[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#837679: Bug#837679: samba: Start fails for Samba as 'active directory domain controller'

[Mathieu Parent]

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2016-09-13 14:58 GMT+02:00 Axel Dürrbaum <axeld at uni-kassel.de>:
> Package: samba
> Version: 2:4.4.5+dfsg-3
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> after updating Samba from 2:4.3.8+dfsg-1 to  2:4.4.5+dfsg-3 I cannot start it
> anymore:
>
> [2016/09/13 10:13:29.504945,  0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:923(main)
>   server role = 'active directory domain controller' not compatible with
> running nmbd standalone.
>   You should start 'samba' instead, and it will control starting the internal
> nbt server

This check (upstream commit 8c71dc3505ab83ce95ab40a56f77313c4448be16,
from 2012) is here since samba 4.0.

As written, the nbt "server service" takes care of "NetBIOS over
TCP/IP. You don't need nmbd in your setup.


> Result: there will be no nmbd daemon running.

But do you have any missing feature?

What does "service samba-ad-dc status" outputs (with "server role =
'active directory domain controller' ")?

> When switching to server role = 'standalone' or 'auto' Samba starts but I loose
> all domain users ...

Yes.

> Reinstalling 2:4.3.8+dfsg-1 does not help, the error stills remains.

Not a surprise.

Regards

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Mathieu Parent