[Samba] Samba won't start on Centos 7 built from tarball

[J. Echter]

Am 20.02.19 um 15:58 schrieb samba.x.eliezer613--- via samba:
> Hi, not having much luck getting samba 4.8.3 to start on a CentOS 7.6 VM....
>
> used samba-4.8.3.tar.gz
> ./configure
> make
> make install
> samba-tool domain provision --use-rfc2307 --interactive
>
> In /etc/samba there is one file, smb.conf with content of:
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>          dns forwarder = 192.168.25.1
>          netbios name = DC1
>          realm = DC1.INTERNAL
>          server role = active directory domain controller
>          workgroup = REDACTED
>          idmap_ldb:use rfc2307 = yes
>
> [netlogon]
>          path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol/dc1.internal/scripts
>          read only = No
>
> [sysvol]
>          path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol
>          read only = No
>
> service samba start fails
>
> # journalctl -xe
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]:   ldb: module schema_load
> initialization failed : Operations error
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]: [2019/02/20 09:47:57.069992,
> 0] ../lib/ldb-samba/ldb_wrap.c:77(ldb_wrap_debug)
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]:   ldb: module
> dsdb_notification initialization failed : Operations error
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]: [2019/02/20 09:47:57.070024,
> 0] ../lib/ldb-samba/ldb_wrap.c:77(ldb_wrap_debug)
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]:   ldb: module rootdse
> initialization failed : Operations error
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]: [2019/02/20 09:47:57.070053,
> 0] ../lib/ldb-samba/ldb_wrap.c:77(ldb_wrap_debug)
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]:   ldb: module samba_dsdb
> initialization failed : Operations error
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]: [2019/02/20 09:47:57.070081,
> 0] ../lib/ldb-samba/ldb_wrap.c:77(ldb_wrap_debug)
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]:   ldb: Unable to load modules
> for /var/lib/samba/private/sam.ldb: schema_load_init: dsdb_get_schema failed
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]: [2019/02/20 09:47:57.084584,
> 0] ../source4/smbd/server.c:638(binary_smbd_main)
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]:   binary_smbd_main: samba:
> using 'standard' process model
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]: [2019/02/20 09:47:57.085333,
> 0] ../source4/smbd/service.c:112(server_service_startup)
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]:   server_service_startup:
> Failed to start service 'rpc' - NT_STATUS_INVALID_SYSTEM_SERVICE
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]: [2019/02/20 09:47:57.085585,
> 0] ../lib/util/become_daemon.c:124(exit_daemon)
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal samba[23330]:   exit_daemon: STATUS=daemon
> failed to start: Samba failed to start services, error code -1073741796
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal systemd[1]: samba.service never wrote its
> PID file. Failing.
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba AD Daemon.
> -- Subject: Unit samba.service has failed
> -- Defined-By: systemd
> -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
> --
> -- Unit samba.service has failed.
> --
> -- The result is failed.
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal systemd[1]: Unit samba.service entered
> failed state.
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal systemd[1]: samba.service failed.
> Feb 20 09:47:57 dc1.internal polkitd[2565]: Unregistered Authentication
> Agent for unix-process:23313:110714198 (system bus name :1.998, object
> path /org/fr
> Feb 20 09:48:02 dc1.internal polkitd[2565]: Registered Authentication
> Agent for unix-process:23335:110714706 (system bus name :1.999
> [/usr/bin/pkttyagent -
> Feb 20 09:48:02 dc1.internal polkitd[2565]: Unregistered Authentication
> Agent for unix-process:23335:110714706 (system bus name :1.999, object
> path /org/fr
>
> Thanks!

Hi,

did you create a systemd service file?

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Managing_the_Samba_AD_DC_Service_Using_Systemd