[Samba] Sudden disconnect

Fri May 2 02:01:52 GMT 2003

> -----Original Message-----
> From: daniel.jarboe at custserv.com [mailto:daniel.jarboe at custserv.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 12:55 PM
> To: Tamir Halperin; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Sudden disconnect
> 
> 
> Upgrading to 2.2.8a from what previous version?
I believe it was 2.2.8_1, according to FreeBSD's pkg-version information.

> Are the nmbd and smbd
> running the ones from 2.2.8a?
I can't answer that for the abundance of my ignorance.

> "but then, all of a sudden, the box was
> no longer available from windows" ... So it was working with 
> 2.2.8a for windows clients and then stopped?
Yes!
> What do you mean no longer available from windows, do windows clients get an
> error message of some kind?
No. I am prompted for a username and password, I provide the right ones and I'm immediately prompted again.

I learned how to Tail the log file and this is what I got:

1. When the system boots the following is added to /var/log/messages -
May  1 00:45:33 john nmbd[140]: [2003/05/01 00:45:33, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:terminate(59)
May  1 00:45:33 john nmbd[140]:   Got SIGTERM: going down...
May  1 00:45:36 john syslogd: exiting on signal 15

2. When I browse enough of the Network Neighborhood to the point where I see the FreeBSD box I get the following from /var/log/log.smbd:
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1558)
  domain_client_validate: could not fetch trust account password for domain BROBUS
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_open_connection(201)
  LDAPS option set...!
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/secrets.c:fetch_ldap_pw(264)
  fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved!
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_connect_system(308)
  ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for  from secrets.tdb
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_open_connection(201)
  LDAPS option set...!
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/secrets.c:fetch_ldap_pw(264)
  fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved!
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_connect_system(308)
  ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for  from secrets.tdb
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1558)
  domain_client_validate: could not fetch trust account password for domain BROBUS
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_open_connection(201)
  LDAPS option set...!
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/secrets.c:fetch_ldap_pw(264)
  fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved!
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_connect_system(308)
  ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for  from secrets.tdb
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_open_connection(201)
  LDAPS option set...!
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/secrets.c:fetch_ldap_pw(264)
  fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved!
[2003/05/01 21:46:46, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_connect_system(308)
  ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for  from secrets.tdb

3. With each unsuccessful attempt to provide the correct username and password:
[2003/05/01 21:48:35, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1558)
  domain_client_validate: could not fetch trust account password for domain BROBUS
[2003/05/01 21:48:35, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_open_connection(201)
  LDAPS option set...!
[2003/05/01 21:48:35, 0] passdb/secrets.c:fetch_ldap_pw(264)
  fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved!
[2003/05/01 21:48:35, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_connect_system(308)
  ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for  from secrets.tdb
[2003/05/01 21:48:35, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_open_connection(201)
  LDAPS option set...!
[2003/05/01 21:48:35, 0] passdb/secrets.c:fetch_ldap_pw(264)
  fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved!
[2003/05/01 21:48:35, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_connect_system(308)
  ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for  from secrets.tdb

> ~ Daniel

Please forgive my ignorance. I'm not in a position to become a Samba administrator at this time. I have a mail server that has to go up in the next few days and not being able to get files off of the FreeBSD box (via Samba to other windows boxes) I'm dead in the water. As soon as the mail server goes up I'll have a lot more time to study all the ins and outs of Samba and become proficient. I look forward to monitoring the maillist and providing as much assistance as I can back to this wonderful community. But, alas, not yet.

In the meantime I can tell you that during the upgrade, I saw the option for incorporating support for LDAP. I want to have such support in Samba because I'm building an LDAP authentication database for the mail server anyway. Therefore, LDAP will very conveniently replace the NTAS AD I'm currently using for authentication. But, alas, not yet. I get the feeling that Samba is trying to rely on LDAP for authentication right now. It should not. I believe the solution involves me learning how to turn LDAP authentication off for now and then turning it back on when I have a live LDAP available for authentication.

> 
> 
> On Thursday, May 01, 2003 1:54 AM, Tamir Halperin wrote:
> > 
> > hi all, just finished upgrading to 2.2.8a and things went 
> > well and without any sign of a glitch. I was able to log in 
> > from windows to my FreeBSD box as root just like before the 
> upgrade. 
> > but then, all of a sudden, the box was no longer available 
> > from windows 
> > no sign of anything going on with the FreeBSD computer 
> > I can putty into it and it seems fine 
> > nmbd and smbd show up in top 
> > what could have changed suddenly 
> > any thoughts? 
> > 
> > Tamir
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