samba - Oct 1998 - Anyone resolved "failed to lock SMB passwd file"? (PR#10819)

Fulvio.Corno@polito.it wrote:
> 
> I found the (possible) source of the error, in smbpass.c line 620+
....
> 
> If no entry is found, the procedure returns without releasing the lock.
> I modified the last statement as:
> 
>         if (!found_entry)                 /* line 707 */
>         {
>                 fclose(fp);
>                 pw_file_unlock(lockfd);
>                 return False;
>         }
> 
Fulvio & Robert,

	Thanks for that and sorry for the delay in responding.
It was a known bug in 1.9.18p10 that was fixed in the Samba2.0
code stream that all development is going on within.

We're frantically trying to get Samba2.0 "born" and shipped
and so the email response from the developers is a bit erratic
at the moment, sorry.

Cheers,

	Jeremy Allison,
	Samba Team.

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Fulvio Corno wrote:
> I understand and appreciate the huge amount of work you and the samba
> team are doing!
Thanks for the compliment.
> That's why I decided to have a look at the code and post a correction
> instead of complaining.
That's the most useful thing :-). Being honest, it was
a previous email like yours that pointed out the bug
in the Samba2 code that got it fixed. I'm just sorry
we didn't post out a generic advisory on this for 1.9.18p10.

Please keep on complaining and posting fixes. It's 
*extremely* useful and remember, it's not "the Samba
Team's software" - it belongs to the people who use it !
(and we get used to the complaints :-).

Cheers,

	Jeremy Allison,
	Samba Team.

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