Samba problems?

[Eddie Lania]

Hello everybody,

I am using Samba in networking environments at home and work.

I am testing with samba.

I compile the HEAD version from cvs with regular intervals but keep on
having the following problems.
In both environments, samba is
compiled --with-ldapsam, --with-smbmount, --with-nsswitch
and --with-acl-support on a RedHat 7.0 system with openldap installed.

Hopefully, the information in this message can be an usefull contribution to
this list.
Please observe:


- First the details of my smb.conf:

[global]
        passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://localhost
        ldap suffix = "dc=elton-intra,dc=net"
        ldap user suffix = "ou=Users"
        ldap machine suffix = "ou=Computers"
        ldap admin dn = "cn=Manager,dc=elton-intra,dc=net"
        ldap ssl = off
        use spnego = No
        workgroup = ELTON
        time server = Yes
        wins support = Yes
        os level = 64
        prefered master = Auto
        domain master = Yes
        local master = Yes
        security = user
        # security = ads
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        null passwords = Yes
        passwd program = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-passwd.pl
        guest account = Guest
        socket address = 192.168.169.192
        interfaces = 192.168.169.0/24 127.0.0.1
        bind interfaces only = Yes
        remote announce = 192.168.168.150
        remote browse sync = 192.168.168.150
        domain logons = Yes
        add user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd.pl -a -E login.bat
%u
        add machine script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd.pl -g 102 -w %u
        delete user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-userdel.pl %u
        logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U
        logon drive = q:
        logon home = \\%L\%U\.profile
        logon script = login.bat
        debug uid = Yes
        log file = /var/log/samba3/%m.log
        max log size = 0
[netlogon]
        comment = Network Logon Service
        path = /home/netlogon
        read only = Yes
[homes]
        path = /home/users/%U
        read only = No
        browseable = No
        inherit acls = Yes
        inherit permissions = Yes
        csc policy = disable
[profiles]
        comment = User Profiles share
        path = /home/profiles
        read only = No
        inherit acls = Yes
        inherit permissions = Yes
        csc policy = disable
[users]
        comment = Users directories
        path = /home/users
        read only = Yes
        write list = @"Administrators"
        inherit acls = Yes
        inherit permissions = Yes
[public]
        comment = Public Files share
        path = /mnt/big_f32/public
        force user = nobody
        read only = No
[apps]
        comment = Applications share
        path = /mnt/big_f32/apps
        force user = nobody
        read only = No
[backup]
        comment = Backup share
        path = /mnt/big_f32/backup
        force user = nobody
        read only = Yes

- Using this configuration, testparm outputs the following error:

Processing section "[netlogon]"
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[profiles]"
Processing section "[users]"
Processing section "[public]"
Processing section "[apps]"
Processing section "[backup]"
Load smb config files from /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
Loaded services file OK.
ERROR: both 'wins support = true' and 'wins server = <server>' cannot be set
in the smb.conf file. nmbd will abort with this setting.

Altough the parameter 'wins server = <server>' is not defined in my
smb.conf.

Is this a bug?


- When logging on from a windows 9xx client, there are no errors in the
samba log file(s).
  When logging on from Xp the next message is displayed in the log file:

[2002/08/17 08:53:45, 0, effective(500, 500), real(0, 0)]
rpc_server/srv_util.c:get_domain_user_groups(342)
  get_domain_user_groups: primary gid of user [eddie] is not a Domain group
!
  get_domain_user_groups: You should fix it, NT doesn't like that

User "eddie" is in ldap with (uidNumber 500) and member of group 201 (Domain
Users), primairyGroupID 1403.
This problem did not appear in 2.2.5 with ldapsam.


- When a user logs on, a log file is created by samba first named to the ip
address of the wks, and then again is created with the wks's netbios name:

ls of /var/log/samba3/

192.168.169.253.log
log.nmbd
log.smbd
p450aukje.log
smbd.log

Note that 192.168.169.253 is the ip of p450aukje.
Is this something to worry about?


- Swat doesn't work properly:

Whatever I have tried, I am unable to use swat because the authentication
through the web interface failes.
The only thing I receive in my webbrowser is a "401 Bad Authorization -
username or password incorrect".

Is this a bug?


That's it for now.

Thank you for any reply.

With kind regards,



Eddie Lania.

ICT Manager.
Industrie en handelsonderneming Elton B.V.
the Netherlands

buisiness page: http://www.elton.nl
personal page: http://nl3lek.webhop.net