ERROR: Failed to initialise messages database

[Mark]

Hello,

I have had Samba working intermittedly (a few minutes at a time) on a
QNX/x86 box. Now it has stopped working altogether. I've seen a
bunch of users with this same problem (log file included below) but no
solutions. Does anyone have any ideas?

I've now spent about 6 days trying to configure and run Samba. It
seems very unstable. When running, it seems to take forever to load
in the Win2000 directory tree. Does this software work for anyone? I
read originally that it was stable, but I'm either doing something
very wrong or it isn't ready for prime time.

Mark

[Gary B.]

What version of Samba do you have? The latest stable version is 2.2.5 and
is the recommended version to be running, especially with win2k/XP.

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[Mark]

"Gary B." <gsp...@snet.net> wrote in message news:<akqZ8.320$tI4.89...@newssvr10.news.prodigy.com>...

Hi Gary,

Yes, I am using 2.2.5

However, I forgot to post my log in the last message. So, here it is
along with my configuration. If you have any ideas, I would greatly
appreciate them.

[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 0] smbd/server.c:main(707)
smbd version 2.2.5 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2002
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 1] lib/debug.c:debug_message(258)
INFO: Debug class all level = 3 (pid 135178 from pid 135178)
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 2] param/loadparm.c:do_section(3042)
Processing section "[homes]"
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 2] param/loadparm.c:do_section(3042)
Processing section "[solotrek]"
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 3] param/loadparm.c:lp_add_ipc(2011)
adding IPC service IPC$
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 3] param/loadparm.c:lp_add_ipc(2011)
adding IPC service ADMIN$
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 2] lib/interface.c:add_interface(81)
added interface ip=192.168.16.156 bcast=192.168.16.255
nmask=255.255.255.0
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 0] lib/util.c:set_maxfiles(1654)
set_maxfiles: setrlimit for RLIMIT_NOFILE for 10010 files failed
with error Invalid argument
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 3] smbd/server.c:main(747)
loaded services
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 3] smbd/server.c:main(762)
Becoming a daemon.
[2002/07/18 09:19:01, 0] lib/messages.c:message_init(112)
ERROR: Failed to initialise messages database

And my configuration:

[global]
workgroup=WORKGROUP
log level = 3
max log size = 50
name resolve order = hosts wins lmhosts bcast
netbios name = QNX
interfaces = 192.168.16.156/24
encrypt passwords = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
getwd cache = yes
local master = no
[homes]
write ok = yes
browsable = yes
[solotrek]
comment = SoloTrek Embedded PC Share
path = /
write ok = yes
guest ok = yes
browsable = yes

[Mark]

In case anyone else has the same problem, it appears that erasing the
file /usr/local/samba/var/locks/messages.tdb will fix this problem.
The system seemed to recreate a good version of this file after it was
erased.

Mark

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