samba - May 2002 - tdb_oob len 1111638618 beyond eof at 8192 in secrets.tbd

Hello,
 I don't know if this is the correct channel to ask questions about samba
configuration errors so I apologize if it is not. I recently installed samba
2.2.2 on an IRIX 5.3 machine and everytime I run the command

smbpasswd -j <DOMAIN>

I receive the error:

tdb(/usr/local/samba/private/secrets.tdb): tdb_oob len 1111638618 beyond eof at
8192
Unable to write the machine account password for machine <Server NetBIOS
name>  in domain <DOMAIN>.

I've also recieved similar "tdb_oob len....beyond eof at ..."
errors in other tdb files when I perform normal configuration commands and these
error always show up in my log.smbd, log.nmbd, and log.<machine> files. I
have searched the FAQ site for samba extensively as well as the rest of the
internet and even though I did find some people with similar problems there
didn't seem to be any specific solution. Any information you can provide as
to the possible problem/solution would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in
advance.


David Rumohr

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On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 19:18, David Rumohr wrote:
> Hello,
>  I don't know if this is the correct channel to ask questions about
samba configuration errors so I apologize if it is not. I recently installed
samba 2.2.2 on an IRIX 5.3 machine and everytime I run the command
> 
> smbpasswd -j <DOMAIN>
> 
> I receive the error:
> 
> tdb(/usr/local/samba/private/secrets.tdb): tdb_oob len 1111638618 beyond
eof at 8192
> Unable to write the machine account password for machine <Server NetBIOS
name>  in domain <DOMAIN>.
> 
that sounds like corrupt tdb files to me...
since your just starting out with samba it's probably 
safe to delete those files (in /var/lock or somewhere similar) and
restart samba.