[Samba] fam error

James Peach jorgar at gmail.com
Mon Sep 4 12:27:35 GMT 2006


On 04/09/06, Willy Offermans <Willy at offermans.rompen.nl> wrote:
> Dear Samba Friends,
>
> I got the following error again and again:
>
> <snip>
> .....
> Sep  4 10:58:18 sun smbd[94479]: [2006/09/04 10:58:18, 0] smbd/notify_fam.c:fam_check_reconnect(136)
> Sep  4 10:58:18 sun smbd[94479]:   failed to connect to FAM service
> Sep  4 10:58:23 sun smbd[94479]: [2006/09/04 10:58:23, 0] smbd/notify_fam.c:fam_check_reconnect(136)
> Sep  4 10:58:23 sun smbd[94479]:   failed to connect to FAM service
> Sep  4 10:58:24 sun smbd[94479]: [2006/09/04 10:58:24, 0] smbd/notify_fam.c:fam_check_reconnect(136)
> Sep  4 10:58:24 sun smbd[94479]:   failed to connect to FAM service
> Sep  4 10:58:25 sun smbd[94479]: [2006/09/04 10:58:25, 0] smbd/notify_fam.c:fam_check_reconnect(136)
> Sep  4 10:58:25 sun smbd[94479]:   failed to connect to FAM service
> Sep  4 10:58:25 sun smbd[94479]: [2006/09/04 10:58:25, 0] smbd/notify_fam.c:fam_check_reconnect(136)
> Sep  4 10:58:25 sun smbd[94479]:   failed to connect to FAM service
> Sep  4 11:23:22 sun smbd[94479]: [2006/09/04 11:23:22, 0] smbd/notify_fam.c:fam_check_reconnect(136)
> Sep  4 11:23:22 sun smbd[94479]:   failed to connect to FAM service
> .....
> </snip>
>
> I'm using samba-3.0.23b,1 on FreeBSD 6.1

I've only ever tested the FAM support on IRIX. smbd will automatically
attempt to use FAM if it appears to be available, but it shouldn't

> I did not specify anything with respect to fam in my
> /usr/local/etc/smb.conf file.
>
> I have only noticed that a new directory has been created in /tmp/
>
> drwx------  2 root  wheel  512 Sep  4 08:45 /tmp/fam-root/
>
> This directory is empty and updated once and a while. I mean the
> directory is recreated at a later time. Attributes and owner do not
> change.
>
> In the clients log files I find the following:
>
> <snip>
> ....
> [2006/09/04 11:36:41, 0] smbd/notify_fam.c:fam_check_reconnect(136)
>   failed to connect to FAM service
>   Socket directory /tmp/fam-root has different owner
>   Failed to remove unsafe path /tmp/fam-root
> ...
> </snip>
>
> It seems that the client tries to access /tmp/fam-root but has not the
> right user priviliges.
>
> Can someone help me out and explain what is going on? How can I solve
> the problem?

You can disable FAM support by setting "fam change notify = no" in
smb.conf. This
will get rid of the messages, but obviously you won't get FAM support.
I'd have to dig
into the FAM implementation on FreeBSD to be more helpful, and I won't
be able to
do that for a couple of weeks.

-- 
James Peach | jorgar at gmail.com


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