HP CIFS Server 2.2m Release Note version A.01.11.05

HP CIFS Server Release Note
Known Problems and Workarounds
Chapter 1 15
Workaround Edit the smb.conf file manually to remove the wins server entry.
Problem A non-root user running smbstatus may receive the following errors
when there are established connections to Samba:
“/var/opt/samba/locks/connections.tdb not initialized.
This is normal if an SMB client has never connected to your
server.”
Workaround The current version of smbstatus requires the write access permission
for /var/opt/samba/locks/connections.tdb,
/var/opt/samba/locks/locking.tdb and
/var/opt/samba/locks/brlock.tdb files.
For a workaround, ensure that any users attempting to run smbstatus
are given the write access to these files.
Problem The nmbd log file does not go in the log file directory after setting log
file, the smb.conf variable, to change debug log file destinations.
Workaround For a workaround when starting the CIFS Server, specify where the
nmbd log file goes by entering the following at the command line:
nmbd -l “/new/log/file/path/logfilename” -D
For a permanent workaround, edit /opt/samba/bin/startsmb.
1. Change ${samba_path}/nmbd -D
to
$ {samba_path}/nmbd-l/new/log/file/path/logfile -D
Problem The HP CIFS Server creates a smbnull user for guest access, which does
not have or require a home directory. However the password/group file
checker tool, pwck, on HP-UX always assumes that each entry in the
/etc/passwd file should have its own login directory. If there is no entry,
the pwck command will complain about it and give the following checking
result:
smbnull:*:101:101:DO NOT USE OR DELETE - needed by
Samba:/home/smbnull:/sbin/sh Login directory not found
For the same reason, the pwck command also complains for machine
trust accounts in the HP CIFS Server.