[Samba] Samba 3.0 beta 3 issues

John H Terpstra jht at samba.org
Fri Jul 25 05:01:25 GMT 2003


On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Paul Eggleton wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm using Samba 3.0 beta 3 on RH 9 (connecting to a Windows 2000 domain,
> as a member server) and I'm having trouble keeping samba running
> reliably. At random times it seems to stop recognising names from the
> domain. Restarting winbind fixes the problem, but then it occurs
> randomly again, usually once or twice a day. At least once it has fixed
> itself after being broken overnight without any intervention on our
> part. During the failure the logs fill up with errors claiming that
> users from the domain (who are trying to access the server) don't exist.

Please email me your smb.conf file - off list! I'd like to check it out.

- John T.

>
> I am getting some unusual entries in the logs (this one from smbd):
>
> [2003/07/22 09:20:44, 3] smbd/connection.c:yield_connection(69)
>   Yielding connection to
> [2003/07/22 09:20:44, 3] smbd/connection.c:yield_connection(76)
>   yield_connection: tdb_delete for name  failed with error Record does
> not exist .
>
> A few more (from winbind) - these are repeated many times:
>
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3]
> nsswitch/winbindd_misc.c:winbindd_priv_pipe_dir(243)
>   [31986]: request location of privileged pipe
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3]
> nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:winbindd_getgrgid(338)
>   [31986]: getgrgid 10007
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3]
> nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:winbindd_getgrgid(338)
>   [31986]: getgrgid 10045
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:fill_grent_mem(155)
>   name Clubmate Hosting group - Fozzy isn't a domain user
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:fill_grent_mem(155)
>   name DB Solutions isn't a domain user
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:fill_grent_mem(155)
>   name AIM User Group isn't a domain user
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:fill_grent_mem(155)
>   name Clubmate Hosting group isn't a domain user
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:fill_grent_mem(155)
>   name RAMM User group isn't a domain user
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:fill_grent_mem(155)
>   name RAMM User group gonzo isn't a domain user
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3]
> nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:winbindd_getgrgid(338)
>   [31986]: getgrgid 10007
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:sid_to_name(341)
>   ads: sid_to_name
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] libads/ads_ldap.c:ads_sid_to_name(144)
>   ads sid_to_name mapped Domain Users
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:dn_lookup(370)
>   ads: dn_lookup
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:dn_lookup(370)
>   ads: dn_lookup
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:dn_lookup(370)
>   ads: dn_lookup
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:dn_lookup(370)
>   ads: dn_lookup
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:dn_lookup(370)
>   ads: dn_lookup
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:dn_lookup(370)
>   ads: dn_lookup
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:dn_lookup(370)
>   ads: dn_lookup
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:dn_lookup(370)
>   ads: dn_lookup
> [2003/07/24 03:56:00, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:dn_lookup(370)
>   ads: dn_lookup
> (continues with "dn_lookup" about another hundred times)
>
> All of the groups mentioned ("AIM User Group" etc.) are valid groups in
> our domain.
>
> Some more winbind errors from the other day when the server failed:
>
> [2003/07/21 11:06:00, 1]
> nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:rescan_trusted_domains(167)
>   scanning trusted domain list
> [2003/07/21 11:10:00, 1] libads/ldap_utils.c:ads_do_search_retry(76)
>   ads reopen failed after error Success
> [2003/07/21 11:10:00, 1] libads/ads_ldap.c:ads_name_to_sid(64)
>   name_to_sid: root not found
> [2003/07/21 11:10:00, 1]
> nsswitch/winbindd_group.c:winbindd_getgroups(947)
>   user 'root' does not exist
> [2003/07/21 11:10:59, 1] libads/ldap_utils.c:ads_do_search_retry(76)
>   ads reopen failed after error Success
> [2003/07/21 11:10:59, 1] libads/ads_ldap.c:ads_name_to_sid(64)
>   name_to_sid: indra not found
> [2003/07/21 11:10:59, 1] nsswitch/winbindd_user.c:winbindd_getpwnam(147)
>   user 'indra' does not exist
> [2003/07/21 11:10:59, 1] libads/ldap_utils.c:ads_do_search_retry(76)
>   ads reopen failed after error Success
> [2003/07/21 11:10:59, 1] libads/ads_ldap.c:ads_name_to_sid(64)
>   name_to_sid: indra not found
>
> "indra" is a valid user on our system. The errors continue after this
> point complaining that other valid domain users who are trying to access
> the server don't exist.
>
> Next time it fails I will get a level 3 log of the incident (the last
> few times, the log of the time immediately before the error got lost as
> the logs filled up too quickly - I have since increased the log size).
> In the mean time, if anyone knows what is going wrong here, please let
> me know!
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
>
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> Software Developer             Fax:   +64-9-4154791
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John H Terpstra
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