[Samba] Internal: Unable to lock /etc/samba/smbpasswd......PROBLEM

M. D. Parker mike.parker at ga.com
Tue Aug 31 20:16:02 GMT 2004


On Samba 3.0.5 (and Samba 3.0.6) PDC I typically see messages in the logs of
my Samba PDC of several terminals (I separate logs by the terminal).  They
all seem to happen at about the same time and they cause the terminals in
question to get messages indicating that the PDC is not present.  After a
few minutes it seems to stop and things resume as normal.  I have not had
this problem prior to 3.0.5.  I use the smbpasswd and all entries are in the
"NEW" format.

Is there something that I can do to fix this?  Or is this a bug in the
current version(s).  I had to backoff from Samba 3.0.6 because the problem
was far more disabling to my user community.  


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[2004/08/31 08:28:01, 3] smbd/uid.c:push_conn_ctx(351)
  push_conn_ctx(0) : conn_ctx_stack_ndx = 0
[2004/08/31 08:28:01, 3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:set_sec_ctx(288)
  setting sec ctx (0, 0) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 1
[2004/08/31 08:28:06, 0] lib/util_file.c:do_file_lock(67)
  do_file_lock: failed to lock file.
[2004/08/31 08:28:06, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:startsmbfilepwent(204)
  startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to lock file /etc/samba/smbpasswd.
Error was Interrupted system call
[2004/08/31 08:28:06, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:smbpasswd_getsampwnam(1305)
  Unable to open passdb database.
[2004/08/31 08:28:06, 3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:pop_sec_ctx(386)
  pop_sec_ctx (0, 0) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0
[2004/08/31 08:28:06, 3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:push_sec_ctx(256)
  push_sec_ctx(0, 0) : sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 1
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Anybody got a workaround on this? Help would be appreciated of course.

I don't see what interrupted system call is being talked about either.

Full listing of global setting of  smb.conf file: (via testparm -v)

