get_printer_list_db: Failed to open printer_list.tdb

Hi!

Sometimes, I'm seeing a lot of messages like this:

Mar 07 22:40:32 rpcd_spoolss[199894]: [2026/03/07 22:40:32.239192,  0] 
source3/printing/printer_list.c:58(get_printer_list_db)
Mar 07 22:40:32 rpcd_spoolss[199894]:   get_printer_list_db: Failed to 
open printer_list.tdb
Mar 07 23:40:46 rpcd_spoolss[200124]: [2026/03/07 23:40:46.123153,  0] 
source3/printing/printer_list.c:58(get_printer_list_db)
Mar 07 23:40:46 rpcd_spoolss[200124]:   get_printer_list_db: Failed to 
open printer_list.tdb

According to this archlinux arcticle -- 
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Samba -
this is a bug in samba, and until it is fixed, it's recommended to
start samba-bgqd manually.  However, this doesn't help either, and
apparently, samba-bgqd is already started by samba, as recorded in
its logfile.

What's interesting is this logfile, which reads:

[2026/03/07 22:40:31,  0] lib/util/become_daemon.c:150(daemon_status)
   daemon 'samba-bgqd' : Starting process ...
sh: 1: hp1020: not found
[2026/03/07 23:40:45,  0] lib/util/become_daemon.c:150(daemon_status)
   daemon 'samba-bgqd' : Starting process ...
[2026/03/07 23:40:45,  0] lib/util/become_daemon.c:150(daemon_status)
   daemon 'samba-bgqd' : Starting process ...
sh: 1: hp1020: not found


note the 'sh: 1: hp1020' lines: "hp1020" is the name of the only printer
in use on this site.

Here's the relevant settings:

[global]
         load printers = no
         printing = BSD
         printcap name = /dev/null
         print command =  lpr -P%p -l -h -r %s

[hp1020]
         printer = hp1020
         comment = HP LaserJet 1020
         printable = yes
         path = /var/tmp

Samba version 4.23.5.

What should be done to remedy this?
And why bqgd wants to run a command with the same name as the printer
name?

Thanks,

/mjt

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