[Samba] Error accessing the share_info.tdb file

[Rowland Penny]

On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:44:42 +0000
Philippe Maladjian via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm preparing a migration from a NT4-mode domain controller 3.5 to
> version 4.19. The migration process is going well, but from the share
> management MMC, no matter the share defined in the smb.conf, when I
> try to access the authorization tab, I get the following message in
> the Samba logs:
> 
> Apr 25 11:39:58 svdom01.voillot205 rpcd_classic[1827]: [2024/04/25
> 11:39:58.511922,  0]
> ../../source3/lib/sharesec.c:161(share_info_db_init) Apr 25 11:39:58
> svdom01.voillot205 rpcd_classic[1827]:   Failed to open share info
> database /var/lib/samba/share_info.tdb (Permission denied)
> 
> The only solution is to apply a chmod 744 to the share_info.tdb file.
> 
> The new server is on Debian 12.5 with Samba installed in version
> 4.19.5-debian. How can I fix the issue without modifying the chmod?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

What version of Windows are you running the 'share management MMC' on ?
I thought that Microsoft had removed the Share and Storage Management
MMC from Windows 10.

Rowland