samba - Jan 2019 - smbclient (Samba 4.9.4) "Unable to initialize messaging context"?

Sambadevs,

  I don't know if this is a bug or just a spurious error message when using
smbclient (on a standalone config), but checking smbclient, I get:

02:47 2pi:~> smbclient -U% -Llocalhost
Unable to initialize messaging context

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        samba           Disk      2pi - Law
        IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (2pi Samba 4.9.4)
Reconnecting with SMB1 for workgroup listing.

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        RLFPLLC

What is "Unable to initialize messaging context"?

I see a patch back in July, related to "Fix bug 13465",
https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2018-July/129186.html but it
is unclear why the message is still being issued?

Any ideas?

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Hmm.. Works as it should here. 
Also stand alone, but with 1 extra patch. 

smbclient -U% -Llocalhost

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
        IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Samba 4.9.4-Debian)
Reconnecting with SMB1 for workgroup listing.

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        WORKGROUP            DEBIAN9TEST

Can you post your smb.conf ? 


Greetz, 

Louis
 
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens 
> David C. Rankin via samba
> Verzonden: vrijdag 21 december 2018 9:54
> Aan: samba
> Onderwerp: [Samba] smbclient (Samba 4.9.4) "Unable to 
> initialize messaging context"?
> 
> Sambadevs,
> 
>   I don't know if this is a bug or just a spurious error 
> message when using
> smbclient (on a standalone config), but checking smbclient, I get:
> 
> 02:47 2pi:~> smbclient -U% -Llocalhost
> Unable to initialize messaging context
> 
>         Sharename       Type      Comment
>         ---------       ----      -------
>         samba           Disk      2pi - Law
>         IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (2pi Samba 4.9.4)
> Reconnecting with SMB1 for workgroup listing.
> 
>         Server               Comment
>         ---------            -------
> 
>         Workgroup            Master
>         ---------            -------
>         RLFPLLC
> 
> What is "Unable to initialize messaging context"?
> 
> I see a patch back in July, related to "Fix bug 13465",
> https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2018-July/1291
> 86.html but it
> is unclear why the message is still being issued?
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -- 
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
> 
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> On 21 Dec 2018, at 09:54, David C. Rankin via samba <samba at
lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
> Sambadevs,
> 
>  I don't know if this is a bug or just a spurious error message when
using
> smbclient (on a standalone config), but checking smbclient, I get:
> 
> 02:47 2pi:~> smbclient -U% -Llocalhost
> Unable to initialize messaging context
> 
>        Sharename       Type      Comment
>        ---------       ----      -------
>        samba           Disk      2pi - Law
>        IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (2pi Samba 4.9.4)
> Reconnecting with SMB1 for workgroup listing.
> 
>        Server               Comment
>        ---------            -------
> 
>        Workgroup            Master
>        ---------            -------
>        RLFPLLC
> 
> What is "Unable to initialize messaging context"?
> 
> I see a patch back in July, related to "Fix bug 13465",
> https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2018-July/129186.html but
it
> is unclear why the message is still being issued?
Because that patch for bug 13465 fixes a similar error message in another part
of the code…

(Notice that the error message does not end in a “.” or a “!” which the other
patch fixes :-)

I just added the below patch to my own-compiled 4.9.4 tree :-)

--- popt_common_cmdline.c.ORIG  2018-11-08 08:58:08.000000000 +0100
+++ popt_common_cmdline.c       2018-12-21 14:08:04.660504000 +0100
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                bool ok;
 
                msg_ctx = cmdline_messaging_context(get_dyn_CONFIGFILE());
-               if (msg_ctx == NULL) {
+               if (msg_ctx == NULL && geteuid() == 0) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "Unable to initialize "
                                "messaging context\n");
                }

- Peter

Am 21.12.18 um 16:47 schrieb Peter Eriksson via samba:
>> What is "Unable to initialize messaging context"?
>>
>> I see a patch back in July, related to "Fix bug 13465",
>> https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2018-July/129186.html
but it
>> is unclear why the message is still being issued?
> 
> Because that patch for bug 13465 fixes a similar error message in another
part of the code…
> 
> (Notice that the error message does not end in a “.” or a “!” which the
other patch fixes :-)
> 
> I just added the below patch to my own-compiled 4.9.4 tree :-)
Unfortunately I have to report that I also get this message with
samba-4.8.8 (van-belle repo) on Debian 9.6, when I check my backup
connection to a Windows 2008 R2 server (running "amcheck" from the
amanda backup suite which is then using smbclient under the hood).

happy new year to all of you, by the way ;-)