nmbd does not start without smbd (fwd)

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:

> Not sure I follow.  Previously, nmbd could be run on its own.  What is 
> nmbd being asked to do that requires smbd be available,

obtain the sid using lsa_query_info_policy() instead of creating
sam_name.SID and reading it, which is a race-condition problem.

> and does smbd 
> need to be running on the same machine?

no, it needs to contact the PDC.  if smbd-on-the-same-machine is the PDC,
the answer to yor question is yes.

> Chris -)-----
> 
> > <a href="mailto:lkcl at samba.anu.edu.au" > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton  </a>
> > <a href="http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl"> Samba and Network Development </a>
> > <a href="http://www.samba.co.uk"       > Samba and Network Consultancy </a>
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 21:18:13 +0300
> > From: Andrej Borsenkow <borsenkow.msk at sni.de>
> > To: "Leighton, Luke Kenneth Casson" <lkcl at switchboard.net>
> > Subject: nmbd does not start without smbd
> > 
> > If it is unavoidable, it should at least be documented :))
> > 
> > Dec  4 21:11:39 itsrm2 unix: sudo:      bor : TTY=pts/10 ;
> > PWD=/tools/src/samba-cvs/source ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/tools/bin/nmbd -D
> > Dec  4 21:11:39 itsrm2 unix: nmbd[20165]: [1998/12/04 21:11:39, 1]
> > lib/util_sock.c:(735)
> > Dec  4 21:11:39 itsrm2 unix: nmbd[20165]:   error connecting to
> > 149.202.201.17:139 (Connection refused)
> > Dec  4 21:11:39 itsrm2 unix: nmbd[20165]: [1998/12/04 21:11:39, 1]
> > libsmb/clientgen.c:(2607)
> > Dec  4 21:11:39 itsrm2 unix: nmbd[20165]:   cli_establish_connection: failed
> > to connect to ITSRM2<00> (149.202.201.17)
> > Dec  4 21:11:39 itsrm2 unix: nmbd[20165]: [1998/12/04 21:11:39, 0]
> > libsmb/clientgen.c:(2796)
> > Dec  4 21:11:39 itsrm2 unix: nmbd[20165]:   cli_connect_serverlist: Domain
> > password server not available.
> > Dec  4 21:11:39 itsrm2 unix: nmbd[20165]: [1998/12/04 21:11:39, 0]
> > lib/sids.c:(198)
> > Dec  4 21:11:39 itsrm2 unix: nmbd[20165]:   get_member_domain_sid: unable to
> > initialise client connection.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Christopher R. Hertel -)-----                   University of Minnesota
> crh at nts.umn.edu              Networking and Telecommunications Services
> 

<a href="mailto:lkcl at samba.anu.edu.au" > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton  </a>
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<a href="http://www.samba.co.uk"       > Samba and Network Consultancy </a>