Public bug reported: Sometimes smbd daemon failes to start after system restart. As a result, fileserver is not accessible after power failure and requires someone to fix that manually, which sometimes is very hard to do. Today this happened again and here's what was in logs:
=== Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: [2011/08/10 14:40:32, 0] lib/interface.c:550(load_interfaces) Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: WARNING: no network interfaces found Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: [2011/08/10 14:40:32, 0] smbd/server.c:1115(main) Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: [2011/08/10 14:40:32, 0] smbd/server.c:616(open_sockets_smbd) Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: open_sockets_smbd: No sockets available to bind to. Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: [2011/08/10 14:40:32, 0] smbd/server.c:837(exit_server_common) Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: =============================================================== Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: [2011/08/10 14:40:32, 0] smbd/server.c:839(exit_server_common) Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: Abnormal server exit: open_sockets_smbd() failed Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: [2011/08/10 14:40:32, 0] smbd/server.c:840(exit_server_common) Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: =============================================================== Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: [2011/08/10 14:40:32, 0] lib/util.c:1584(log_stack_trace) Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: BACKTRACE: 6 stack frames: Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: #0 smbd(log_stack_trace+0x1a) [0x7f898f57295a] Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: #1 smbd(+0x5a9f90) [0x7f898f801f90] Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: #2 smbd(+0x5aa161) [0x7f898f802161] Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: #3 smbd(main+0x90d) [0x7f898f802ebd] Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: #4 /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f898bcffc4d] Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: #5 smbd(+0xc0a49) [0x7f898f318a49] Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: [2011/08/10 14:40:32, 0] lib/fault.c:326(dump_core) Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: dumping core in /var/log/samba/cores/smbd Aug 10 14:40:32 shadow-server smbd[713]: Aug 10 14:40:33 shadow-server init: smbd main process (713) killed by ABRT signal Aug 10 14:40:33 shadow-server init: smbd main process ended, respawning *** repeated the same several times *** Aug 10 14:40:33 shadow-server init: smbd main process (902) killed by ABRT signal Aug 10 14:40:33 shadow-server init: smbd respawning too fast, stopped === It's a server, network is configured via DHCP, there is no Network Manager installed, and according to log, it was configured just a second after smbd failed to start: Aug 10 14:40:34 shadow-server dhclient: bound to 192.168.0.156 -- renewal in 40397 seconds. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-33.72-server 2.6.32.41+drm33.18 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-33-server x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Aug 10 15:44:21 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SambaServerRegression: No SourcePackage: samba ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823878 Title: smbd failed to start after system restart To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/823878/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs