There are 2 problems with default linpopup installation: 1. wrong permissions on /var/lib/linpopup/messages.dat - was 0600 (own by root:root), should be 0666 (root:root) This cause linpopup is not able to read and delete messages from this file (it is required). 2. /etc/samba/smb.conf parse problem (occured in samba-3.0.37 and 3.4.6): There is a requirement to add the following line to smb.conf file: message command = /usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s The problem (analyzed with strace) is that samba is trying to execute command: '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' (linpopup is an executable with 5 params: 1. "%f" 2. "%m" 3. %s; 4. rm 5. %s ) execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "/usr/bin/linpopup \"WKS01\" \"wks01\" /tmp/msg.XjYutj\\; rm /tmp/msg.XjYutj"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 execve("/usr/bin/linpopup", ["/usr/bin/linpopup", "AGENT15", "agent15", "/tmp/msg.XjYutj;", "rm", "/tmp/msg.XjYutj"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 access("/tmp/msg.XjYutj;", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(1, "\n== LINPOPUP V2.1.0 FATAL ERROR ==\nCan't read file /tmp/msg.XjYutj;\nExit code (1).\n\n", 85) = 85 I didn't tried to check why it is not working as expected (probably some security changes in samba code, which prevents using ; as command separator). I created my own wrapper /usr/bin/linpopupwrapper.sh (attached; file mode: 0644 root:root) and changed "message command" line in smb.conf to: message command = /usr/bin/linpopupwrapper.sh "%f" "%m" %s After samba restart, popups are working correctly. Reproduction: 1. install linpopup 2. run /usr/bin/linpopup 3. send message from windows XP workstation (net send <linux_hostname> message) (samba must be running) 4. message does not appear (it is not working at all), message will be left in /tmp/msg.<random_name> file) 5. chmod 0666 /var/lib/linpopup/messages.dat 6. create file /usr/bin/linpopupwrapper.sh (chmod 0644; owner root:root) 7. modify /etc/samba/smb.conf "message command" line 8. restart samba 9. popups are working correctly :)
Created attachment 232675 [details] linpopupwrapper.sh
Created attachment 232677 [details] emerge --info
The good old linpopup hasn't been updated for ages.... To be exactly since 2007. If thinks remain this way, it'll make his exit from portage soon
(In reply to Víctor Ostorga from comment #3) > The good old linpopup hasn't been updated for ages.... To be exactly since > 2007. If thinks remain this way, it'll make his exit from portage soon CCing treecleaners then
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