 Global parameters
[global]
        dos charset = CP850
        unix charset = UTF-8
        display charset = LOCALE
        workgroup = DOMAIN
        realm =
        netbios name = DOMAIN1
        netbios aliases = DOMAIN2
        netbios scope =
        server string = Server - File - (%h - %v)
        interfaces = eth3, lo
        bind interfaces only = Yes
        security = USER
        auth methods =
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        update encrypted = No
        client schannel = Auto
        server schannel = Auto
        allow trusted domains = Yes
        hosts equiv =
        min passwd length = 5
        map to guest = Bad User
        null passwords = No
        obey pam restrictions = No
        password server = *
        smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
        private dir = /etc/samba
        passdb backend = smbpasswd
        algorithmic rid base = 1000
        root directory =
        guest account = samba
        pam password change = No
        passwd program = /bin/false
        passwd chat = ""
        passwd chat debug = No
        passwd chat timeout = 2
        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
        password level = 0
        username level = 0
        unix password sync = Yes
        restrict anonymous = 0
        lanman auth = Yes
        ntlm auth = Yes
        client NTLMv2 auth = No
        client lanman auth = Yes
        client plaintext auth = Yes
        preload modules =
        log level = 3
        syslog = 0
        syslog only = No
        log file = /SYSTEMS/log/samba/log.%m
        max log size = 200000
        timestamp logs = Yes
        debug hires timestamp = No
        debug pid = No
        debug uid = No
        smb ports = 445 139
        protocol = NT1
        large readwrite = Yes
        max protocol = NT1
        min protocol = CORE
        read bmpx = No
        read raw = Yes
        write raw = Yes
        disable netbios = No
        acl compatibility =
        nt pipe support = Yes
        nt status support = Yes
        announce version = 4.9
        announce as = NT
        max mux = 50
        max xmit = 16644
        name resolve order = lmhosts wins host bcast
        max ttl = 259200
        max wins ttl = 518400
        min wins ttl = 21600
        time server = Yes
        unix extensions = Yes
        use spnego = Yes
        client signing = auto
        server signing = No
        client use spnego = Yes
        change notify timeout = 60
        deadtime = 15
        getwd cache = Yes
        keepalive = 300
        kernel change notify = Yes
        lpq cache time = 10
        max smbd processes = 0
        paranoid server security = Yes
        max disk size = 0
        max open files = 10000
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        use mmap = Yes
        hostname lookups = No
        name cache timeout = 660
        load printers = Yes
        printcap name = cups
        disable spoolss = No
        enumports command =
        addprinter command =
        deleteprinter command =
        show add printer wizard = No
        os2 driver map =
        mangling method = hash2
        mangle prefix = 1
        stat cache = Yes
        machine password timeout = 604800
        add user script =
        delete user script =
        add group script =
        delete group script =
        add user to group script =
        delete user from group script =
        set primary group script =
        add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 730 -s
/bin/false -c Machine-Trust-Account -M %u
        shutdown script =
        abort shutdown script =
        logon script = scripts\logon.cmd
        logon path = \\DOMAIN1\Profiles\%u
        logon drive = H:
        logon home = \\DOMAIN1\%u
        domain logons = Yes
        os level = 255
        lm announce = Auto
        lm interval = 60
        preferred master = Yes
        local master = Yes
        domain master = Yes
        browse list = Yes
        enhanced browsing = Yes
        dns proxy = No
        wins proxy = No
        wins server = 10.1.1.29
        wins support = No
        wins hook =
        wins partners =
        kernel oplocks = Yes
        lock spin count = 3
        lock spin time = 10
        oplock break wait time = 0
        ldap suffix =
        ldap machine suffix =
        ldap user suffix =
        ldap group suffix =
        ldap idmap suffix =
        ldap filter = (uid=%u)
        ldap admin dn =
        ldap ssl =
        ldap passwd sync = no
        ldap delete dn = No
        ldap replication sleep = 1000
        add share command =
        change share command =
        delete share command =
        config file =
        preload =
        lock directory = /var/lib/samba
        pid directory = /var/run
        utmp directory =
        wtmp directory =
        utmp = No
        default service =
        message command =
        dfree command =
        get quota command =
        set quota command =
        remote announce = 10.255.255.255
        remote browse sync =
        socket address = 0.0.0.0
        homedir map =
        afs username map =
        time offset = 0
        NIS homedir = No
        panic action =
        host msdfs = Yes
        enable rid algorithm = Yes
        idmap backend =
        idmap uid =
        idmap gid =
        template primary group = nobody
        template homedir = /home/%D/%U
        template shell = /bin/false
        winbind separator = \
        winbind cache time = 300
        winbind enable local accounts = Yes
        winbind enum users = Yes
        winbind enum groups = Yes
        winbind use default domain = No        winbind trusted domains only
= No
        winbind nested groups = No
        comment =
        path =
        username =
        invalid users =
        valid users =
        admin users =
        read list =
        write list =
        printer admin =
        force user =
        force group =
        read only = Yes
        create mask = 0744
        force create mode = 00
        security mask = 0777
        force security mode = 00
        directory mask = 0755
        force directory mode = 00
        directory security mask = 0777
        force directory security mode = 00
        inherit permissions = No
        inherit acls = No
        guest only = No
        guest ok = No
        only user = No
        hosts allow = 127., 141.248.
        hosts deny =
        ea support = No
        nt acl support = Yes
        profile acls = No
        map acl inherit = No
        afs share = No
        block size = 1024
        max connections = 0
        min print space = 0
        strict allocate = No
        strict sync = No
        sync always = No
        use sendfile = No
        write cache size = 0
        max reported print jobs = 0
        max print jobs = 1000
        printable = No
        printing = cups
        cups options =        print command =
        lpq command =
        lprm command =
        lppause command =
        lpresume command =
        queuepause command =
        queueresume command =
        printer name =
        use client driver = No
        default devmode = No
        default case = lower
        case sensitive = No
        preserve case = Yes
        short preserve case = Yes
        mangle case = No
        mangling char = ~
        hide dot files = Yes
        hide special files = No
        hide unreadable = No
        hide unwriteable files = No
        delete veto files = No
        veto files =
        hide files =
        veto oplock files =
        map system = No
        map hidden = No
        map archive = Yes
        mangled names = Yes
        mangled map =
        store dos attributes = No
        browseable = Yes
        blocking locks = Yes
        csc policy = manual
        fake oplocks = No
        locking = Yes
        oplocks = No
        level2 oplocks = No
        oplock contention limit = 2
        posix locking = Yes
        strict locking = No
        share modes = Yes
        copy =
        include =
        exec =
        preexec close = No
        postexec =        root preexec =
        root preexec close = No
        root postexec =
        available = Yes
        volume =
        fstype = NTFS
        set directory = No
        wide links = Yes
        follow symlinks = No
        dont descend =
        magic script =
        magic output =
        delete readonly = No
        dos filemode = No
        dos filetimes = No
        dos filetime resolution = No
        fake directory create times = No
        vfs objects =
        msdfs root = No
        msdfs proxy =
        root preexec =




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M. D. Parker
Systems Administrator
General Atomics / Electromagnetic Systems
+1 858 455 2877
mike.parker at ga.com




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