Re: [Qemu-devel] Bug#728876: qemu: smbd forked by qemu uses global directory /var/run/samba/ncalrpc

[Michael Tokarev]

Ping?  Again, more than 2 months passed since initial submission.

Thanks,

/mjt

29.11.2013 00:15, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Jan, there's one more samba-related fix for slirp, also from Michael Büsch.
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> Add my
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> Signed-off-By: Michael Tokarev <address@hidden>
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> if needed.
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> Thanks,
> 
> /mjt
> 
> 06.11.2013 17:01, Michael Büsch wrote:
>> Package: qemu
>> Version: 1.6.0+dfsg-2
>> Severity: normal
>> Tags: patch
>>
>> The smbd forked by qemu still uses the default ncalrpc directory
>> in /var/run/samba. This may lead to problems, if the directory
>> does not exist (for example if /var/run is a tmpfs and the host
>> smbd was not started).
>>
>> This leads to the following error message from samba
>> and an unworkable smbd:
>>         Failed to create pipe directory /var/run/samba/ncalrpc - No such file
>> or directory
>>
>> The attached patch fixes this by pointing smbd to /tmp/qemu-smb.%d.%d/ncalrpc
>> as ncalrpc directory.
>> Smbd will create the actual ncalrpc subdirectory on its own.
>>
>> Using a private directory also avoids possible clashes with the system-smbd.
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