net/samba35 "needs" to have winbindd_enable set to yes - this can't be right

[Jerry]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:28:06 +0200
Torfinn Ingolfsen articulated:

> After I upgraded net/samba35 to version 3.5.14, I noticed this:
> root at kg-quiet# service samba status
> Cannot 'status' samba. Set winbindd_enable to YES in /etc/rc.conf or
> use 'onestatus' instead of 'status'.
> root at kg-quiet# service samba start
> Cannot 'start' samba. Set winbindd_enable to YES in /etc/rc.conf or
> use 'onestart' instead of 'start'.
> 
> What? Since when?
> Ok, let's try to explicit set winbindd_enable to NO then:
> root at kg-quiet# grep winbind /etc/rc.conf
> winbindd_enable="NO"
> 
> root at kg-quiet# service samba status
> Cannot 'status' samba. Set winbindd_enable to YES in /etc/rc.conf or
> use 'onestatus' instead of 'status'.
> root at kg-quiet# service samba start
> Cannot 'start' samba. Set winbindd_enable to YES in /etc/rc.conf or
> use 'onestart' instead of 'start'.
> 
> Well, that defeats the purpose of having winbindd_enable at all.
> Yes, my Samba is built with WINBIND=on, but still it shouldn't fail
> this way. Here is my options:
> root at kg-quiet# make showconfig
> ===> The following configuration options are available for
> samba35-3.5.14: LDAP=on "With LDAP support"
>      ADS=off "With Active Directory support"
>      CUPS=on "With CUPS printing support"
>      WINBIND=on "With WinBIND support"
>      SWAT=off "With SWAT WebGUI"
>      ACL_SUPPORT=off "With ACL support"
>      AIO_SUPPORT=on "With Asyncronous IO support"
>      FAM_SUPPORT=off "With File Alteration Monitor"
>      SYSLOG=off "With Syslog support"
>      QUOTAS=off "With Disk quota support"
>      UTMP=off "With UTMP accounting support"
>      PAM_SMBPASS=off "With PAM authentication vs passdb backends"
>      DNSUPDATE=off "With dynamic DNS update(require ADS)"
>      AVAHI=off "With Bonjour service discovery support"
>      EXP_MODULES=off "With experimental modules"
>      POPT=on "With system-wide POPT library"
>      IPV6=on "With IPv6 support"
>      MAX_DEBUG=off "With maximum debugging"
>      SMBTORTURE=off "With smbtorture"
> ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
> 
> and my FreeBSD version:
> root at kg-quiet# uname -a
> FreeBSD kg-quiet.kg4.no 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #1: Sat Jan  7
> 14:05:57 CET 2012
> root at kg-quiet.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> 
> How do I fix it?

I had a similar experience with Samba-3.4 recently. I entered the
"WINBINDD_ENABLED=YES" in the /etc/rc.conf file to get Samba working.
Since I don't need the "winbindd" service, I reconfigured the Samba
port to not build with it and then rebuilt the port.

Personally, I believe that "WINBINDD" should be "OFF" by default;
however, it is easy enough to configure the port not to build with it.

-- 
Jerry ♔

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