[Samba] Samba winbindd: "Invalid request size received" problem

Christian M Ambach
2011-08-11T20:19:58Z

Moshe wrote on 08/06/2011 05:07:00 AM:

> I am trying to resolve Windows host names (aka Netbios names, aka
> "UNC names) from a Linux box.
> I have added "dns wins" to the "hosts" line at the
nsswitch
> configuration file: /etc/nsswitch.conf, and installed samba 3.2.2
> and ran winbindd -D".
[...]
> More info: I am running a Linux system whose kernel version is: "2.
> 6.12.6-arm1". It's a D-Link DNS-323 NAS box with an ARM processor.
> I have stopped and restarted winbindd.

I gave it a quick test and such a setup works with Samba 3.6.
You should try to upgrade to a newer Samba version anyway as 3.2 is quite
old.
Maybe you can find binary packages that you can install on the box instead
of having to compile your own ones.

Regards,
Christian