Smb user account creation

TrueNAS General
1

i have set up a smb share and I am trying to flag “SMB User” on my account in order to access the share.
when I try to save the account this error pops up and blocks me from flagging “SMB User”:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/api/base/server/ws_handler/rpc.py”, line 323, in process_method_call
result = await method.call(app, params)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/api/base/server/method.py”, line 52, in call
result = await self.middleware.call_with_audit(self.name, self.serviceobj, methodobj, params, app)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 911, in call_with_audit
result = await self._call(method, serviceobj, methodobj, params, app=app,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 720, in _call
return await methodobj(*prepared_call.args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/service/crud_service.py”, line 266, in update
return await self.middleware.call(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 731, in call
return await self.run_in_executor(prepared_call.executor, methodobj, *prepared_call.args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 624, in run_in_executor
return await loop.run_in_executor(pool, functools.partial(method, *args, **kwargs))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/thread.py”, line 58, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/service/crud_service.py”, line 294, in nf
rv = func(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/api/base/decorator.py”, line 101, in wrapped
result = func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/account.py”, line 976, in do_update
self.middleware.call_sync(‘smb.update_passdb_user’, user)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 1041, in call_sync
return methodobj(*prepared_call.args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/smb/passdb.py", line 45, in update_passdb_user
update_passdb_entry(passdb_entry)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/smb/util_passdb.py”, line 431, in update_passdb_entry
add_version_info()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/smb/util_passdb.py", line 135, in _add_version_info
with get_tdb_handle(PASSDB_PATH, PASSDB_TDB_OPTIONS) as hdl:
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/contextlib.py”, line 137, in enter
return next(self.gen)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/utils/tdb.py”, line 345, in get_tdb_handle
entry = TDBHandle(name, tdb_options)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/utils/tdb.py”, line 327, in init
self.hdl = tdb.Tdb(self.full_path, 0, tdb_flags, open_flags, open_mode)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

I dont have any clue on how to resolve this issue.

2

Interesting. What version is this? Depending on version this may mean that system dataset was not properly mounted. It may also mean that some other defect / misconfiguration has prevented our normal setup routines from creating some paths required by the account plugin.

3

Check your email for the introductory email from the forum. Do the TrueNAS Bot tutorial so you can post images, etc.

What version of TrueNAS? Did you set up a new user called “SMB User”? Where are you getting stuck in the documentation for the version of TrueNAS you are on?

4

version is 25.04.2.6

5

i set up an account in my name which is not an admin. i tried to add it to different groups but it still does not work

6

i am following the turotial “SMB Share Creation” of the TrueNAS Documentation HUB

i get stuck at the user creation, as I get the Validation Error i posted before

7

Passdb path is /var/run/samba-cache/private. The error means the directory wasn’t created. This is happening because of probably an earlier failure in smb.configure method. Should be in your job history in in top-right of screen.

Alternatively you can run midclt call smb.configure -j from shell and see what error is produced. This can give some deeper clue on what’s going wrong here. (25.04.2.6 specific private API)

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8

this is the output:

truenas_admin@truenas[~]$ midclt call smb.configure -j
Status: Setting up server SID.
Total Progress: [############____________________________] 30.00%
[EFAULT] setlocalsid failed: Unable to initialize messaging context!

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/job.py”, line 515, in run
await self.future
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/job.py”, line 560, in __run_body
rv = await self.method(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/smb.py”, line 364, in configure
await self.middleware.call(‘smb.set_system_sid’)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 1005, in call
return await self._call(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 731, in call
return await self.run_in_executor(prepared_call.executor, methodobj, *prepared_call.args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 624, in run_in_executor
return await loop.run_in_executor(pool, functools.partial(method, *args, **kwargs))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/thread.py”, line 58, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/smb/sid.py", line 36, in set_system_sid
raise CallError(f’setlocalsid failed: {setsid.stderr.decode()}')
middlewared.service_exception.CallError: [EFAULT] setlocalsid failed: Unable to initialize messaging context!

9

Have you populated auxiliary parameters in either the global SMB configuration or SMB share configuration? Failure to initialize a messaging context usually means that we can’t generate a functional smb configuration.

10

No, I don’t think I have. I have not read any of these in the documentation.