[Samba] PANIC on 6 of my client servers .Please Help

[Scott Lovenberg]

Brad Horrocks [Secure Office Services] wrote:
> Res, 
> (I use openwebmail, I'll use the CR for you).
>
> I'm using FC6 and the servers have all been upgraded from FC2 and FC4. 
> The upgrade was completed before I took them over so I don't know what samba version
>  was in use with those versions of Fedora.
>
> The idea was to standardise on a particular version to simplify maintenance and it
> seems to have caused more problems than it cured.
>
> I didn't do the original upgrade to read the history, however... 
> I have completely removed samba and all associated files (tdb's et) from 
> one of  the servers and then tried to re-install using fresh Fedora RPM's. 
>
> The same problem persists..
>
> Regards
> Brad Horrocks
>
> --
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>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Res <res at ausics.net>
> To: "Brad Horrocks [Secure Office Services]" <bradhorrocks at secureoffice.com.au>
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Sent: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:08:01 +1000 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [Samba] PANIC on 6 of my client servers .Please Help
>
>   
>> *Top Posting*" I dont know what client you used, but the format exceeds 75 
>> chars per line in Pine so my comments will be out of wack if I reply 
>> inline...
>>
>> You have said 3.0.24, have you tried 3.0.28 which current?
>> The version you moved "to" 3.0.24 is a year old.
>> What version did you upgrade from?
>> Have you read the history changes for subsequent releases from your old to 
>> current?
>> What OS/version are at least one of these on?
>>
>> Res
>>
>> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Brad Horrocks [Secure Office Services] wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hi everybody
>>> I have six samba servers working in various client locations all of which exhibit the
>>> same problem.
>>>
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> Jan 31 09:37:58 sos02sp smbd[1454]: [2008/01/31 09:37:58, 0]
>>>       
> lib/util_sec.c:assert_uid(101)
>   
>>> Jan 31 09:37:58 sos02sp smbd[1454]:   Failed to set uid privileges to (-1,533) now set
>>> to (0,0)
>>> Jan 31 09:37:58 sos02sp smbd[1454]: [2008/01/31 09:37:58, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1621)
>>> Jan 31 09:37:58 sos02sp smbd[1454]:   PANIC (pid 1454): failed to set uid
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>> Followed by a backtrace dump.
>>>
>>> Some of these servers have been running for several years without any major issues and
>>> this problem seems to have after a version upgrade to 3.0.24. Having six servers with
>>> the same problem tends to indicate to myself that I have a common configuration issue. I
>>> have tried everything including complete fresh installs and don't seem to be able to
>>> resolve the issue.  Having done significant research on the Web, this panic issue does
>>> not appear to be endemic nor common.
>>>
>>> To save space I has included all my logs and configurations at the following Web
>>>       
> address.
>   
>>> All logs and config information can be found at:-
>>> http://www.secureoffice.com.au/samba/
>>>
>>>
>>> Any help (or constructive criticism) would be greatly appreciated
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Brad Horrocks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Secure Office Services
>>> ABN 75 196 364 531
>>> 19 Burrendong Road
>>> COOMBABAH QLD 4216
>>> Ph. +61 7 5537 4955
>>> Fx. +61 7 5537 4966
>>> Mob.+61 (0)404142690
>>> web: http://www.secureoffice.com.au
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> -- 
>> Cheers
>> Res
>>
>> mysql> update auth set Framed-IP-Address='127.0.0.127' where user= 'troll';
>>     
> ------- End of Original Message -------
>
>   
Do you have a line something to the effect of "MSDFS=no" in your 
smb.conf?  I had this happen
on a CentOS-4 box on upgrading.