20090312

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Information

The Server team has wrote the Samba Debugging Procedures Please have a look to those before starting to do the Triage.

If you are unsure about a report please ask in #ubuntu-bugs before doing anything to it.

Stock Responses

Samba as a client

Use this reply if an Ubuntu system cannot access a remote samba/windows share.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. 

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSamba#samba-client.

Samba as a server

Use this reply if remote clients cannot access a share provided by an Ubuntu system.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. 

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSamba#samba-server.

Install/upgrade failure

Use this reply if there is a package installation/upgrade failure on the Ubuntu system.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. 

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSamba#samba-pkg-fail.

For problem specific Stock Responses see: Bugs/Responses

71 New Bugs

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Verify the bug is still not fixed
  • Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or

  • Set status to Confirmed

Bug

Subject

Triager

130668

gweather-applet-2 crashed with SIGSEGV in toupper_w()

pvillavi

153405

symbolic links don't work using samba client in gutsy rc

jgoguen

154314

Got report that "net" crashed when using Adept to update Feisty to Gutsy.[apport] net crashed with SIGSEGV in run_rpc_command()

jgoguen

180829

network storage - cannot access audio/video files only

jgoguen

198351

fusesmb - Not working properly.

bigal50

206024

totem-xine-video-indexer crashed with SIGSEGV in setlocale()

jgoguen

210741

no way to read and write files on mounted samba share on hardy

bigal50

216465

[Hardy] public Samba SMB shares cannot be accessed anonymously from Windows XP

jgoguen

221963

package samba-common 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:

jgoguen

235378

hardy samba critically slow

jgoguen

236192

Only ~2280 computers shown when there should be ~3759

jgoguen

244801

pam_smbpass(kscreensaver:auth): unrecognized option [missingok]

jgoguen

246664

during winbind upgrade running desktop is harmed

bigal50

259538

computer reboots during winbind configuration

jgoguen

260396

cifs.mount: mapchars + utf8 = loop

acidborg

260424

Incorrect hyperlink in samba-docs

pvillavi

261952

passwd does not work whith special smb.conf options (maybe a libpam-smbpass bug?)

paulduf

264344

smbclient crashed with SIGSEGV in main()

pvillavi

264418

net usershare add : read only (post 43674)

jgoguen

268536

mount smbfs not working properly after upgrade from 6 to 8

pvillavi

270395

cannot resolve windows host name

jgoguen

270570

cifs mounts and unmounts properly for a day or so, then hangs on future mounts

Jaime(pauldif)

271115

Automatic upgrade in Ubuntu Hardy breaks Samba - 9-13-08

jgoguen

271922

Default ACL not applied on files created through CIFS filesystem (mount.cifs)

pvillavi

278570

smbspool crashed with SIGFPE in cli_write()

278712

3.2.3 and qemu: could not init smb messaging context

279022

Problems with trusted domains

pvillavi

280712

Accessing printing properties for some drivers causes excessive load on CPU

280814

Correct man page for uid and gid

acidborg

282113

gvfsd-smb crashed with SIGSEGV

pvillavi

282733

Winbind deamon segfaults regularly

283982

Windbindd crashes while handling something with trusted domains

284126

New folders replace files in Samba

pvillavi

285495

gnome-vfs-daemon crashes when accessing SMB share

pvillavi

286678

Samba transfer of multiple files very slow

bigal50

290369

net crashed with signal 7 in strlen()

292130

Copying from RISC OS to intrepid with Samba writes zeros ad infinitum

awamunro(paulduf)

292325

package swat 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade:

pvillavi

292548

nmbd -D uses 95% processor when there is not lan conection.

292895

large samba transfers kill wireless

pvillavi

293040

package samba-common failed to install/upgrade : subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 143

pvillavi

293233

crashing with SIGABRT while scanning network or reading some files

pvillavi

293741

"sepcified" typo in net_rap.c

297576

cifs mounts become inaccessible when another user fails to mount cifs share

acidborg

297758

samba got "ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess" error after upgrade from Gutsy to 8.04

298126

package samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade:

299424

samba update impossible

pvillavi

300221

Add "Recommends: keyutils" to smbfs

ttx

302075

Samba crashes when mounting a password protected share

pvillavi

302500

after upgrade to ubuntu8.10 faild to boot graphic

pvillavi

302872

package samba 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1

pvillavi

302884

New Samba.cfg

pvillavi

302969

Samba 3.2.3 has a memory leak that vanishes by upgrading to 3.2.5

pvillavi

303458

segfault in pam_smbpass.so

305454

'mount error 13 = Permission denied' when user mounts cifs (sudo works!)

bigal50

307496

no display network computer

pvillavi(paulduf)

310941

Samba crash, no /etc/samba directory, happened without reason, all of sudden, purge / reinstall doesnt work

pvillavi

311152

Segfault when trying to use ldapsam:trusted=yes option

311961

8.10 system-config-printer lost SMB connection selection

paulduf

312261

unable to remove/delete .folder (hidden) from share

pvillavi

312437

version `GLIBC_2.8' not found (required by /lib/security/pam_smbpass.so)

brian-thomason

315427

winbind is not started before samba, but should

paulduf

320212

cannot access samba share after mount.cifs

bcurtiswx(paulduf)

