[Samba] Error messages galore with 2.2.6!!!!!

[Tait Shrum]

Yesterday afternoon we were having problems with our Samba server.  The 
problem stems from a file locking problem with FoxPro databases. 
 Typically, a restart of the smb service will fix things for a day.  We 
got tired of restarting the service everyday and decided to upgrade to 
Samba 2.2.6.  I downloaded the version for RedHat 7.3, which is the 
version of RedHat we are running right now.  I stopped the smb service 
and did rpm -Uvh samba.-2.2.6.i386.rpm.  I noticed it took forever to 
install.  I then started the service back and no one could login.  I 
went to /var/log/messages and there were some crazy messages coming up 
in the logs.  Here are some examples:

Nov 12 14:00:28 samba smb: nmbd startup succeeded
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.030312, 0, 
pid=31302, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] 
nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c:add_logon_names(165)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]:   add_domain_logon_names:
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]:   Attempting to become logon server 
for workgroup BRYANT on subnet 10.10.10.2
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.030924, 0, 
pid=31302, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] 
nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c:add_logon_names(165)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]:   add_domain_logon_names:
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]:   Attempting to become logon server 
for workgroup BRYANT on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.039881, 0, 
pid=31302, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] 
nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_brows
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31306]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.057430, 0, 
pid=31306, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] lib/util_str.c:string_sub(1217)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]:   become_domain_master_browser_wins:
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31306]:   ERROR: string overflow by 1 in 
string_sub(%g, 13)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]:   Attempting to become domain master 
browser on workgroup BRYANT, subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31306]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.110651, 0, 
pid=31306, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] lib/util_str.c:string_sub(1217)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.113317, 0, 
pid=31302, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] 
nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_brows
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31306]:   ERROR: string overflow by 1 in 
string_sub(%g, 13)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]:   become_domain_master_browser_wins: 
querying WINS server at IP 10.10.10.2 for domain master browser name 
BRYANT<1b> on w
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31306]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.182171, 0, 
pid=31306, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] lib/util_str.c:string_sub(1217)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.200090, 0, 
pid=31302, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] 
nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c:become_logon_server_succes
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31306]:   ERROR: string overflow by 1 in 
string_sub(%g, 13)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31308]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.221705, 0, 
pid=31308, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] lib/util_str.c:string_sub(1217)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]:   become_logon_server_success: Samba 
is now a logon server for workgroup BRYANT on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31306]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.259580, 0, 
pid=31306, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] lib/util_str.c:string_sub(1217)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31308]:   ERROR: string overflow by 1 in 
string_sub(%g, 13)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.311554, 0, 
pid=31302, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] 
nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_stage
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31306]:   ERROR: string overflow by 1 in 
string_sub(%g, 13)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba smbd[31308]: [2002/11/12 14:00:29.349470, 0, 
pid=31308, effective(0, 0), real(0, 0)] lib/util_str.c:string_sub(1217)
Nov 12 14:00:29 samba nmbd[31302]:   *****

These error messages were so constant that it slowed our server down to 
a crawl.  It took forever to get it turned off!  Does anyone understand 
these error messages?  Can someone tell me what I have done wrong?  Any 
help would be greatly appreciated!

Tait Shrum
Bryant Public Schools