samba sharing doesn't work on fresh Ubuntu 14.04 x64 build - net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID. Access denied

[Dariusz Panasiuk]

This is fresh build of Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)

Tried right click on couple of folders and tried to share throught SMB, but got error 255 code.

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: samba 2:4.0.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-5.20-generic 3.13.0
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-5-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jan 27 21:30:10 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-17 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: It
NmbdLog:

SambaServerRegression: No
SmbConfIncluded: Yes
SmbLog:
 Failed to delete pidfile /var/run/samba/smbd.pid. Error was No such file or directory
   failed to retrieve printer list: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
SourcePackage: samba
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WindowsFailedConnect: Yes

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[James Landrum (james-landrum1)]

any solutions or workarounds to this bug yet?

[Sunding Wei (weisunding)]

I ran into a similar bug of the samba with the latest ubuntu 14.04 official release.

My Win7 laptop cannot connect to the Samba server, but I run the "smbpasswd -a <USER>" and it works.

it seems the "smbpasswd -a <USER>" was not persistent when I reboot the server, I have to rerun the "smbpasswd command to add user.

[Melissa B (starredsteria)]

Ran into the same issue when trying to access a shared folder on 14.04 from a comp running 12.04. Can confirm Sunding's solution worked.

[Sunding Wei (weisunding)]

Please fix this bug asap thanks, another guy reported this too

http://askubuntu.com/questions/454269/after-upgrading-from-12-04-to-14-04-samba-has-big-issues

Workaround
- Download the lastest samba http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/samba-4.1.7.tar.gz
- Build and install your self.

[Sunding Wei (weisunding)]

This issue DOSE NOT DUPLICATE #1273447, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1273447

Not a duplicated one, I already upgraded to the lastest samba 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2

[RaveNoX (ravenox)]

Workaround for now is install monit and add hook in it's configuration:

check process smbd with pidfile /var/run/samba/smbd.pid
        start program "/usr/sbin/service smbd start"
        stop program "/usr/sbin/service smbd stop"
        if 20 restarts within 20 cycles then timeout

check process nmbd with pidfile /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid
        start program "/usr/sbin/service nmbd start"
        stop program "/usr/sbin/service nmbd stop"
        if 20 restarts within 20 cycles then timeout