solution to problem of winbindd not able to find Domain controller

[Kuldeep Nagarkar]

Hi,

I have come across a problem in which winbindd
is not able to contact the domain controller when
it is started. This happens when the smb.conf
'security' parameter is set to "domain"

Investigation led to the following code piece:
In file winbindd.c
main()
->winbind_setup_common()
->init_domain_list()
->add_trusted_domain()
->cm_check_for_native_mode_win2k()
->cm_open_connection()
->cm_get_dc_name()
->cm_rpc_find_dc()
->get_dc_list()
    In the final loop in which we determine the count
to be returned, the final assignment is
*count = local_count;
So if there is a single valid entry without any holes
the local_count gets initialized to incorrect value.
i.e.
local_count = hole_index;
And hole_index is -1!!!!!
So the procedure fails....


The one of the probable fix is to advance the hole_index as we iterate over the local_count.
Hence,
... <snip>...
i = 0;
while (i < local_count) {
     if (!is_zero(return_iplist[i])) {
          i++;
          hole_index = i;
          continue;
     }

    .... <snip>....
}
... <snip>...



thanks,
Kuldeep




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