Samba & trapdoor uid (fwd)

[Michael Strasser]

I have the same problem with Samba 2.0.4b on OpenBSD 2.5 (trapdoor message during 
configure; compile OK; then password errors using smbclient after *carefully* 
checking options in smb.conf).

>> > > I made Samba 2.0.4b today, and while running the configure script, a
>> > > message appeared that said, "Trapdoor uid, Samba might not run correctly".
>> 
>> that usually indicates one of the following:
>> 
>> 1) that the OS has trapdoor UIDs. I think that is unlikely for OpenBSD
>> 2) our source/tests/trapdoor.c code is broken on OpenBSD
>> 3) somethng is screwed up on your system

In my case I would not have jumped at number 3 because mine was a brand new 
install of OpenBSD (i386) from CD onto a new partition. I don't think I've added 
anything to the system that might cause a problem. I have a custom kernel but its 
only change is to use the RTC on the PC set to local time (the system is a test 
bed and spends most of its life running Windows).

>> Have a look at config.log and see if anything unusual shows up near
>> the trapdoor stuff. Otherwise try trapdoor.c as a standalone program
>> and add some debug code to it.

I will check this out during the next couple of days. That error message comes up 
during the configuration phase. Does it affect how Samba compiles and runs, if the 
warning itself is spurious?


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