smbstatus returns an error "tdb(/var/cache/samba/connections.tdb): tdb_rec_read bad magic xxxxxxxxxxxx at offset=xxxxx. What does this mean?

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Issue

  • smbstatus returns the following error. What does this mean?
tdb(/var/cache/samba/connections.tdb): tdb_rec_read bad magic xxxxxxxxxxxx at offset=xxxxx. 

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba-3.0.33-3.39.el5_8

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