[Samba] Urgent help needed for passdb backend

[Doug VanLeuven]

Lonnie wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have compiled into RPM's on my Fedora 3 now 3 different versions of 
> Samba (3.0.10, 3.0.14, and 3.0.20) which installs just fine but I am 
> getting errors when trying to start the service.
> ---------------------------
> [2005/08/17 12:43:32, 0] smbd/server.c:main(802)
>  smbd version 3.0.20rc2 started.
>  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2004
> [2005/08/17 12:43:32, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(591)
>  Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/users/smbd.log: No such file 
> or directory

Make sure /var/log/samba and /var/log/samba/users exist

> [2005/08/17 12:43:32, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(591)
>  Unable to open new log file /var/log/samba/users/smbd.log: No such file 
> or directory

Same here

> [2005/08/17 12:43:32, 0] passdb/pdb_interface.c:make_pdb_methods_name(756)
>  Plugin is available, but doesn't register passdb backend 
> /usr/lib/samba/pdb/mysql.so

Someone familiar with the all the requirements of registering a plugin will
have to answer this.

> [2005/08/17 12:43:32, 1] passdb/pdb_interface.c:make_pdb_context_list(872)
>  Loading /usr/lib/samba/pdb/mysql.so:mysql failed!
> --------------------------
> 
> I added the "--with-expsam=mysql" to the SPEC file for the configuration 
> and it seems to have generated the plugin just fine.
> 
> Can someone please help me to resolve this problem?
> or
> Does anyone have MySQL support compiled into some RPM's that will run on 
> my Fedora 3 that I can get from you?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>