Hello, I'm having some trouble using Samba to backup my PC with Lenovo's Rescue and Restore. In the course of analysing potential causes of the problem, I noticed in my Samba server's log (pertaining to my client PC) several "can't do this" or "can't do that" messages. Specifically, here are the messages that appear constantly: [2009/01/12 11:05:52, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792) create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators [2009/01/12 11:05:52, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758) create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users [2009/01/12 11:05:52, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1033) wwpecker-1 (212.235.188.3) connect to service backup initially as user vilfan (uid=1005, gid=1005) (pid 28844) My question is What is the cause of the above messages, and how can I eliminate them. Regards, bostjanv
The problem may be due to shortage in the uid-gid ranges. Try including a wide range in "idmap uid" and "idmap gid" settings in your smb.conf file. HTH, -Kums On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Bostjan Vilfan <bostjanv@alum.mit.edu>wrote:> Hello, > > I'm having some trouble using Samba to backup my PC with Lenovo's Rescue > and Restore. In the course of analysing potential causes of the problem, I > noticed in my Samba server's log (pertaining to my client PC) several "can't > do this" or "can't do that" messages. Specifically, here are the messages > that appear constantly: > > [2009/01/12 11:05:52, 0] > auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792) > create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators > [2009/01/12 11:05:52, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758) > create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users > [2009/01/12 11:05:52, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1033) > wwpecker-1 (212.235.188.3) connect to service backup initially as user > vilfan (uid=1005, gid=1005) (pid 28844) > > My question is What is the cause of the above messages, and how can I > eliminate them. > > Regards, > bostjanv > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >
Hello, Thanks for responding to my post. Regarding the log entries, I tried the suggestion proposed by Kums; but it did not change the log. However, on reading the message refered to by Dale (http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2006-September/125552.html ), I obtained the impression that the messages I was concerned with are not really important. In fact, I managed to solve my original problem (having to do with Lenovo's Rescure and Restore) without touching Samba. Regards, bostjanv