Winbind utility wbinfo -S command returns error "Could not convert sid ..... to uid" (Doc ID 1447502.1)

Last updated on JULY 29, 2016

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 10 3/05 to 10 1/13 U11 [Release 10.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Using Solaris 10 Samba to authenticate users via Microsoft Active Directory Server (ADS) the Winbind utility wbinfo -S command may report the following error:

# wbinfo -S S-1-5-21-1290200075-551817526-69128510-1111
Could not convert sid S-1-5-21-1290200075-551817526-69128510-1111 to uid


The numbers after S- is the Windows ADS SID for the user. The SID would be obtained with the wbinfo -n command as shown:

# wbinfo -n user1
S-1-5-21-1290200075-551817526-69128510-1111 SID_USER (1)

Cause

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