" 2016-09-13 14:58 GMT+02:00 Axel Dürrbaum <ax...@uni-kassel.de>: > Package: samba > Version: 2:4.4.5+dfsg-3 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > after updating Samba from 2:4.3.8+dfsg-1 to 2:4.4.5+dfsg-3 I cannot start it > anymore: > > [2016/09/13 10:13:29.504945, 0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:923(main) > server role = 'active directory domain controller' not compatible with > running nmbd standalone. > You should start 'samba' instead, and it will control starting the internal > nbt server
This check (upstream commit 8c71dc3505ab83ce95ab40a56f77313c4448be16, from 2012) is here since samba 4.0. As written, the nbt "server service" takes care of "NetBIOS over TCP/IP. You don't need nmbd in your setup. > Result: there will be no nmbd daemon running. But do you have any missing feature? What does "service samba-ad-dc status" outputs (with "server role = 'active directory domain controller' ")? > When switching to server role = 'standalone' or 'auto' Samba starts but I > loose > all domain users ... Yes. > Reinstalling 2:4.3.8+dfsg-1 does not help, the error stills remains. Not a surprise. Regards -- Mathieu Parent