>On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 03:33:21PM +0100, Francesco Potortì wrote: >> I identified the problem source: this version of Samba does not accept >> "security = share" any more and the /etc/init.d/nmbd script fails. The >> reason is that: >> >> # samba-tool testparm --parameter-name="server role" >> WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'share' for parameter 'security' >> ERROR: Unable to load default file > >FWIW neither samba 4.1 nor 4.3 support the 'security = share' setting; it was >removed in Samba 4.0.
All I know is that samba stopped working during the upgrade. If you think you need that, I can rebuild the history of updates. >Your configuration file is still using the 'security = share' parameter, and >that's >where the warning comes from. Yes, that's it. Unfortunately, no messages nor logs pointed me to that. I suggest that the upgrade procedure should check for the presence of that parameter and refuse upgrade if it finds it. >Does it work without that setting? Yes. As suggested by the docs, I substituted it with security = user map to guest = Bad User -- Francesco Potortì (ricercatore) Voice: +39.050.621.3058 ISTI - Area della ricerca CNR Mobile: +39.348.8283.107 via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa Skype: wnlabisti (entrance 20, 1st floor, room C71) Web: http://fly.isti.cnr.it