please just try setting the strings like this in samba3x swat ? "@Domain Admins" or "@MYDOMAIN\Domain Admins" (including the quotes) That just worked fine here.
Did you had a chance to try this ? Does it work for you ?
No feedback in two months, closing as worksforme