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Bug 1908506 - smbclient command shows an error "gencache_init: Failed to create directory: /home/username/.cache/samba - No such file or directory" on accessing samba share when executed by non-privileged user
Summary: smbclient command shows an error "gencache_init: Failed to create directory: ...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: samba
Version: 8.5
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Andreas Schneider
QA Contact: sssd-qe
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-12-16 21:39 UTC by Akshay Sakure
Modified: 2024-03-25 17:36 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: samba-4.14.4-4.el8
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Last Closed: 2021-11-09 19:47:56 UTC
Type: Bug
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:4438 0 None None None 2021-11-09 19:48:17 UTC
Samba Project 14601 0 None None None 2021-05-07 09:26:48 UTC

Description Akshay Sakure 2020-12-16 21:39:52 UTC
- Description of problem:
smbclient command shows an error "gencache_init: Failed to create directory: /home/username/.cache/samba - No such file or directory" on accessing samba share when executed by non-privileged user

- Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
samba-4.10.16-9.el7_9.x86_64

- How reproducible:
Always.

- Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a share on Windows AD server.
2. Join a system to AD domain via realmd (samba + winbind)
3. Try to access the share hosted on Windows system via smbclient

- Actual results:
'smbclient' command shows an error/warning while accessing the share as non-privileged user e.g. local linux user. 
---
gencache_init: Failed to create directory: /home/localuser1/.cache/samba - No such file or directory
---

- Expected results:
'smbclient' command shouldn't throw any error while accessing the share as non-privileged user. 

- Additional info:
This error doesn't occurs for "root" user. 
The error is not seen if you manually create '.cache/samba' directory under user's home-directory.

This looks like a regression to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1831986 which was fixed in samba-4.10.16-5.el7

Comment 3 Andreas Schneider 2020-12-21 08:43:09 UTC
Workaround: 'mkdir ~/.cache'

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 19:47:56 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (samba bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:4438


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