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-rw-r--r--source3/passdb/passdb.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/source3/passdb/passdb.c b/source3/passdb/passdb.c
index e005913eb2..05c452f33d 100644
--- a/source3/passdb/passdb.c
+++ b/source3/passdb/passdb.c
@@ -1167,11 +1167,18 @@ BOOL local_sid_to_uid(uid_t *puid, const DOM_SID *psid, enum SID_NAME_USE *name_
DOM_SID *local_gid_to_sid(DOM_SID *psid, gid_t gid)
{
GROUP_MAP group;
+ BOOL ret;
/* we don't need to disable winbindd since the gid is stored in
the GROUP_MAP object */
+
+ /* done as root since ldap backend requires root to open a connection */
- if ( !pdb_getgrgid( &group, gid ) ) {
+ become_root();
+ ret = pdb_getgrgid( &group, gid );
+ unbecome_root();
+
+ if ( !ret ) {
/* fallback to rid mapping if enabled */