PANIC: assert failed.

Gielen, K
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:54:26 -0000

Hi all,

We are using Samba 2.0.0beta5 on HP-UX 10.20 systems. We also use encryption and
password checking on the NT 4 boxes. Everything works fine except for a few
persons. When connecting to a samba share from an NT 4 client they get
"unexpected network error". The contents of the last part of the samba
log file are:

	[1999/06/01 16:04:45, 0] rpc_parse/parse_net.c:(1023)
  	 PANIC: assert failed at rpc_parse/parse_net.c(1023)
	[1999/06/01 16:04:45, 0] lib/util.c:(2383)
  	 PANIC: assert failed

After reading DIAGNOSIS.txt and a bit of experimenting it shows up that things
go wrong when someone is a member of a lot of NT groups (44!!). Removing the
membership for a number of groups solved the problem but this is, of course,
only a temporary solution
(we are using the group-mechanism to give specific users access to specific
applications, files and directories).

Is this a known bug in this release of Samba? Maybe a known bug in NT? Any
suggestions / ideas?

Kind regards,


Koert Gielen
Waterbedrijf Europoort
Rotterdam