DSfW: ADC server's smb.conf will not be updated properly with cross partition server (/var in separate partition)

  • 7014217
  • 03-Dec-2013
  • 04-Dec-2013

Environment

Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (OES11SP1)
Domain Services for Windows
DSfW
Additional Domain Controller (ADC)

Situation

DSfW: ADC server's smb.conf will not get updated properly with cross partition server (/var in separate partition)

xadcntrl validate returns the following for SMB:

Checking for Samba SMB daemon                                        running
failed to call wbcGetpwnam: WBC_ERR_DOMAIN_NOT_FOUND
Could not get info for user Administrator
could not initialise lsa pipe. Error was NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND
error: NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND 

Resolution

Fix is scheduled for OES11SP1 November 2013 Maintenance Patch.
Until it is release do not create a cross partition for /var.

if /var, /var/opt, or /var/opt/novell is partitioned add the following under the Global section in the /etc/samba/smb.conf:
dce funnel directory = /var/opt/newxad/rpc
external_rpc_pipe : socket_dir = /var/opt/newxad/rpc/PIPE
dce_funnel_winbind : socket = /var/opt/newxad/rpc/xadsd

Cause

The /var is partitioned (cross partition configuration).  The smb.conf file is failed to be updated with the necesasary entries to locate the exact chroot NTP location.

This only affects ADC servers.