WARNING: no network interfaces found

[fks]

I upgraded my nas (freenas 7.2) to NAS4Free 10.3.0.3.2870, everything went fine with the update-manual for the xml-config.
Except the Samba did not work anymore, I found these errors in the logging :

Jul 20 05:16:51 mynas5 nmbd[3783]: [2016/07/20 05:16:51.465682, 0] ../source3/lib/interface.c:543(load_interfaces)
Jul 20 05:16:51 mynas5 nmbd[3783]: WARNING: no network interfaces found
Jul 20 05:16:53 mynas5 nmbd[3974]: [2016/07/20 05:16:53.917773, 0] ../source3/lib/interface.c:543(load_interfaces)
Jul 20 05:16:53 mynas5 nmbd[3974]: WARNING: no network interfaces found
Jul 20 05:16:53 mynas5 nmbd[3974]: [2016/07/20 05:16:53.917858, 0] ../lib/util/become_daemon.c:135(daemon_status)
Jul 20 05:16:53 mynas5 nmbd[3974]: STATUS=daemon 'nmbd' : No local IPv4 non-loopback interfaces available, waiting for interface ...NOTE: NetBIOS name resolution is not supported for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6).
Jul 20 05:16:53 mynas5 smbd[3978]: [2016/07/20 05:16:53.966986, 0] ../source3/lib/interface.c:543(load_interfaces)
Jul 20 05:16:53 mynas5 smbd[3978]: WARNING: no network interfaces found

Samba could not find the network interface. First I changed the file smb4.conf with a direct IP-number for the interface.
This did not help because this file was every-time overwritten when I restarted Samba.
So I added the text "interfaces = 192.168.2.250/24" in the Auxiliary parameters box of the Services|CIFS/SMB|Settings (without the quotes), this was the fixed IP address of my Nas.

After save and restart of the service, everything was ok.
Maybe this workaround can help others.
But should this not be necessary ?

[tony1]

there is a bug in the GUI if you set "Interface selection" set to lan only. "all interfaces" will work fine.
in Auxiliary parameters you can set the interface something like "interfaces = re0 lo" instead of by IP address.
the problem is that the GUI sets it as "interfaces = auto" and that is not a correct option.
I hope it is fixed soon!

[tony1]

the proper fix would be to go to "Network|Interface Management" in the GUI and click the save button and reboot.
the config.xml will then be updated with the proper information and you will no longer need extra options in "Auxiliary parameters"
take care!

[fks]

Hello tony1,

Thanks for the fast response.
I changed it like you described and it is working fine.


Regards fks