320509

winbind crash winbindd_async_request

paulduf

320988

error in libnss_wins.so causes NetBeans 6.5 to crash

bigal50

322337

package samba-tools None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/samba-tools.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/nsstest', which is also in package samba4

pvillavi

322503

smbd crashes kernel_vsyscall ()

pvillavi

326235

Winbind crashes with new samba-package (3.5)

kamus

330827

net.samba3 crashed with SIGSEGV

336796

Winbind dont obey "winbind use default domain = yes" for getent group, wbinfo -g work fine

paulduf

337037

MS Office reports "Access Denied" when saving to samba share

paulduf

35 Incomplete Bugs

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  • Change the bug's status to "Confirmed" or "Triaged" if the reporter replied with enough information or

  • Ask a secondary follow up question and subscribe to the bug report

Bug

Subject

Triager

47386

Ubuntu Dapper Samba shares - broken for some

bigal50

47685

mount -t smbfs works from cmdline

55342

Printing does not work: PID 23402 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/smb) crashed on signal 6

90318

Windows workgroups unusable when in Korean

112023

File transfer to windows hangs

117730

cannot use sqlite3 on cifs mount

pvillavi

180672

samba share contents wiped erroneously

185729

nautilus is unable to copy folders from samba

191857

winbind init script triggers "invalid group" error

pvillavi

207791

winbind forgets uid/name gid/name mappings in regulary periods

224061

package samba-common 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:

229654

muliples crashes after 6.06 to 8.04 x64 upgrade

pvillavi

237587

crash application before upgrade

jgoguen

239947

HAL crashes with generated smb.conf

240353

Can not add user/macine accounts to Samba PDC if the "ldap idmap alloc" backend is used

259609

package samba 2:3.2.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

264982

Segfault in Samba

paulduf

267671

bug of samba

281665

gvfsd-smb crashed with SIGSEGV in strlen()

jgoguen

298680

samba restart broken in intrepid

302542

upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10

304047

package samba 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

311350

Auto mount of windows shares doesn't work.

314173

package samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess post-installation script gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück

314318

Samba update crashed

314494

Cant install samba

314657

smbd segfault in assert_uid

paulduf

321282

package samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

329173

Impossible to rename file to other case on samba mounted volume

329682

samba lock files (also local ones)

330138

Ubuntu (8.10 with latest patches (patched on 16. Feb. 2009, 8.04.1 without patches) ignores filename cases on cifs-mount in an error-prone manner

331576

kubuntu intrepid 8.10: kde3 aps can not browse smb:// locations

332254

package samba 2:3.3.0-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: underproces post-installation script returnerede afslutningsstatus 1

ttx

334949

[jaunty] unable to share folders using samba

335087

samba segfault

37 Confirmed Bugs

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  • Verify the bug is still not fixed
  • Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or
  • Set status to triaged UbuntuBugControl

Bug

Subject

Triager

24741

samba account_policy_get fails on install

paulduf

46081

cifs is slow to read from, and choppy to write to, compared to smbfs

50385

samba can't be launched by a normal user (qemu related)

56255

Segfault in Samba, was dup #100019

paulduf

60032

no Umlaut in filenames from smbmount by default

62197

Edgy - Windows cannot see Ubuntu PC but Ububtu can see Windows

73452

Uploading files to remote Windows server - Modified timestamps

99021

If one does not log in fast enough to a Samba share, log in fails

102011

Update to feisty fails with samba installed

102191

Could not install '/var/cache/apt/archives/samba_3.0.24-2ubuntu1_i386.deb'

109205

Unable to print to HP OfficeJet 5510 shared by Windows XP

122130

[Dapper] Segfault in Samba

132233

SMB Sharing not case sensitive

132791

cups smb logon fails quietly

134080

Navigating directories for DFS shares buggy

137656

Samba Backport Urgently Needed

146367

An extra 'executable' bit is seen when POSIX ACL is used by Samba

paulduf

148607

[gutsy][samba][k3b]encodings-and-untransleted-gui

182572

Samba Fails to Split GECOS on Comma

211631

CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

214556

[Hardy] Can't share files

234786

dovecot-auth: pam_smbpass(dovecot:auth): unrecognized option [missingok]

234901

Please apply upstream patch for dpkg-buildsource

235143

Samba keeps drive "busy" even after unsharing

235560

Connect to smb server by name doesn't work, but by IP address does

242027

Samba update failed

244265

winbindd internal error

244411

Samba shares never work with winbind installed (8.04)

245493

sharing a folder reports permission issues in Hardy Heron (32 bit)

252245

unable to connect to windows network pc's

281188

Panic or segfault in Samba

282287

[intrepid] firefox crashes frequently on Intrepid with SIGABRT

282825

winbindd stops and takes up 60%-100% CPU

289299

winbind (samba 3.2) does not populate pw_gecos information for domain users

292791

silent login/gdm failures and sudo segfaults with smbpasswd enabled

302004

Please add a samba-dev package

312449

samba-common fails to upgrade if smb.conf is deleted

5 Bugs w/ Patches

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  • Check to see if the patch really is a patch
  • If it isn't unmark it as a patch
  • If it is a patch, get the bug triaged and looked at by a server team member

Bug

Subject

Triager

260424

Incorrect hyperlink in samba-docs

pvillavi

312449

samba-common fails to upgrade if smb.conf is deleted

217787

cups crashes when using web-gui and refuses to print

164544

Error while join to domain (Unable to create machine account)

ttx

234901

Please apply upstream patch for dpkg-buildsource

Progress

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More Bugs

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