[BLUG] Samba Fun!

[Marco Bartholomew]

Simon Ruiz wrote:
> I'd been wondering why a couple of things on our new Linux image weren't working quite right.
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> These are the three errors I get running "testparm" on the new image:
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> ERROR: lock directory /var/run/samba does not exist
> ERROR: pid directory /var/run/samba does not exist
> WARNING: passdb expand explicit = yes is deprecated
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> The strange thing is that these errors pop up AFTER it already says that it "Loaded services file OK.", so where the hell is it getting "passdb expand explicit = yes" from?!
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> Still not quite convinced that I didn't break something somehow, I booted to the Ubuntu Live CD, absolutely fresh image, ran testparm and BANG! Same three error messages!
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I don't know if this will help, but I've had the same error regarding 
passdb expand explicit, and I ended up just putting in the line

passdb expand explicit = no

in my smb.conf, and the error goes away.  I don't know why Samba thinks 
this should be set to yes by default, especially since it's being 
deprecated.