[Samba] getting error Ignoring parameter browse directory and winbind sequence directory

Rowland Penny rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 23 10:11:45 UTC 2015


On 23/09/15 11:01, VigneshDhanraj G wrote:
> Thanks Rowland.
>
> I will try to upgrade samba. I removed that two lines browse directory 
> and winbind sequence directory from smb.conf now it is working fine.
>
> can i upgrade samba from 4.0.25 to latest samba 4.3.0 or upgrade to 
> 4.1.17?
>
> Regards,
>
> Vigneshdhanraj G
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Rowland Penny 
> <rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com <mailto:rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     On 21/09/15 11:15, VigneshDhanraj G wrote:
>
>         I am using debian wheezy and
>
>         available= yes
>         restrict anonymous= 0
>         server string= VIGNESH
>         Workgroup= WORKGROUP
>         security= user
>         domain master= auto
>         preferred master= auto
>         local master= yes
>         os level= 20
>         invalid users= bin daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail news
>         uucp gopher
>         map to guest= Bad User
>         host msdfs= yes
>         strict allocate= yes
>         encrypt passwords= yes
>         passdb backend= smbpasswd
>         printcap name= lpstat
>         printable= no
>         load printers= yes
>         max smbd processes= 500
>         getwd cache= yes
>         syslog= 0
>         use sendfile= yes
>         browse directory= /tmp/samba
>         winbind sequence directory= /tmp/samba
>         log level= 0
>         max log size= 50
>         unix extensions= no
>         veto files= /.AppleDouble/.AppleDB/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network
>         Trash Folder/Temporary Items/:2eDS_Store/
>         dos charset= ascii
>         state directory= /mnt/system/samba/system
>
>
>
>     You can very easily upgrade Samba to 4.1.17 by adding backports to
>     your /etc/apt/sources.list file
>
>     However, if that is your *exact* smb.conf, well, it is the
>     weirdest one I have ever seen. If you remove all the defaults, you
>     end up with this:
>
>     server string= VIGNESH
>     Workgroup= WORKGROUP
>     invalid users= bin daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail news uucp gopher
>     map to guest= Bad User
>     strict allocate= yes
>     passdb backend= smbpasswd
>     printcap name= lpstat
>     max smbd processes= 500
>     syslog= 0
>     use sendfile= yes
>     max log size= 50
>     unix extensions= no
>     veto files= /.AppleDouble/.AppleDB/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network
>     Trash Folder/Temporary Items/:2eDS_Store/
>     dos charset= ascii
>     state directory= /mnt/system/samba/system
>
>     There are also these two lines, the left hand side commands do not
>     seem to exist.
>     browse directory= /tmp/samba
>     winbind sequence directory= /tmp/samba
>
>     You don't seem to have '[global]' or any shares, it seems to refer
>     to a standalone server. It also doesn't seem to have any of the
>     lines needed to connect to an AD DC.
>
>     I would suggest you go and have a read here:
>     https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_a_Samba_AD_Member_Server
>
>
>     Rowland
>
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You should be able to update to either, but I would go to 4.1.17 first

Rowland



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