This is an old installation which has been unstable for us for quite a while. I’m working on migrating data off of it but it doesn’t help when Samba crashes and doesn’t come back after a reboot. Any advice is welcome.
What else can I do to get Samba up? I get all kinds of errors but this is indicative. When I start smb manually (systemctl start smb], after less than a minute I get:
systemctl status smb
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-02-07 16:06:33 GMT; 3s ago
Main PID: 410 (smbd)
Status: “smbd: ready to serve connections…”
CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
├─410 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─411 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─412 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─418 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─419 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─422 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─424 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─426 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─431 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─432 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─433 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─434 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─435 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─436 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─437 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─438 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─441 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─442 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─444 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─445 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─446 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─448 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─451 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─452 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─453 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─454 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─455 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─458 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─459 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─460 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─461 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─462 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─464 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─465 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─466 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─467 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─468 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─469 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─470 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─471 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─472 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─473 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─474 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─475 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─476 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─477 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─478 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─479 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─480 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─481 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─482 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─483 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─484 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─485 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─486 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─487 /usr/sbin/smbd
├─488 /usr/sbin/smbd
└─490 /usr/sbin/smbd
Feb 07 16:06:33 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon…
Feb 07 16:06:33 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[410]: [2025/02/07 16:06:33.608361, 0] …/…/lib/util/become_daemon.c:136(daemon_ready)
Feb 07 16:06:33 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[410]: daemon_ready: daemon ‘smbd’ finished starting up and ready to serve connections
Feb 07 16:06:33 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.
Then, a minute later when I run [systemctl status smb] I get:
● smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: deactivating (stop-sigterm) (Result: signal) since Fri 2025-02-07 16:06:50 GMT; 1min 24s ago
Process: 410 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/smbd $SMBDOPTIONS (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
Main PID: 410 (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
Status: “smbd: ready to serve connections…”
CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
├─482 /usr/sbin/smbd
└─499 /usr/sbin/smbd
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[638]: #6 /lib64/libtdb.so.1(+0xf39e) [0x7f58cf78a39e]
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[490]: #8 /lib64/libtdb.so.1(+0x71d2) [0x7f58cf7821d2]
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[534]: #12 /lib64/libtdb.so.1(tdb_chainlock+0x2e) [0x7f58cf782cbe]
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[466]: #16 /usr/lib64/samba/libdbwrap-samba4.so(+0x372d) [0x7f58dc6fe72d]
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[524]: #5 /lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x5a71) [0x7f58cf0e0a71]
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[566]: #24 /lib64/libtevent.so.0(+0xaff7) [0x7f58ceecdff7]
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[549]: #29 /lib64/libtevent.so.0(+0xb057) [0x7f58ceece057]
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[564]: #3 /lib64/libsamba-util.so.0(+0x1a37e) [0x7f58de5b537e]
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[572]: #19 /lib64/libtevent.so.0(tevent_common_check_signal+0x228) [0x7f58ceecdeb8]
Feb 07 16:06:54 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[565]: #22 /lib64/libtevent.so.0(_tevent_loop_once+0xbd) [0x7f58ceec925d]
And then I run [journalctl -u smb.service]
– Logs begin at Fri 2025-02-07 15:14:43 GMT, end at Fri 2025-02-07 16:08:55 GMT. –
Feb 07 15:33:20 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon…
Feb 07 15:33:20 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16620]: [2025/02/07 15:33:20.990789, 0] …/…/lib/util/become_daemon.c:136(daemon_ready)
Feb 07 15:33:20 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16620]: daemon_ready: daemon ‘smbd’ finished starting up and ready to serve connections
Feb 07 15:33:20 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.511811, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:79(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: ===============================================================
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.511808, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:79(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.512999, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:80(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: ===============================================================
