Paul Dufresne wrote:
> Thanks you, for your comment.
> Happy to see that you are there to answer more questions.
> 
> Anyway, in an bug #216358, Steve Langasek say:
> "Hitting this assertion error should also generate log entries. Could you please check /var/log/samba/log.smbd (or the per-host logfile) for entries of the form "Failure to set uid privileges to [...]"? "
> 
> I guess, looking the said log file may give a hint.
> 

Paul,

there's nothing in log.smbd like this, but I found the following in one 
of the client logs (it's my Gutsy machine).

[2009/01/09 08:17:14, 0] lib/util.c:log_stack_trace(1737)
   BACKTRACE: 20 stack frames:
    #0 /usr/sbin/smbd(log_stack_trace+0x1c) [0x613b4c]
    #1 /usr/sbin/smbd(smb_panic+0x43) [0x613c33]
    #2 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x618cf1]
    #3 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x4ba5ae]
    #4 /usr/sbin/smbd(pop_sec_ctx+0x96) [0x4ba726]
    #5 /usr/sbin/smbd(unbecome_root+0x9) [0x4afef9]
    #6 /usr/sbin/smbd(gid_to_sid+0x168) [0x5d36e8]
    #7 /usr/sbin/smbd(get_nt_acl+0x44a) [0x4c435a]
    #8 /usr/sbin/smbd(is_visible_file+0x26e) [0x46e09e]
    #9 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x46e620]
    #10 /usr/sbin/smbd(dptr_ReadDirName+0x54) [0x46e694]
    #11 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x4a54e4]
    #12 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x4a8b13]
    #13 /usr/sbin/smbd(handle_trans2+0x1be) [0x4a92ae]
    #14 /usr/sbin/smbd(reply_trans2+0x6ea) [0x4afc6a]
    #15 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x4c87ce]
    #16 /usr/sbin/smbd(smbd_process+0x7e2) [0x4c9bc2]
    #17 /usr/sbin/smbd(main+0x8cd) [0x6c5fad]
    #18 /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x7f97b2f641c4]
    #19 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x45a899]
[2009/01/09 08:17:14, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1638)
   smb_panic(): calling panic action [/usr/share/samba/panic-action 2141]
[2009/01/09 08:17:14, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1646)
   smb_panic(): action returned status 0
[2009/01/09 08:17:14, 0] lib/fault.c:dump_core(181)
   dumping core in /var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2009/01/09 08:17:14, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1033)
   10.0.0.203 (10.0.0.203) connect to service webtech initially as user 
kmatthews (uid=10009, gid=1009) (pid 2155)
[2009/01/09 08:17:14, 0] lib/util_sec.c:set_effective_uid(205)
   setresuid failed with EAGAIN. uid(10009) might be over its NPROC limit
[2009/01/09 08:17:14, 0] lib/util_sec.c:assert_uid(101)
   Failed to set uid privileges to (-1,10009) now set to (0,0)
[2009/01/09 08:17:14, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1633)
   PANIC (pid 2155): failed to set uid




The line "uid(10009) might be over its NPROC limit"looks interesting.

Keith
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