The smb.conf generated by the userspace networking does not include a state directory directive. Samba therefore falls back to the default value. Since the user generally does not have write access to this path, smbd immediately crashes.
The "state directory" option was added in Samba 3.4.0 (commit http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=7b02e05eb64f3ffd7aa1cf027d10a7343c0da757). This patch adds the missing option. Signed-off-by: Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> --- diff -r -u qemu-kvm-1.0.1.old/net/slirp.c qemu-kvm-1.0.1/net/slirp.c --- qemu-kvm-1.0.1.old/net/slirp.c 2012-04-16 22:15:17.000000000 -0400 +++ qemu-kvm-1.0.1/net/slirp.c 2012-04-24 21:56:41.835745642 -0400 @@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ "socket address=127.0.0.1\n" "pid directory=%s\n" "lock directory=%s\n" + "state directory=%s\n" "log file=%s/log.smbd\n" "smb passwd file=%s/smbpasswd\n" "security = share\n" @@ -521,6 +522,7 @@ s->smb_dir, s->smb_dir, s->smb_dir, + s->smb_dir, s->smb_dir, s->smb_dir, exported_dir Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C
