[Samba] Effective UID is not 0 in: unable to open passdb
database...
Gerald (Jerry) Carter
jerry at samba.org
Thu Jun 6 09:48:28 GMT 2002
On 6 Jun 2002, Aleix Conchillo wrote:
>
> I get next error while trying to join a Samba PDC:
>
> [2001/12/03 23:51:03, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:startsmbfilepwent(170)
> startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file
> /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd. Error was Permission denied
> [2001/12/03 23:51:03, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwrid(1416)
> unable to open passdb database.
>
>
> I've been trying to locate the error in samba source code (2.2.4). I
> found that the effective UID in that moment is not root (UID is), and
> that's why it has no permissions to read the smbpasswd file. It seems
> that it should change the euid after reading that file, but not before.
>
> i was not able to find where is changing the euid, but i'm sure that
> someone will know how to solve that problem.
Can you send me a level 10 debug log of this? Also make sure to include
you smb.conf, ./configure options, user connected to the Samba PDC, client
OS, etc...
Please send it of list.
cheers, jerry
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