[Samba] nmbd error: workgroup name is too long

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 18:44:15 -0700
Kirk Coombs via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> > On Feb 6, 2018, at 12:22 PM, Denis Cardon via samba
> > <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> > 
> > what do you get if you increase you log level at 4 or 5 and restart
> > your samba ? log level = 5
> 
> 
> With log level = 5, the error always appears immediately after the
> following entry:
> 
> [2018/02/06 18:29:09.090976,
> 5] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:447(get_domain_master_name_node_status_success)
> get_domain_master_name_node_status_success: HAL(192.168.42.220) is a
> domain master browser for workgroup COOMBS         ESC. Adding this
> name.
> 

It would appear your workgroup name is 'COOMBS         ESC' not
'COOMBS'

Double check your smb.conf, stop samba binaries and then remove
any .tdb files in /var/lib/samba (or where yours are), restart Samba
and see how you go on.

Rowland