[Bug 596064] Re: nmbd fails to start on boot - problem with upstart

[Dunkirk]

I tested what my /etc/init/nmbd.conf was doing at the command line:

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root at server2:/var/log# /usr/bin/testparm -s --parameter-name='disable netbios'
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[netlogon]"
Processing section "[profiles]"
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[users]"
Processing section "[groups]"
Processing section "[pdf]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
.
.
.
Loaded services file OK.
ERROR: the 'unix password sync' parameter is set and there is no valid 'passwd program' parameter.
No
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I simply got rid of the 'unix password sync' option in my smb.conf file
(I wasn't really using it anyway), and everything started working again.
Seems like any error in the Samba config is causing an exit code from
testparm that's throwing off the stack of scripts that controls starting
the process.

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nmbd fails to start on boot - problem with upstart 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596064
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