Error when using sudo on winbind/Active Directory setup "Cannot convert group X to sid, please contact your administrator to see if group X is valid."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Trying to login as a Active Directory User to Red Hat server and getting error below:

"Cannot convert group X to sid, please contact your administrator to see if group X is valid."

Customer confirmed group X doesn't even exists on Active Directory.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
  • samba3x-winbind-3.5.10-0.109
  • samba3x-3.5.10-0.109
  • samba3x-winbind-3.5.10-0.109

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