[Samba] Unable to use samba-tool

[mathias dufresne]

First don't forget to reply to Rowland, he's question has sense.

samba-tool user list
ltdb: tdb(/var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb): tdb_open_ex: could not open
file /var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb: *Permission denied*
--> You should have run that command with a non-root user. A root user
would not face such issue as root can access all files. Perhaps you can
deal with files permissions to avoid that but I would rather advise you to
run these command as root or specifying a username with -U to switch user

Regarding first command which was to add some user, I expect same issue:
the command must write something in files (in your users database, the new
user) and it can't as you are not root.

Retry using sudo or after switching to root account.

Cheers,

mathias

2015-11-10 12:37 GMT+01:00 Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com>:

> On 10/11/15 10:49, edward torvalds wrote:
>
>> I having trouble with use samba-tool command. It just does not works. I
>> need help with troubleshooting
>>
>> Commands I have tried:
>>
>> sudo samba-tool user create edward
>> New Password:
>> Retype Password:
>> ERROR(<type 'exceptions.ValueError'>): Failed to add user 'edward':  -
>> unable to parse dn string
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/user.py", line
>> 176, in run
>>      uid=uid, uidnumber=uid_number, gidnumber=gid_number, gecos=gecos,
>> loginshell=login_shell)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py", line 343, in
>> newuser
>>      dnsdomain = ldb.Dn(self,
>> self.domain_dn()).canonical_str().replace("/", "")
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------
>>
>> samba-tool user list
>> ltdb: tdb(/var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb): tdb_open_ex: could not open
>> file /var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb: Permission denied
>>
>> Unable to open tdb '/var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb': Permission denied
>> Failed to connect to 'tdb:///var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb' with
>> backend 'tdb': Unable to open tdb '/var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb':
>> Permission denied
>> ERROR(ldb): uncaught exception - Unable to open tdb
>> '/var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb': Permission denied
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/__init__.py",
>> line 175, in _run
>>      return self.run(*args, **kwargs)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/user.py", line
>> 265, in run
>>      credentials=creds, lp=lp)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py", line 56, in
>> __init__
>>      options=options)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/__init__.py", line 114,
>> in __init__
>>      self.connect(url, flags, options)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py", line 71, in
>> connect
>>      options=options)
>>
>>
>> I don't know where to start troubleshooting from.
>> Thanks
>>
>
> Where are you trying to create the user, on the DC or a domain member?
>
> Rowland
>
>
>
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