samba - Aug 2011 - winbind with samba 3.5.6 on debian squeeze

I have a bug in the winbind package,
Version: 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze4

winbindd is not responding to a ping

# smbcontrol winbindd ping
Can't find pid for destination 'winbindd'


Workaround for users who wish to play the winbind game on squeeze:


# cd /var/run/samba
#  ls *pid
nmbd.pid  smbd.pid  winbindd-winbindd.conf.pid

There is no winbindd.pid :-( , but a winbindd-winbindd.conf.pid
To workaround this bug, until the package is fixed, edit 
/etc/init.d/winbind and put these three lines in "start)" just after 
"start-stop-daemon ..."

                cd $PIDDIR
                ln -s winbindd-winbindd.conf.pid winbindd.pid
                cd -


restart winbind and all is fine

# smbcontrol winbindd ping
PONG from pid 5363


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Regards
	Harry Jede

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 01:21:45PM +0200, Harry Jede
wrote:
> I have a bug in the winbind package,
> Version: 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze4
> winbindd is not responding to a ping
> # smbcontrol winbindd ping
> Can't find pid for destination 'winbindd'
> Workaround for users who wish to play the winbind game on squeeze:
> # cd /var/run/samba
> #  ls *pid
> nmbd.pid  smbd.pid  winbindd-winbindd.conf.pid
> There is no winbindd.pid :-( , but a winbindd-winbindd.conf.pid
> To workaround this bug, until the package is fixed, edit 
> /etc/init.d/winbind and put these three lines in "start)" just
after
> "start-stop-daemon ..."
>                 cd $PIDDIR
>                 ln -s winbindd-winbindd.conf.pid winbindd.pid
>                 cd -
> restart winbind and all is fine
> # smbcontrol winbindd ping
> PONG from pid 5363
This problem is not reproducible for me.  Are you passing any non-standard
options to winbindd in $WINBINDD_OPTS (/etc/default/winbind)?

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Hi Steve,
thanks for your quick response.

I have installed winbind on another machine, same version, same apt 
source. All works as expected.

The machine on which this error happens, is based on a "custom debian 
distribution". There is no winbind on his CD.
Samba Version are:

# ls /cdrom/pool/main/s/samba/
libpam-smbpass_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_amd64.deb
libpam-smbpass_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_i386.deb
libwbclient0_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_amd64.deb
libwbclient0_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_i386.deb
samba_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_amd64.deb
samba_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_i386.deb
samba-common_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_all.deb
samba-common-bin_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_amd64.deb
samba-common-bin_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_i386.deb
samba-doc_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_all.deb
smbclient_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_amd64.deb
smbclient_3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze2_i386.deb

Surely, I have update the installation.

May be there is a problem with this CD. I will investigate some time in 
this direction.




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Regards
	Harry Jede