[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#823272: Bug#823272: libsmbclient: [Regression] Perl Filesys::SmbClient fails after move from 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u7 to 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u9

[Jelmer Vernooij]

CC'ing in the bug.

On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 07:33:38PM +0000, Spencer Godfrey wrote:
> 
> Thanks for noticing the similarities to bug 822937.
> 
> Here are some server side details:
> 
> - FAILS: EMC VNX which presents as Windows share and backends against Windows AD for authentication
> - WORKS: Debian wheezy samba 2:3.6.6-6+deb7 server
> - WORKS: Debian squeeze samba 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze13 server
> 
> Both Debian samba servers backend against an OpenLDAP authentication server - no Kerberos involved. I will collect information about the windows versions and configuration on the VNX and forward it to you.
> 
> As for context and error messages, my perl script fails when I attempt to create a file descriptor to the smb share file:
> 
>      $fd = $smb->open(">$smbfile", 0660) or die("CRITICAL - Couldn't open $smbfile: $!");
> 
> Which prints the error message:
>     
>     CRITICAL - Couldn't open smb://path/to/file/smbfile: Permission denied at ./script line 96.
> 
> I will make a basic perl script to isolate the issue and will send it your way.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer at jelmer.uk>
> Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 6:03 PM
> To: Spencer Godfrey; 823272 at bugs.debian.org
> Cc: control at bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: [Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#823272: libsmbclient: [Regression] Perl Filesys::SmbClient fails after move from 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u7 to 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u9
> 
> tags 823272 +moreinfo
> tags 823272 +jessie
> thanks
> 
> On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 02:15:42PM -0500, Spencer S Godfrey wrote:
> > After moving to the current Wheezy Oldstable version of libsmbclient,
> > 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u9, the use of the Perl module Filesys::SmbClient fails
> > to read/write to samba shares citing permissions errors. Rolling back
> > to the previously installed version, 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u7, allows the perl
> > module's read/write interactions to succeed.
> >
> >
> > To verify:
> > I used two systems running the same version of the Perl module,
> > libfilesys-smbclient-perl, version 3.1-3+b3, and its dependencies.
> > On one, I downgraded to libsmbclient version 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u7, and
> > the other remained at 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u9 (Oldstable).
> >
> > The machine with 7u7 installed worked, while the machine with 7u9 did not.
> > The libsmbclient package is the only package which differed between
> > the machine's perl module dependencies.
> 
> This is almost certainly a dupe, e.g. of 822937.
> 
> What were you running on the server side? Can you reproduce this in sid?
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