[SOLVED] SAMBA won't start

Question

Hey guys, I'm having some issues with running SAMBA on my home server.
It had been running fine for months until I recently checked it.
I don't use it too often (mainly for browsing with my Android device) so any number of updates could have caused this.
This is what I get:
[kaipee@kphmsrv ~]$ sudo systemctl start smbd.service
[kaipee@kphmsrv ~]$ sudo systemctl status smbd.service
smbd.service - Samba SMB/CIFS server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smbd.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Sun 2013-07-07 21:35:13 BST; 9s ago
Process: 26046 ExecStart=/usr/bin/smbd -D (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 26047 (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/smbd.service
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv smbd[26047]: #3 /usr/lib/samba/libsmbd_shim.so(exit_server+0x22) [0xb710c972]
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv smbd[26047]: #4 /usr/bin/smbd(main+0x1120) [0xb7710020]
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv smbd[26047]: #5 /usr/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0xb6bfc7c3]
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv smbd[26047]: #6 /usr/bin/smbd(+0x5ce5) [0xb7710ce5]
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv smbd[26047]: [2013/07/07 21:35:13.430068, 0] ../source3/lib/dumpcore.c:317(dump_core)
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv smbd[26047]: dumping core in /var/log/samba/cores/smbd
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv smbd[26047]:
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv systemd[1]: smbd.service: main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv systemd[1]: Unit smbd.service entered failed state.
Jul 07 21:35:13 kphmsrv systemd-coredump[26048]: Process 26047 (smbd) dumped core.
[kaipee@kphmsrv ~]$ sudo ls -al /var/log/samba/cores/smbd
total 8
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jul 12 2012 .
drwx------ 5 root root 4096 Sep 29 2012 ..
[kaipee@kphmsrv ~]$
Any ideas?
Last edited by kaipee (2014-01-16 18:15:07)

Answer 1

Here are testparm results
[kaipee@kphmsrv ~]$ testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
WARNING: The "null passwords" option is deprecated
Processing section "[Files]"
Processing section "[Videos - Movies]"
Processing section "[Videos - TV]"
Processing section "[Videos - Anime]"
Processing section "[Videos - Specials]"
Processing section "[Music]"
Processing section "[Games]"
Processing section "[Software]"
Processing section "[Transfers]"
Loaded services file OK.
WARNING: You have some share names that are longer than 12 characters.
These may not be accessible to some older clients.
(Eg. Windows9x, WindowsMe, and smbclient prior to Samba 3.0.)
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
[global]
interfaces = 192.168.1.2/24
bind interfaces only = Yes
null passwords = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
load printers = No
printcap name = /dev/null
disable spoolss = Yes
show add printer wizard = No
dns proxy = No
default service = global
idmap config * : backend = tdb
force user = http
force group = http
create mask = 0770
force create mode = 0770
directory mask = 0770
force directory mode = 0770
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1., localhost
printing = bsd
print command = lpr -r -P'%p' %s
lpq command = lpq -P'%p'
lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j
browseable = No
available = No
[Files]
comment = kphmsrv Files
path = /mnt/Files
username = kaipee
read only = No
browseable = Yes
available = Yes
[Videos - Movies]
comment = kphmsrv Movies
path = /mnt/Files/Videos/Movies
read list = nobody
read only = No
browseable = Yes
available = Yes
[Videos - TV]
comment = kphmsrv TV
path = /mnt/Files/Videos/TV series
read list = nobody
read only = No
browseable = Yes
available = Yes
[Videos - Anime]
comment = kphmsrv Anime
path = /mnt/Files/Videos/Anime
read list = nobody
read only = No
browseable = Yes
available = Yes
[Videos - Specials]
comment = kphmsrv Specials
path = /mnt/Files/Videos/Specials
read list = nobody
read only = No
browseable = Yes
available = Yes
[Music]
comment = kphmsrv Music
path = /mnt/Files/Music
read list = nobody
read only = No
browseable = Yes
available = Yes
[Games]
comment = kphmsrv Games
path = /mnt/Files/Games
read list = nobody
read only = No
browseable = Yes
available = Yes
[Software]
comment = kphmsrv Software
path = /mnt/Files/Software
username = kaipee
read list = nobody
browseable = Yes
available = Yes
[Transfers]
comment = kphmsrv Transfers
path = /mnt/Files/Transfe
read list = nobody
read only = No
browseable = Yes
available = Yes