[Samba] smbd install/execution failure (V 3.0.23)

[simo]

On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 14:06 -0600, Dean Allen Provins wrote:
> simo wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 10:12 -0600, Dean Allen Provins wrote:
> > 
> >>Hello:
> >>
> >>I installed samba version 3.0.23 this morning for a Debian system (sarge), but
> >>it appears to have failed, and "smbd" will not start.  A snippet from the log
> >>file reads as,
> > 
> > 
> > [..]
> > 
> > 
> >>It seems that something is missing (tdbsam?).  Any and all assistance is requested.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > s/passdb backend = tdbsam guest/passdb backend = tdbsam/
> > 
> > Simo.
> > 
> Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, I don't quite understand it.
> 
> I noticed some lines in the generated smb.conf file (from the 'deb' install),
> but they don't quite match:
> 
>    # If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
>    # password database type you are using.
>    passdb backend = tdbsam guest
> 
>    obey pam restrictions = yes
> 
> There is an 'smbpasswd' file in '/etc/samba' and '/var/lib/samba/secrets.tdb'
> exists, but no 'passdb.tdb' file there (although the Debian install indicated it
> would be created).
> 
> Would you please be a little more verbose in what I need to do.

substitute (s/)
passdb backend = tdbsam guest
with (/)
passdb backend = tdbsam
(/)

multiple backend are not supported and specifying guest was never
required in 3.0.x releases, only debian had it in the default conf for
mysterious reasons.

Simo.

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Simo Sorce
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