[Samba] Must put "server role check:inhibit = yes" in smb.conf

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:22:10 +0200
Hénoch Hervé via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> We have followed the migration from samba4.2 to samba4.6 from 
> "http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/Debian-Jessie-samba-4-5-8-2-4-5-10-4-6-5-available-td4719912.html" 
> (van-belle)
> 
> But we must put in smb.conf this instruction : "server role 
> check:inhibit = yes".
> 
> if not, nmbd fails to start.
> 
> Why ?
> 
> Regard
> 
> 

Sounds like you are running a DC, you cannot run 'nmbd' on a DC, but
can you post your smb.conf, you may also have other things in it you
shouldn't have.

Rowland