Samba keeps warning 'Session closed for user nobody'. Why?

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I've set up an Ubuntu 14.04 server, using Samba to share files to our Windows clients.
Everything appears to be working correctly, but while checking my auth logs, I see the line 'session closed for user nobody' repeated many many times, though no sessions opened for that user. All of the session opened messages have the correct user name included.

I understand the role of the nobody user, but am unsure why Samba keeps generating this message. On one line the 'session closed' message is repeated 58 times with no other auth log messages interrupting.

Is it likely that Samba is incorrectly configured?

I'm happy to post any logs/confs/outputs necessary, if that helps.

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I've previously disabled Samba password sync using pam-auth-update to stop the 'No Talloc Stackframe' message, like so, could that be generating all of these session closed messages?

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Is it likely that Samba is incorrectly configured?

I'm happy to post any logs/confs/outputs necessary, if that helps.

EDIT:

I've previously disabled Samba password sync using pam-auth-update to stop the 'No Talloc Stackframe' message, like so, could that be generating all of these session closed messages?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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Is it likely that Samba is incorrectly configured?

I'm happy to post any logs/confs/outputs necessary, if that helps.

EDIT:

I've previously disabled Samba password sync using pam-auth-update to stop the 'No Talloc Stackframe' message, like so, could that be generating all of these session closed messages?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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asked Feb 10 '15 at 10:27

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Is it likely that Samba is incorrectly configured?

I'm happy to post any logs/confs/outputs necessary, if that helps.

EDIT:

I've previously disabled Samba password sync using pam-auth-update to stop the 'No Talloc Stackframe' message, like so, could that be generating all of these session closed messages?

14.04 samba authentication file-sharing

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I had this concern myself so I did some digging and ran into a lot of unanswered forum questions, but then I found this answer:

nobody is a system user that is used to run services e.g. apache and samba on Linux distros. Root has to start the service and then pass on control to the user nobody.

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You have created a shared folder owned by "nobody/nogroup"

sudo chown -R nobody.nogroup /path_to_share/share_folder

But, you can change that, by changing ownership

sudo chown -R root.root /path_to_share/share_folder

sudo chown -R user.user /path_to_share/share_folder # "user" is echo $USER

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I had this concern myself so I did some digging and ran into a lot of unanswered forum questions, but then I found this answer:

nobody is a system user that is used to run services e.g. apache and samba on Linux distros. Root has to start the service and then pass on control to the user nobody.

edited Dec 16 '16 at 16:50

user308164

answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:23

kkalin72

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up vote
4
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I had this concern myself so I did some digging and ran into a lot of unanswered forum questions, but then I found this answer:

nobody is a system user that is used to run services e.g. apache and samba on Linux distros. Root has to start the service and then pass on control to the user nobody.

edited Dec 16 '16 at 16:50

user308164

answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:23

kkalin72

412

add a comment |

up vote
4
down vote

I had this concern myself so I did some digging and ran into a lot of unanswered forum questions, but then I found this answer:

nobody is a system user that is used to run services e.g. apache and samba on Linux distros. Root has to start the service and then pass on control to the user nobody.

edited Dec 16 '16 at 16:50

user308164

answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:23

kkalin72

412

I had this concern myself so I did some digging and ran into a lot of unanswered forum questions, but then I found this answer:

nobody is a system user that is used to run services e.g. apache and samba on Linux distros. Root has to start the service and then pass on control to the user nobody.

edited Dec 16 '16 at 16:50

user308164

answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:23

kkalin72

412

edited Dec 16 '16 at 16:50

user308164

edited Dec 16 '16 at 16:50

user308164

edited Dec 16 '16 at 16:50

user308164

answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:23

kkalin72

412

answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:23

kkalin72

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answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:23

kkalin72

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You have created a shared folder owned by "nobody/nogroup"

sudo chown -R nobody.nogroup /path_to_share/share_folder

But, you can change that, by changing ownership

sudo chown -R root.root /path_to_share/share_folder

sudo chown -R user.user /path_to_share/share_folder # "user" is echo $USER

edited Nov 21 at 19:39

answered Nov 21 at 19:24

ajcg

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You have created a shared folder owned by "nobody/nogroup"

sudo chown -R nobody.nogroup /path_to_share/share_folder

But, you can change that, by changing ownership

sudo chown -R root.root /path_to_share/share_folder

sudo chown -R user.user /path_to_share/share_folder # "user" is echo $USER

edited Nov 21 at 19:39

answered Nov 21 at 19:24

ajcg

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You have created a shared folder owned by "nobody/nogroup"

sudo chown -R nobody.nogroup /path_to_share/share_folder

But, you can change that, by changing ownership

sudo chown -R root.root /path_to_share/share_folder

sudo chown -R user.user /path_to_share/share_folder # "user" is echo $USER

edited Nov 21 at 19:39

answered Nov 21 at 19:24

ajcg

509310

You have created a shared folder owned by "nobody/nogroup"

sudo chown -R nobody.nogroup /path_to_share/share_folder

But, you can change that, by changing ownership

sudo chown -R root.root /path_to_share/share_folder

sudo chown -R user.user /path_to_share/share_folder # "user" is echo $USER

edited Nov 21 at 19:39

answered Nov 21 at 19:24

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edited Nov 21 at 19:39

answered Nov 21 at 19:24

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