Have you tried starting smbd from SWAT? Does it start there? Also, have
tried re-installing Samba in case a file has been corrupted?
Tim wrote:
My samba has been setup in its current configuration for around 9 months and
has worked without a problem, over the weekend my windows boxes were unable
to access the samba shares. Using SWAT I found that the smbd was not
starting. I have tried the following:
Trying to start smbd (as root) from the cli with:
smbd start
Seems to execute the command and gave no errors but still swat says that smbd
has not been started.
If I run smbstatus (as root) from the cli I get
Titan:/home/mit# smbstatus
sessionid.tdb not initialised
/var/run/samba/connections.tdb not initialised
This is normal if an SMB client has never connected to your server.
/var/run/samba/locking.tdb not initialised
This is normal if an SMB client has never connected to your server.
Titan:/home/mit#
If I run testparm from cli I get
Titan:/home/mit# testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Processing section "[MP3]"
Processing section "[PICTURES]"
Processing section "[VIDEO]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
[global]
workgroup = HOME
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
obey pam restrictions = Yes
passdb backend = tdbsam,
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
*Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
server signing = auto
preferred master = No
domain master = No
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
invalid users = root
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
invalid users =
read only = No
create mask = 0640
directory mask = 0750
browseable = No
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /tmp
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
browseable = No
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
[MP3]
path = /mnt/usbhd/mp3/
read only = No
hosts allow = **.**.**.**/**.**.**.**
[PICTURES]
path = /mnt/usbhd/Pictures/
read only = No
hosts allow = **.**.**.**/**.**.**.**
[VIDEO]
path = /mnt/usbhd/Video
read only = No
I have checked the logs for any error and this is the smbd log which give
this:
[2006/09/13 20:12:20, 0] lib/util.c:log_stack_trace(1699)
BACKTRACE: 7 stack frames:
#0 smbd(log_stack_trace+0x23) [0x822b763]
#1 smbd(smb_panic+0x46) [0x822b856]
#2 smbd [0x81ea941]
#3 smbd(initialize_password_db+0xe) [0x81ea98e]
#4 smbd(main+0x591) [0x82c1cd1]
#5 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xc8) [0xb7c44ea8]
#6 smbd [0x8082a31]
[2006/09/13 20:12:20, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1600)
smb_panic(): calling panic action [/usr/share/samba/panic-action 6192]
[2006/09/13 20:12:20, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1608)
smb_panic(): action returned status 0
[2006/09/13 20:12:20, 0] lib/fault.c:dump_core(173)
dumping core in /var/log/samba/cores/smbd
I checked the reference /var/log/samba/cores/smbd but its not a txt based file
so I can't say what is in it.
My distro is debian testing with 2.6.15 kernel (from debian) Samba is 3.0.23
(normal apt install from debian)
Any suggestions
Tim
P.S. Sorry for then long post
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