[Bug 596064] Re: nmbd fails to start on boot - problem with upstart

[Vasya Pupkin]

I added some debug into /etc/init/nmbd.conf so it looks like this:

===
description "NetBIOS name server"
author      "Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>"

start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=eth0)
stop on runlevel [!2345]

expect fork
respawn

pre-start script
        NMBD_DISABLED=`testparm -s --parameter-name='disable netbios' 2>/dev/null`
        echo `date` $NMBD_DISABLED >/tmp/upstart-nmdb.log

        [ "x$NMBD_DISABLED" = xYes ] && { stop; exit 0; }

        install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/run/samba
end script

exec nmbd -D
===

I was suspecting testparm to return something wrong, but instead, when I
rebooted few times and nmbd didn't start again, I didn't even have /tmp
/upstart-nmdb.log file which means it didn't hit pre-start script
section. I have no idea how can that be. Both smbd.conf and nmbd.conf
have "start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=eth0)", but
somehow first gets started and second doesn't.

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Title:
  nmbd fails to start on boot - problem with upstart

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “samba” source package in Lucid:
  Confirmed
Status in “samba” source package in Maverick:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: samba

  1. Release of Ubuntu is 10.04 LTS
  2. Version of Samba is - 3.4.7

  Problem - Expected nmbd service to start at boot but it  failed to
  start at boot. We have multiple systems but this problem has been
  noticed only on certain systems. The same packages were installed on
  all systems. As a workaround, we changed the pre start script
  configuration file for nmbd - /etc/init/nmbd.conf to make it start at
  boot always. The following 2 lines were commented in the nmbd.conf
  file -

          NMBD_DISABLED=`testparm -s --parameter-name='disable netbios' 2>/dev/null`
         [ "x$NMBD_DISABLED" = xYes ] && { stop; exit 0; }

  I don't think that I understand what the second line is trying to do.
  Please check and advise how to fix this problem.

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