[PROBLEM FOUND] Samba logon bug

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl at switchboard.net
Wed Mar 17 19:12:11 GMT 1999


> halt:7:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[U          ]:LCT-00000000:halt
> operator:11:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:[U          ]:LCT-00000000:operator

>    Note: Passwords have been replaced ;)
> 
>    I have found that removing the first two user lines: halt and operator
> causes smbd to parse the smbpasswd file normally and Win95 and NT can
> magically log in again. Removing the 3 line comment has no effect.

don't tell me: those two users (halt and operator) no longer exist in
/etc/passwd, or they are not uid 7 or 11?  this will cause the
private/smbpasswd database API to terminate prematurely.

luke



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