[Samba] nmbd error: workgroup name is too long

L.P.H. van Belle belle at bazuin.nl
Tue Feb 6 07:42:08 UTC 2018


Open a random text editor. 

Goto this line : workgroup = COOMBS 

Press end and remove the spaces behind COOMBS, keep removing untill the line below it moves one up.
Then hit enter and restart samba. 


Greetz, 

Louis
 

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Kirk 
> Coombs via samba
> Verzonden: maandag 5 februari 2018 20:47
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: [Samba] nmbd error: workgroup name is too long
> 
> I found a similar thread in this mailing list from a few 
> years ago, but it looks like there was never a clear 
> resolution. 
> (https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2015-February/189450.html).
> 
> I’m fairly frequently receiving the following error in my logs:
> 
> Feb  5 11:16:22 hal nmbd[19333]: [2018/02/05 11:16:22.889584, 
>  0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_workgroupdb.c:57(name_to_unstring)
> Feb  5 11:16:22 hal nmbd[19333]:   name_to_nstring: workgroup 
> name COOMBS         ^[ is too long. Truncating to
> 
> I’m running Samba 4.7.4 on FreeBSD 11.1. My smb4.conf file 
> has the workgroup name as “COOMBS”, with NO trailing spaces. 
> Here’s the complete configuration file:
> 
> [global]
> 	workgroup = COOMBS
> 	server string = Samba Server Version %v
> 	netbios name = HAL
> 
> 	security = user
> 	encrypt passwords = yes
> 	passdb backend = tdbsam
> 
> 	wins support = yes
> 	domain master = yes
> 
> 	interfaces = 192.168.1.220
> 	bind interfaces only = yes
> 
> [Plex]
> 	path = /zraid/plex
> 	valid users = plex
> 	writable = yes
> 	browsable = yes
> 	read only = no
> 	guest ok = no
> 	create mask = 0666
> 	directory mask = 0755
> 
> In the prior thread, there was speculation of some invisible 
> control character at play. I typed the above configuration 
> file manually--with no copy/paste--so that should not be the case.
> 
> Note that the error only seems to appear if "domain master = 
> yes” is set.
> 
> The netbios services do see to work—I just get my logs filled 
> with these errors.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kirk Coombs
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