samba - Oct 2015 - getting error Ignoring parameter browse directory and winbind sequence directory

Hi Rowland,

I updated samba from 40.25 to 4.1.20, now ftp is not working.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny241155 at
gmail.com
> wrote:
> On 23/09/15 11:01, VigneshDhanraj G wrote:
>
>> Thanks Rowland.
>>
>> I will try to upgrade samba. I removed that two lines browse directory
>> and winbind sequence directory from smb.conf now it is working fine.
>>
>> can i upgrade samba from 4.0.25 to latest samba 4.3.0 or upgrade to
>> 4.1.17?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Vigneshdhanraj G
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Rowland Penny <
>> rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com <mailto:rowlandpenny241155 at
gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 21/09/15 11:15, VigneshDhanraj G wrote:
>>
>>         I am using debian wheezy and
>>
>>         available= yes
>>         restrict anonymous= 0
>>         server string= VIGNESH
>>         Workgroup= WORKGROUP
>>         security= user
>>         domain master= auto
>>         preferred master= auto
>>         local master= yes
>>         os level= 20
>>         invalid users= bin daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail news
>>         uucp gopher
>>         map to guest= Bad User
>>         host msdfs= yes
>>         strict allocate= yes
>>         encrypt passwords= yes
>>         passdb backend= smbpasswd
>>         printcap name= lpstat
>>         printable= no
>>         load printers= yes
>>         max smbd processes= 500
>>         getwd cache= yes
>>         syslog= 0
>>         use sendfile= yes
>>         browse directory= /tmp/samba
>>         winbind sequence directory= /tmp/samba
>>         log level= 0
>>         max log size= 50
>>         unix extensions= no
>>         veto files= /.AppleDouble/.AppleDB/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network
>>         Trash Folder/Temporary Items/:2eDS_Store/
>>         dos charset= ascii
>>         state directory= /mnt/system/samba/system
>>
>>
>>
>>     You can very easily upgrade Samba to 4.1.17 by adding backports to
>>     your /etc/apt/sources.list file
>>
>>     However, if that is your *exact* smb.conf, well, it is the
>>     weirdest one I have ever seen. If you remove all the defaults, you
>>     end up with this:
>>
>>     server string= VIGNESH
>>     Workgroup= WORKGROUP
>>     invalid users= bin daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail news uucp
gopher
>>     map to guest= Bad User
>>     strict allocate= yes
>>     passdb backend= smbpasswd
>>     printcap name= lpstat
>>     max smbd processes= 500
>>     syslog= 0
>>     use sendfile= yes
>>     max log size= 50
>>     unix extensions= no
>>     veto files= /.AppleDouble/.AppleDB/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network
>>     Trash Folder/Temporary Items/:2eDS_Store/
>>     dos charset= ascii
>>     state directory= /mnt/system/samba/system
>>
>>     There are also these two lines, the left hand side commands do not
>>     seem to exist.
>>     browse directory= /tmp/samba
>>     winbind sequence directory= /tmp/samba
>>
>>     You don't seem to have '[global]' or any shares, it
seems to refer
>>     to a standalone server. It also doesn't seem to have any of the
>>     lines needed to connect to an AD DC.
>>
>>     I would suggest you go and have a read here:
>>     https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_a_Samba_AD_Member_Server
>>
>>
>>     Rowland
>>
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> You should be able to update to either, but I would go to 4.1.17 first
>
>
> Rowland
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On 09/10/15 15:28, VigneshDhanraj G wrote:
> Hi Rowland,
>
> I updated samba from 40.25 to 4.1.20, now ftp is not working.
>
Very cryptic, why isn't ftp working ?
ftp is not part of Samba, but should work with it.
Have you changed your smb.conf to something that looks like the one here:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_a_Samba_AD_Member_Server

Is the computer joined to the domain?

Rowland

Hi Rowland,
Yes, Joined to the domain, ftp uses pam authentication. After upgrading
samba

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny241155 at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 09/10/15 15:28, VigneshDhanraj G wrote:
>
>> Hi Rowland,
>>
>> I updated samba from 40.25 to 4.1.20, now ftp is not working.
>>
>>
> Very cryptic, why isn't ftp working ?
> ftp is not part of Samba, but should work with it.
> Have you changed your smb.conf to something that looks like the one here:
>
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_a_Samba_AD_Member_Server
>
> Is the computer joined to the domain?
>
>
> Rowland
>
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