Comment 4 for bug 750786

Excerpts from Cypher2's message of Sun Apr 10 06:48:36 UTC 2011:
> The one I posted is the fixed version, without the "and net-device-up
> IFACE!=lo"
>
> go figure why, but since maverick.. it's been the only way nmbd has been
> able to start on boot for me...
>
> when the "and net-device-up IFACE!=lo" is present, only smbd starts and i am
> unable to view the network computers or access their shares as samba
> requires both smbd and nmbd to be operationnal to function.... removing that
> upstart dependency has fixed it for me without any further bugs or issues to
> report...
>
> I guess it's simply unnecessary in the config?
>
> Samba used to work damn fine for me up until maverick...

Thats interesting. Samba was converted to upstart in lucid and had the same
start condition then.

I wonder if you wouldn't mind booting with the kernel option '--verbose' and
posting the contents of /var/log/boot.log with your start condition, and with
the original one?

One thing that I have seen with smbd is that it "starts" but respawns rapidly
until the loopback interface comes up. The test I describe above will determine
if nmbd is doing that as well.

>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Clint Byrum <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > Cypher2, thanks for taking the time to file this bug report and help us
> > make Ubuntu better.
> >
> > The nmbd.conf you pasted here is not the current one from natty.
> >
> > The current one has this as its start condition:
> >
> > start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
> >
> > This means it will be started when any interface *except* lo is
> > configured. Since nmbd is only used for announcing your address to other
> > computers, this makes at least some sense in that it will start nmbd
> > when a real network interface is available.
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand then what it is you want to change. Can you
> > please explain what you expect to happen, and what actually happens?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Marking Incomplete pending response.
> >
> > ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
> > Status: New => Incomplete
> >
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> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/750786
> >
> > Title:
> > nmbd job fails to start on boot
> >
> > Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
> > Incomplete
> >
> > Bug description:
> > Binary package hint: samba
> >
> > Samba fails to start on boot to enable remote file access on ubuntu
> > and windows.
> >
> > I was able to fix the nmbd startup issue on natty and maverick!
> >
> > It has to do with the init scrip at /etc/init/nmbd.conf
> >
> > The start line needs to state start on local-filesystems ONLY!
> >
> > The loopback ethernet interfaces start too late to satisfy the
> > chronological dependency for nmbd to load as process...
> >
> > Thus, /etc/init/nmbd.conf content should be:
> >
> >
> > description "NetBIOS name server"
> > author "Steve Langasek <email address hidden>"
> >
> > start on (local-filesystems)
> > stop on runlevel [!2345]
> >
> > expect fork
> > respawn
> >
> > pre-start script
> > mkdir -p /var/run/samba
> >
> > [ -f /etc/samba/smb.conf ] || { stop; exit 0; }
> >
> > install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/run/samba
> > NMBD_DISABLED=`testparm -s --parameter-name='disable netbios'
> > 2>/dev/null`
> >
> > [ "x$NMBD_DISABLED" = xYes ] && { stop; exit 0; }
> >
> > exit 0
> > end script
> >
> > exec nmbd -D
> >
> > ProblemType: Bug
> > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> > Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu1
> > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
> > Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
> > Architecture: amd64
> > Date: Mon Apr 4 17:46:02 2011
> > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
> > ProcEnviron:
> > LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
> > LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
> > SHELL=/bin/bash
> > RelatedPackageVersions:
> > nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu11.1
> > gvfs 1.7.3-0ubuntu2
> > SambaClientRegression: Yes
> > SourcePackage: samba
> > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> >
> > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
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> >
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/750786
>
> Title:
> nmbd job fails to start on boot
>
> Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: samba
>
> Samba fails to start on boot to enable remote file access on ubuntu
> and windows.
>
> I was able to fix the nmbd startup issue on natty and maverick!
>
> It has to do with the init scrip at /etc/init/nmbd.conf
>
> The start line needs to state start on local-filesystems ONLY!
>
> The loopback ethernet interfaces start too late to satisfy the
> chronological dependency for nmbd to load as process...
>
> Thus, /etc/init/nmbd.conf content should be:
>
>
> description "NetBIOS name server"
> author "Steve Langasek <email address hidden>"
>
> start on (local-filesystems)
> stop on runlevel [!2345]
>
> expect fork
> respawn
>
> pre-start script
> mkdir -p /var/run/samba
>
> [ -f /etc/samba/smb.conf ] || { stop; exit 0; }
>
> install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/run/samba
> NMBD_DISABLED=`testparm -s --parameter-name='disable netbios' 2>/dev/null`
>
> [ "x$NMBD_DISABLED" = xYes ] && { stop; exit 0; }
>
> exit 0
> end script
>
> exec nmbd -D
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Apr 4 17:46:02 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu11.1
> gvfs 1.7.3-0ubuntu2
> SambaClientRegression: Yes
> SourcePackage: samba
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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