I have the same problem on latest Jaunty/amd64. I also saw these lines in dmesg:
[ 50.337015] type=1502 audit(1235553386.815:23): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/usr/share/samba/upcase.dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile="/usr/sbin/nmbd" [ 50.337028] type=1502 audit(1235553386.815:24): operation="file_mmap" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/usr/share/samba/upcase.dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile="/usr/sbin/nmbd" [ 50.337048] type=1502 audit(1235553386.815:25): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/usr/share/samba/lowcase.dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile="/usr/sbin/nmbd" [ 50.337057] type=1502 audit(1235553386.815:26): operation="file_mmap" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/usr/share/samba/lowcase.dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile="/usr/sbin/nmbd" [ 50.354286] type=1502 audit(1235553386.833:27): operation="setattr" requested_mask="w::" denied_mask="w::" fsuid=0 attribute="mode,ctime," name="/var/log/samba/cores/" pid=4542 profile="/usr/sbin/nmbd" [ 50.354294] type=1502 audit(1235553386.833:28): operation="setattr" requested_mask="w::" denied_mask="w::" fsuid=0 attribute="mode,ctime," name="/var/log/samba/cores/" pid=4542 profile="/usr/sbin/nmbd" [ 50.374469] type=1502 audit(1235553386.852:29): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/usr/share/samba/valid.dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile="/usr/sbin/nmbd" [ 50.374479] type=1502 audit(1235553386.852:30): operation="file_mmap" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/usr/share/samba/valid.dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile="/usr/sbin/nmbd" [ 50.500546] type=1502 audit(1235553386.979:31): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/usr/share/samba/upcase.dat.samba3" pid=4544 profile="/usr/sbin/smbd" [ 50.500559] type=1502 audit(1235553386.979:32): operation="file_mmap" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/usr/share/samba/upcase.dat.samba3" pid=4544 profile="/usr/sbin/smbd"
Maybe it is a broken apparmor-profile which causes problems?
I have the same problem on latest Jaunty/amd64. I also saw these lines in dmesg:
[ 50.337015] type=1502 audit(123555338 6.815:23) : operation= "inode_ permission" requested_ mask="r: :" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/ usr/share/ samba/upcase. dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile= "/usr/sbin/ nmbd" 6.815:24) : operation= "file_mmap" requested_ mask="r: :" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/ usr/share/ samba/upcase. dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile= "/usr/sbin/ nmbd" 6.815:25) : operation= "inode_ permission" requested_ mask="r: :" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/ usr/share/ samba/lowcase. dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile= "/usr/sbin/ nmbd" 6.815:26) : operation= "file_mmap" requested_ mask="r: :" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/ usr/share/ samba/lowcase. dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile= "/usr/sbin/ nmbd" 6.833:27) : operation="setattr" requested_ mask="w: :" denied_mask="w::" fsuid=0 attribute= "mode,ctime, " name="/ var/log/ samba/cores/ " pid=4542 profile= "/usr/sbin/ nmbd" 6.833:28) : operation="setattr" requested_ mask="w: :" denied_mask="w::" fsuid=0 attribute= "mode,ctime, " name="/ var/log/ samba/cores/ " pid=4542 profile= "/usr/sbin/ nmbd" 6.852:29) : operation= "inode_ permission" requested_ mask="r: :" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/ usr/share/ samba/valid. dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile= "/usr/sbin/ nmbd" 6.852:30) : operation= "file_mmap" requested_ mask="r: :" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/ usr/share/ samba/valid. dat.samba3" pid=4542 profile= "/usr/sbin/ nmbd" 6.979:31) : operation= "inode_ permission" requested_ mask="r: :" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/ usr/share/ samba/upcase. dat.samba3" pid=4544 profile= "/usr/sbin/ smbd" 6.979:32) : operation= "file_mmap" requested_ mask="r: :" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 name="/ usr/share/ samba/upcase. dat.samba3" pid=4544 profile= "/usr/sbin/ smbd"
[ 50.337028] type=1502 audit(123555338
[ 50.337048] type=1502 audit(123555338
[ 50.337057] type=1502 audit(123555338
[ 50.354286] type=1502 audit(123555338
[ 50.354294] type=1502 audit(123555338
[ 50.374469] type=1502 audit(123555338
[ 50.374479] type=1502 audit(123555338
[ 50.500546] type=1502 audit(123555338
[ 50.500559] type=1502 audit(123555338
Maybe it is a broken apparmor-profile which causes problems?