--- source3/utils/net_sam.bak	Wed Sep 26 15:28:31 2012
+++ source3/utils/net_sam.c	Wed Sep 26 16:09:48 2012
@@ -746,10 +746,18 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	dom = NULL;
+
 	if (!lookup_name(talloc_tos(), argv[0], LOOKUP_NAME_LOCAL,
 			&dom, &name, &sid, &type)) {
-		d_fprintf(stderr, _("Could not find name %s\n"), argv[0]);
-		return -1;
+		
+		/* try it as a SID */
+                if ( !string_to_sid( &sid, argv[0] ) ) {
+            		d_fprintf(stderr, _("Could not find name %s\n"),
+                    		argv[0]);
+                	return -1;
+        	}
+																  
 	}
 
 	for (i=1; i < argc; i++) {
@@ -764,7 +772,12 @@
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		d_printf(_("Revoked %s from %s\\%s\n"), argv[i], dom, name);
+		if (dom == NULL) {
+		    d_printf(_("Revoked %s from %s\n"), argv[i], argv[0]);
+		} else {
+		    d_printf(_("Revoked %s from %s\\%s\n"), argv[i], dom, name);
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	return 0;