Swat not updating smb.conf

BvdA · n00b Joined: 24 May 2013 Posts: 3

L.S,

I've started on a clean box, latest gentoo.
After emerging samba with use-flag swat I find that swat does not update smb.conf.
Global settings do not persist. Shares cannot be selected.

Pretty annoying, this is.

Probably it is something small. Could anyone show me the right direction?

Thanks in advance,

Bart.

666threesixes666 · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:48 pm Post subject:

my setup does not use swat.... this will get you up and running quick...
this is my /etc/samba/smb.conf

BvdA · n00b Joined: 24 May 2013 Posts: 3

Thanks for the reply,

I would like to use swat.

Things are as default as can be.
- /etc/xinetd.d/swat adapted to be invoked from other box (only_from and disable=no)
- with smbpasswd added user root
The last action is required to log in in the gui. I do not remember doing this on older installs, but my memory is not as good as it used to be...

I configured some more logging, and in the log there is some complaining:
...
[2013/05/24 17:56:57.782286, 0] passdb/secrets.c:76(secrets_init)
Failed to open /var/lib/samba/private/secrets.tdb
[2013/05/24 17:56:57.782590, 1] ../lib/util/tdb_wrap.c:65(tdb_wrap_log)
tdb(/var/lib/samba/private/secrets.tdb): tdb_open_ex: /var/lib/samba/private/secrets.tdb (2051,791123) is already open in this process
[2013/05/24 17:56:57.782740, 3] lib/dbwrap_tdb.c:359(db_open_tdb)
Could not open tdb: Device or resource busy
...
but as I can use the webinterface this seems unrelated.

Bart.

666threesixes666 · Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 5:08 pm Post subject:

another good question is what version of samba do you have installed? have you tried another version?

BvdA · n00b Joined: 24 May 2013 Posts: 3

Latest version: 3.6.12

werner.v · n00b Joined: 18 Aug 2013 Posts: 1

i think i'm having a similar problem here. i've made a clean install, and samba works fine (using the old smb.conf), but no button on the swat interface has any effect (like changing from basic to advanced view). starting and stopping smbd does not work either. in the old system, swat works fine (using samba 3.6.9).
from the log files i get

[2013/08/18 10:17:06.902230, 0] passdb/secrets.c:76(secrets_init)
Failed to open /var/lib/samba/private/secrets.tdb

repeated over and over again.
permissions on the files are the same as in the old system.

i've read about problems with pam, but re-emerging world without pam support did not change anything.

ok, it`s just an annoyance since i can write smb.conf by hand, but does someone have a clue what's happening here?

cheers

werner

drumpaul · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 107

Me too: same identical problem!a bug?