attempted fix on group shares not appearing (GID not found) (4)

README.md

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Kerberos requires close time alignment.
 - Backing path: `/data/groups/<objectGUID>`
 - Share exposure generated in `/etc/samba/generated/shares.conf`
 - Dynamic share names are validated for SMB compatibility and deduplicated case-insensitively.
-- Group membership changes are refreshed during each reconciliation cycle (winbind cache flush + Samba config reload).
+- Group membership changes are refreshed continuously via winbind cache updates (`winbind cache time = 60`) and Samba config reload during reconciliation.
 
 ## Useful Commands
 

app/init.sh

@@ -64,21 +64,8 @@ derive_netbios_name() {
 
 resolve_sid_to_group() {
   local sid="$1"
-  local gid=""
-  local gid_entry=""
   local resolved_name=""
   local sid_output=""
-  local candidate=""
-  local lower_candidate=""
-
-  gid="$(wbinfo --sid-to-gid "$sid" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-  if [[ -n "$gid" ]]; then
-    gid_entry="$(getent group "$gid" || true)"
-    if [[ -n "$gid_entry" ]]; then
-      printf '%s\n' "${gid_entry%%:*}"
-      return 0
-    fi
-  fi
 
   if sid_output="$(wbinfo --sid-to-fullname "$sid" 2>/dev/null)"; then
     resolved_name="${sid_output%%$'\t'*}"
@@ -94,25 +81,30 @@ resolve_sid_to_group() {
     return 1
   fi
 
-  for candidate in "$resolved_name" "${resolved_name#*\\}"; do
+  if [[ "$resolved_name" != *\\* ]]; then
-    if [[ -z "$candidate" ]]; then
+    resolved_name="${WORKGROUP}\\${resolved_name}"
-      continue
+  fi
-    fi
-    if getent group "$candidate" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      printf '%s\n' "$candidate"
-      return 0
-    fi
-    lower_candidate="${candidate,,}"
-    if [[ "$lower_candidate" != "$candidate" ]] && getent group "$lower_candidate" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      printf '%s\n' "$lower_candidate"
-      return 0
-    fi
-  done
-
-  printf '[init] WARN: SID %s resolved to %s but NSS lookup failed; using raw name.\n' "$sid" "$resolved_name" >&2
   printf '%s\n' "$resolved_name"
 }
 
+ensure_machine_keytab() {
+  local keytab_path="/var/lib/samba/private/krb5.keytab"
+  mkdir -p /var/lib/samba/private
+
+  if [[ ! -s /etc/krb5.keytab ]]; then
+    if ! net ads keytab create -P >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      if [[ -n "${JOIN_USER:-}" && -n "${JOIN_PASSWORD:-}" ]]; then
+        printf '%s\n' "$JOIN_PASSWORD" | net ads keytab create -U "$JOIN_USER" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -s /etc/krb5.keytab ]]; then
+    cp /etc/krb5.keytab "$keytab_path"
+    chmod 600 "$keytab_path"
+  fi
+}
+
 resolve_share_groups_from_sids() {
   export DOMAIN_USERS_GROUP
   DOMAIN_USERS_GROUP="$(resolve_sid_to_group "$DOMAIN_USERS_SID")"
@@ -249,6 +241,7 @@ derive_netbios_name
 render_krb5_conf
 render_smb_conf
 join_domain_if_needed
+ensure_machine_keytab
 
 log 'Starting winbindd'
 winbindd -F --no-process-group &

app/reconcile_shares.py

@@ -386,7 +386,12 @@ def reconcile_db(conn: sqlite3.Connection, ad_groups: List[Dict[str, str]]) -> N
 
 
 def qualify_group(group_name: str) -> str:
-    return f'+"{group_name}"'
+    if "\\" in group_name:
+        return f'@"{group_name}"'
+    workgroup = os.getenv("WORKGROUP", "").strip()
+    if workgroup:
+        return f'@"{workgroup}\\{group_name}"'
+    return f'@"{group_name}"'
 
 
 def is_valid_share_name(share_name: str) -> bool:
@@ -731,7 +736,6 @@ def with_lock() -> bool:
 
         sync_public_directory()
         sync_private_directories()
-        refresh_winbind_cache()
         reload_samba()
         log("Reconciliation completed")
         return True

etc/samba/smb.conf

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
    winbind use default domain = yes
    winbind enum users = yes
    winbind enum groups = yes
+   winbind cache time = 60
 
    vfs objects = acl_xattr
    map acl inherit = yes
@@ -48,15 +49,11 @@
    full_audit:success = all
    full_audit:failure = all
    full_audit:syslog = false
-   valid users = +"${DOMAIN_USERS_GROUP}"
+   valid users = @"${DOMAIN_USERS_GROUP}"
    hide unreadable = yes
    access based share enum = yes
    ea support = yes
    nt acl support = no
-   security mask = 0000
-   force security mode = 0000
-   directory security mask = 0000
-   force directory security mode = 0000
 
 [Public]
    path = /data/public
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@
    full_audit:success = all
    full_audit:failure = all
    full_audit:syslog = false
-   valid users = +"${PUBLIC_GROUP}"
+   valid users = @"${PUBLIC_GROUP}"
    force group = "${PUBLIC_GROUP}"
    create mask = 0660
    directory mask = 2770