So far nothing has been done to correct the regression... when can we expect
someone to get serious about this and stick a critical tag on it.. some of
us depend on this type of network sharing system to do what we do..

it's a shame such regressions are permitted to surface.

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Jelmer Vernooij
<email address hidden>wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 596064 ***
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596064
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 596064
>   nmbd fails to start on boot - problem with upstart
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695256
>
> Title:
>  samba refuses to show shares
>
> Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: samba
>
> For some reason my samba shares refuse to show up on my network eversince
> the latest maverick updates.
> The testparm command outputs these strings and include my smb.conf
> parameters, which have never failed me so far, until now...
>
>
> Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
> rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
> Processing section "[nathanel]"
> Processing section "[Dropbox]"
> Processing section "[Disk]"
> Processing section "[Backup Disk]"
> Loaded services file OK.
> ERROR: state directory /var/lib/samba does not exist
> ERROR: cache directory /var/cache/samba does not exist
> Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
> Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
>
>
> [global]
>        server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
>        encrypt passwords = No
>        map to guest = Bad User
>        obey pam restrictions = Yes
>        pam password change = Yes
>        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
>        unix password sync = Yes
>        syslog = 0
>        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>        max log size = 1000
>        dns proxy = No
>        usershare allow guests = Yes
>        usershare owner only = No
>        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>
> [nathanel]
>        path = /home/nathanel
>        read only = No
>        guest ok = Yes
>
> [Dropbox]
>        path = /home/nathanel/Dropbox
>        read only = No
>        guest ok = Yes
>
> [Disk]
>        path = /media/Disk
>        read only = No
>        guest ok = Yes
>
> [Backup Disk]
>        path = /media/Backup Disk
>        read only = No
>        guest ok = Yes
>
>
> None of my machines seem to show through samba, what can I do?
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: samba 2:3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu8.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Wed Dec 29 00:07:22 2010
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_CA.utf8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  nautilus 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
>  gvfs 1.6.4-0ubuntu1.1
> SambaClientRegression: Yes
> SourcePackage: samba
>
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