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 7 in pid 16670 (4.10.16)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: If you are running a recent Samba version, and if you think this problem is not yet fixed in the latest versions, please consider reporting this bug, see https://wik
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.629363, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:80(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.629630, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:79(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.629751, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:86(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 7 in pid 16667 (4.10.16)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: ===============================================================
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: ===============================================================
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: If you are running a recent Samba version, and if you think this problem is not yet fixed in the latest versions, please consider reporting this bug, see https://wik
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.629953, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:79(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.639617, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:80(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.643704, 0] …/…/source3/lib/util.c:824(smb_panic_s3)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.643789, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:86(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 7 in pid 16657 (4.10.16)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: ===============================================================
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: PANIC (pid 16670): internal error
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: ===============================================================
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: If you are running a recent Samba version, and if you think this problem is not yet fixed in the latest versions, please consider reporting this bug, see https://wik
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.715269, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:80(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.730926, 0] …/…/source3/lib/util.c:824(smb_panic_s3)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 7 in pid 16658 (4.10.16)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.731076, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:86(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.732190, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:265(log_stack_trace)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: PANIC (pid 16667): internal error
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: ===============================================================
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: If you are running a recent Samba version, and if you think this problem is not yet fixed in the latest versions, please consider reporting this bug, see https://wik
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16620]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.629725, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:79(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: BACKTRACE: 31 stack frames:
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.780250, 0] …/…/source3/lib/util.c:824(smb_panic_s3)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.780254, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:86(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.782496, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:265(log_stack_trace)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #0 /lib64/libsamba-util.so.0(log_stack_trace+0x2f) [0x7f109f5b500f]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: PANIC (pid 16657): internal error
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: ===============================================================
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: BACKTRACE: 30 stack frames:
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #1 /lib64/libsmbconf.so.0(smb_panic_s3+0x18) [0x7f109eda1ef8]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.838236, 0] …/…/source3/lib/util.c:824(smb_panic_s3)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: #0 /lib64/libsamba-util.so.0(log_stack_trace+0x2f) [0x7f109f5b500f]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #2 /lib64/libsamba-util.so.0(smb_panic+0x2d) [0x7f109f5b511d]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.840553, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:265(log_stack_trace)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: PANIC (pid 16658): internal error
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: #1 /lib64/libsmbconf.so.0(smb_panic_s3+0x18) [0x7f109eda1ef8]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #3 /lib64/libsamba-util.so.0(+0x1a37e) [0x7f109f5b537e]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: BACKTRACE: 31 stack frames:
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: [2025/02/07 15:33:24.898815, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:265(log_stack_trace)
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: #2 /lib64/libsamba-util.so.0(smb_panic+0x2d) [0x7f109f5b511d]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #4 /lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0xf630) [0x7f10900ea630]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: #0 /lib64/libsamba-util.so.0(log_stack_trace+0x2f) [0x7f109f5b500f]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: BACKTRACE: 27 stack frames:
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16667]: #3 /lib64/libsamba-util.so.0(+0x1a37e) [0x7f109f5b537e]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #5 /lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x5974) [0x7f10900e0974]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16657]: #1 /lib64/libsmbconf.so.0(smb_panic_s3+0x18) [0x7f109eda1ef8]
Feb 07 15:33:24 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16658]: #0 /lib64/libsamba-util.so.0(log_stack_trace+0x2f) [0x7f109f5b500f]
Feb 07 15:33:25 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #6 /lib64/libtdb.so.1(+0xf39e) [0x7f109078a39e]
Feb 07 15:33:25 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #7 /lib64/libtdb.so.1(+0xf6aa) [0x7f109078a6aa]
Feb 07 15:33:25 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #8 /lib64/libtdb.so.1(+0x71d2) [0x7f10907821d2]
Feb 07 15:33:25 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #9 /lib64/libtdb.so.1(+0x76f9) [0x7f10907826f9]
Feb 07 15:33:25 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #10 /lib64/libtdb.so.1(+0x7a01) [0x7f1090782a01]
Feb 07 15:33:25 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16682]: [2025/02/07 15:33:25.020559, 0] …/…/lib/util/fault.c:79(fault_report)
Feb 07 15:33:25 milano.ad.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk smbd[16670]: #11 /lib64/libtdb.so.1(+0x7a9b) [0x7f1090782a9b]