A few months ago, SAMBA V2.2.8 on my three VMS system (two OpenVMS VAX V7.2 and one
OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-1) stopped working. Since I'm the only one actually using SAMBA
connections to the VMS systems, I didn't bother to investigate. Today I decided to,
but before I did, I updated the Alpha only to the most recent V2.2.8. On the Alpha, I
noticed that the SMBD service in TCP/IP was disabled, even though TCPIP SHOW CONFIG
SERVICE showed it as enabled (i.e., should start on demand). I enabled the service
and restarted NMBD. The NMBD processes on the VAXes were already running.
Despite that, the Windows "My Network Places" didn't show the systems. I stopped the
NMBD processes and cleaned out all logs and then restarted NMBD. The workgroup and
machines then appeared in My Network Places. However, when I tried to open any of
them, I was prompted for a username/password over and over. I get no errors in any
log, except for this showing in NMBD_STARTUP.LOG:
$ define SOCKETSHR UCX
$!
$set ver
$ arch = f$getsyi("ARCH_NAME")
$ nmbd :== $samba_exe:nmbd
$ opt = f$trnlnm("SAMBA_NMBD_OPTIONS")
$ nmbd "-d1" "-i"
Netbios nameserver version 2.2.8 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2002
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
I don't know if that last line is normal.
If I check the modification times of the files in the SAMBA tree, besides the Alpha
executables, the following changed today:
Directory SAMBA_ROOT:[PRIVATE]
SECRETS.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.83
SMBPASSWD.DAT;2 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.60
Directory SAMBA_ROOT:[VAR]
LOG.SMBD;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:50.12
NMBD_STARTUP.LOG;103
1-NOV-2004 10:27:17.74
NMBD_STARTUP.LOG;102
1-NOV-2004 10:26:51.32
NMBD_STARTUP.LOG;101
1-NOV-2004 09:36:52.01
Directory SAMBA_ROOT:[VAR.LOCKS]
BRLOCK.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.74
BROWSE.DAT;1 1-NOV-2004 10:53:23.53
CONNECTIONS.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.88
LOCKING.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.78
MESSAGES.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.86
NMBD.PID;1 1-NOV-2004 10:27:19.27
NTDRIVERS.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.92
NTFORMS.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.97
NTPRINTERS.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.95
PRINTING.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.90
SHARE_INFO.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 10:43:54.99
UNEXPECTED.TDB;1 1-NOV-2004 09:35:46.78
Here's my SMB.CONF file. This was working before and I haven't changed anything on
the VAXes except for stopping and restarting the NMBDs:
[global]
workgroup = Swdev
dead time = 10
map archive = no
load printers = no
security = user
default service = default
create mode = 0777
server string = %h running Samba V%v (SWDEV)
username map = /samba_root/lib/users.map
guest account = UCX$NOBODY
log file = /samba_log/log.%m
lock directory = /samba_root/var/locks
share modes = no
encrypt passwords = yes
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mode = 0750
[Tillman]
comment = Brian's login directory
path = /a305_disk/tillman
valid users = tillman tillmabg
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765
--
Brian Tillman
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