Back in April I posted this. No-one replied. > I'm seeing this in the log.smbd file for v3.0.28a. > > [2008/04/14 18:29:16, 0] smbd/service.c:set_current_service(184) > chdir (/root/tmp) failed > > This happens straight after a server startup if I connect to my HOME > directory (and I'm the only person using the server). It is noted in > the log (debug level 1) *before* the entry about me connecting to my > home. > > There is no mention of /root (or any tmp) in the config file.
Well - I've found out the reason. On the system in question (Mandriva2007) TMPDIR is set to ~/tmp on login, and I was starting Samba from the command line (rather than as a service at boot time). When I unset TMPDIR in the startup script all is OK.
Not sure why Samba decides to chdir to TMPDIR (or rather, to the result from tmpdir() in lib/util.c) when being queried for IPC$ (?), which seems to be what is happening ("real" connexions worked OK - it was just the behind-the-scenes one that failed). But letting this default to /tmp lets things roll OK.
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