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"Failed to resolve the security identifier (SID) for the account named" when using name of AD group

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Last Updated:
10/29/2024, 8:17:45 PM

Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • SMB/CIFS
  • Active Directory

Issue

  • When trying to add Active Directory group named USofA to CIFS share ACL, ONTAP is unable to resolve the AD group's SID
    • ::*> cifs share access-control create -share cifstest -user-or-group USofA -user-group-type windows -permission Full_Control
      Error: command failed: Failed to resolve the security identifier (SID) for the account named "USofA". Reason: Object name either does not exist or could not be resolved using the available servers. Check the event log for additional information.
  • SECD log says that domain controller could not find group named USofA
    • Failure Summary:
      Error: Lookup of CIFS account name procedure failed
        [  9 ms] Successfully connected to ip x.x.x.x, port 445 using TCP
        [    32] Successfully authenticated with DC hostname.domainname.local
        [    50] Encountered NT error (NT_STATUS_PIPE_NOT_AVAILABLE) for SMB command Create
        [   136] Successfully retried Smb2NtCreateAndXFile for pipe \lsarpc 9 times within 95201 usecs to overcome STATUS_PIPE_NOT_AVAILABLE error from DC hostname.domainname.local
        [   191] Could not find Windows name 'USofA'
      **[    50] FAILURE: Unexpected state: Error 6763 at file:src/Commands/Commands.cpp func:CheckSmbStatusWrapper line:1129
      **[   191] FAILURE: Error case not correctly journaled
      
  • Packet trace of traffic between ONTAP and domain controller shows that the DC's LSARPC reply is
    • lsa_LookupNames2 response, STATUS_NONE_MAPPED, Error: STATUS_NONE_MAPPED

 

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