[Bug 341816] [NEW] samba PANIC: failed to set uid

[Jan Schneider]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: samba

Samba crashes with the following backtrace:

[2009/02/27 10:30:21, 0] lib/util_sec.c:assert_uid(101) 
  Failed to set uid privileges to (11789,11789) now set to (0,0) 
[2009/02/27 10:30:21, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1633) 
  PANIC (pid 27857): failed to set uid 
   
[2009/02/27 10:30:21, 0] lib/util.c:log_stack_trace(1737) 
  BACKTRACE: 15 stack frames: 
   #0 /usr/sbin/smbd(log_stack_trace+0x1c) [0x613b4c] 
   #1 /usr/sbin/smbd(smb_panic+0x43) [0x613c33] 
   #2 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x618cf1] 
   #3 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x61b8ab] 
   #4 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x61bbbb] 
   #5 /usr/sbin/smbd(messaging_send+0x20) [0x61bfd0] 
   #6 /usr/sbin/smbd(notify_trigger+0x2a1) [0x64a0e1] 
   #7 /usr/sbin/smbd(notify_fname+0x50) [0x648440] 
   #8 /usr/sbin/smbd(rename_internals+0xdca) [0x48f3ea] 
   #9 /usr/sbin/smbd(reply_mv+0x239) [0x4966c9] 
   #10 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x4c87ce] 
   #11 /usr/sbin/smbd(smbd_process+0x7e2) [0x4c9bc2] 
   #12 /usr/sbin/smbd(main+0x8cd) [0x6c5fad] 
   #13 /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x7fae3332f1c4] 
   #14 /usr/sbin/smbd [0x45a899] 
[2009/02/27 10:30:21, 0] lib/fault.c:dump_core(181) 
  dumping core in /var/log/samba/cores/smbd 


Seems not to be client-specific.
Occures only with more than about 100 clients connected.

Ubuntu version: 8.04.2 (amd64)
Samba version: 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.7

FIX:
Build the sernet samba packages from source (3.0.34):
http://ftp.sernet.de/pub/samba/old/src/debian/3.0.34

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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samba PANIC: failed to set uid
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341816
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