[Samba] U/G to 3.0.11, need explanation of log messages (Was: Re: Trying to resolve issues on samba-3.0.11)

[Jonathan Johnson]

Changed the subject to something more meaningful that might get noticed 
by someone who knows. The original subject is too vague and generic.
See my comments below about "logfile name" and "guest on authenticate." 
Other questions left to others to answer.
~Jonathan

Yannick Bergeron wrote:

> Recently, we undertook to upgrade our samba server 2.2.8a towards 
> version 3.0.11.  There remain however still some issues which I try to 
> regulate or to understand.
>
> OS: AIX 4.3.3
> CC: ibmcxx 3.6.6
>
> 1: "Software caused connection abort" in log.smbd
> On every connection, I've the following error in my log. What could be 
> the problem?
> [2005/02/14 16:43:22, 0] smbd/server.c:open_sockets_smbd(388)
>  open_sockets_smbd: accept: Software caused connection abort
>
> 2: logfile name
> The name of the log files are supposed to be log.hostname but some of 
> them are log.ip
> How could this be possible? everything is ok with samba 2.2.8a
> in smb.conf
>     log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m

I've noticed this too. Not sure why. Perhaps the first time a client 
connects, Samba uses the machine name, then for subsequent activity in 
that session it's using the resolved IP? Are the log.name files 
generated by smbd while the log.ip files are generated by nmbd? I don't 
really know. Regardless, I'd strongly urge you to change the log file to 
%m.log instead of log.%m, as log rotation scripts (see man logrotate) 
can be confused by having it your way. You end up with log.%m.0 and then 
log.%m.0.0 then log.%m.0.0.0 and so on, the logs never really get 
rotated properly.
~Jonathan

>
> 3: guest on authenticate
> On every authentication, the guest account (nobody) is trying to 
> authenticate, the connection is refused, then it's trying with the 
> username. We would like the guest account to never be used.
>
> in smb.conf
>        map to guest = Never
>        guest account = nobody
>        guest only = No
>        guest ok = No
>
> in a log.hostname file
> [2005/02/14 16:43:22, 0] smbd/password.c:user_ok(386)
>  rejected user nobody:3004-302 Your account has expired; please see 
> the system administrator.
>
I would guess this is happening on the client side, not the Samba side. 
Your Windows machine may be first trying "guest" before trying "username."
~Jonathan

> 4: Is there a way to know what is the OS of the client (logfile? which 
> debug level? which debug message?)
>
> If anyone is able to answer or explain me one of those issues :)
>
> thanx
> Yannick Bergeron
> burgergold at hotmail.com
>