Comment 9 for bug 24741

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Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus) wrote : Re: samba account_policy_get fails on install

Just an update; installing package samba on 8.04 still gives

    Setting up samba (3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.4) ...
    Generating /etc/default/samba...
    tdbsam_open: Converting version 0 database to version 3.
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 1 (min password length), returning 0
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 2 (password history), returning 0
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 3 (user must logon to change password), returning 0
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 4 (maximum password age), returning 0
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 5 (minimum password age), returning 0
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 6 (lockout duration), returning 0
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 7 (reset count minutes), returning 0
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 8 (bad lockout attempt), returning 0
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 9 (disconnect time), returning 0
    account_policy_get: tdb_fetch_uint32 failed for field 10 (refuse machine password change), returning 0
    Importing account for nobody...ok
    Importing account for peter...ok
    Importing account for ralph...ok
    Adding group `sambashare' (GID 126) ...
    Done.
    Adding user `peter' to group `sambashare' ...
    Adding user peter to group sambashare
    Done.
    Adding user `ralph' to group `sambashare' ...
    Adding user ralph to group sambashare
    Done.
     * Starting Samba daemons [ OK ]

It would be nice to tidy this up a bit since anyone who sees the messages, harmless though they may be, has to then investigate (and hopefully end up here).