smbd crash on strlen

[Kondal]

Binary package hint: samba

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu.
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04
1.1) uname -a
Linux kondal-desktop64 2.6.28-8-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 18 04:22:10 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.
samba:
  Installed: 2:3.3.0-3ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2:3.3.0-3ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2:3.3.0-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What you expected to happen
Run smbd to share WindowsXP folders

4) What happened instead
Crash when runing starting samba. nmbd started but not smbd

[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0x7fcc16ab2710 (LWP 21615)]
0x00007fcc138738f5 in waitpid () from /lib/libc.so.6
#0 0x00007fcc138738f5 in waitpid () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007fcc1380b2d1 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2 0x00007fcc16ca7748 in smb_panic () from /usr/sbin/smbd
#3 0x00007fcc16c94dad in sig_fault () from /usr/sbin/smbd
#4 <signal handler called>
#5 0x00007fcc1384cc60 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6
#6 0x00007fcc1381575e in vfprintf () from /lib/libc.so.6
#7 0x00007fcc138cad80 in __vasprintf_chk () from /lib/libc.so.6
#8 0x00007fcc138caca3 in __asprintf_chk () from /lib/libc.so.6
#9 0x00007fcc16cd4343 in get_print_db_byname () from /usr/sbin/smbd
#10 0x00007fcc16cc0fec in print_backend_init () from /usr/sbin/smbd
#11 0x00007fcc16b8b2d1 in main () from /usr/sbin/smbd
The program is running. Quit anyway (and detach it)? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal]

[Andreas Olsson (andol)]

Marking this a duplicate of bug #330626.