[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#1089853: Bug#1089853: samba: segmentation fault with wrong interface

[Michael Tokarev]

16.12.2024 01:49, Mrten wrote:
> On 14/12/2024 04:13, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> 
>> If Samba has no interfaces to bind to, it will panic, which triggers a backtrace, but this is intentional and controlled, not a segmentation fault.
> 
> OK, thank you for that. I think these systemd messages threw me off:
> 
> Dec 14 00:59:01 kyra systemd[1]: smbd.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
> Dec 14 00:59:01 kyra systemd[1]: smbd.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
> 
> 
> Then the subject of the mail I got: "Panic or segfault in Samba" which is technically true but I have no way to differentiate between the two...

I'd say this is a wishlist bug report now, wishing to handle such
situation in a more user-friendly way on the samba side.

If wouldn't know what to do with this issue either, if Andrew didn't
step in.


> 
> Anyway, it's expected. Still, samba-dbgsym does not exist.

It does.  See https://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace

> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=samba-dbgsym&searchon=names&suite=stable&section=all
> 
> I saw it does exist in sid...

/mjt