RE: [TCLUG:9768] samba problems

["Eric Hillman" <ehillman@cccu.com>]

> I'm trying to get SAMBA working on my new server here, (RH6.1 w/ stock
> 2.2.12-20 kernel, samba 2.0.5a) and it refuses to start for some
> inexplicable reason. with my original configuration, here's what I got in
> /var/log/samba/log.smb:
>
> [1999/11/04 14:22:20, 1] smbd/server.c:main(628)
>   smbd version 2.0.5a started.
>   Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
> [1999/11/04 14:22:20, 0] lib/util_sid.c:string_to_sid(262)
>   string_to_sid: Sid ~ does not start with 'S-'.
> [1999/11/04 14:22:20, 0] passdb/passdb.c:read_sid_from_file(812)
>   unable to generate machine SID.
> [1999/11/04 14:22:20, 0] passdb/passdb.c:pdb_generate_sam_sid(873)
>   unable to read file /etc/MACHINE.SID. Error was No such file or
> directory
> [1999/11/04 14:22:20, 0] smbd/server.c:main(658)
>   ERROR: Samba cannot create a SAM SID.


    Is this the stock/RPM version of samba, or did you compile & install it
yourself?  I've never seen errors even remotely like this, but it looks to
me like some part of the smb binaries or libs are fouled up, or else a newer
version of smb has been installed without cleaning out parts of the old
version.