samba - Nov 2016 - smbd does not start NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY

I'm trying to set up a simple test server, but smbd fails to start:

[2016/11/14 00:21:24,  0] ../source3/smbd/server.c:1241(main)
   smbd version 4.2.10-Debian started.
   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2014
[2016/11/14 00:21:24.881448,  0] 
../lib/util/charset/convert_string.c:391(convert_string_talloc_handle)
   convert_string_talloc: Conversion not supported.
[2016/11/14 00:21:24.881497,  0] 
../source3/auth/auth_util.c:1110(copy_session_info)
   copy_session_info(): ndr_pull_auth_session_info failed: Character 
Conversion Error
open_rpc_pipe_p: copy_serverinfo failed
dcerpc_winreg_int_openkey: Could not connect to winreg pipe: 
NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY
svcctl_init_winreg: Could not open SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services - 
NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY
rpc_srv_register: Failed to call the svcctl init function!
[2016/11/14 00:21:24.881554,  0] 
../lib/util/become_daemon.c:111(exit_daemon)
   STATUS=daemon failed to start: Samba cannot setup ep pipe, error code 13

however, there seems to be enough memory left:

free -m
              total       used       free     shared    buffers cached
Mem:          7892       5241       2651         18 32       4109
-/+ buffers/cache:       1098       6793
Swap:        15255          0      15255

The configuration is simple:

# Global parameters
[global]
         unix charset = LOCALE
         workgroup = Workgroup
         server string = µAC-Samba %v on %h
         security = USER
         map to guest = Bad User
         idmap config * : backend = tdb


[test]
         comment = Test share
         path = /srv/test
         guest ok = Yes

Thanks for anything helpful,

  - lars.

Okay, I tried a more modern config and the issue vanished. The old one 
was from an install about 10 years ago! So this hints at a bug, i.e. a 
wrong config should not produce out of memory errors, but anything more 
useful.

Am 14.11.2016 um 00:32 schrieb Dr. Lars Hanke via samba:
> I'm trying to set up a simple test server, but smbd fails to start:
>
> [2016/11/14 00:21:24,  0] ../source3/smbd/server.c:1241(main)
>   smbd version 4.2.10-Debian started.
>   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2014
> [2016/11/14 00:21:24.881448,  0] 
> ../lib/util/charset/convert_string.c:391(convert_string_talloc_handle)
>   convert_string_talloc: Conversion not supported.
> [2016/11/14 00:21:24.881497,  0] 
> ../source3/auth/auth_util.c:1110(copy_session_info)
>   copy_session_info(): ndr_pull_auth_session_info failed: Character 
> Conversion Error
> open_rpc_pipe_p: copy_serverinfo failed
> dcerpc_winreg_int_openkey: Could not connect to winreg pipe: 
> NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY
> svcctl_init_winreg: Could not open SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services - 
> NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY
> rpc_srv_register: Failed to call the svcctl init function!
> [2016/11/14 00:21:24.881554,  0] 
> ../lib/util/become_daemon.c:111(exit_daemon)
>   STATUS=daemon failed to start: Samba cannot setup ep pipe, error 
> code 13
>
> however, there seems to be enough memory left:
>
> free -m
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers cached
> Mem:          7892       5241       2651         18 32       4109
> -/+ buffers/cache:       1098       6793
> Swap:        15255          0      15255
>
> The configuration is simple:
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         unix charset = LOCALE
>         workgroup = Workgroup
>         server string = µAC-Samba %v on %h
>         security = USER
>         map to guest = Bad User
>         idmap config * : backend = tdb
>
>
> [test]
>         comment = Test share
>         path = /srv/test
>         guest ok = Yes
>
> Thanks for anything helpful,
>
>  - lars.
>
>
>
>