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

[Dean Allen Provins]

simo wrote:
> 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.
> 
This is embarrassing.  I didn't recognize your line as a substitution - and I
have used 'vi' for years.  Please accept my apologies.

Regards,

Dean

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