Trying to list a MOTD GPO after having cleared it returns a traceback:


# Clearing the MOTD text
root@p-gpo:~# samba-tool gpo manage motd set {31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9} "" -U Administrator%Passw0rd
WARNING: Using passwords on command line is insecure. Installing the setproctitle python module will hide these from shortly after program start.

# Listing
root@p-gpo:~# samba-tool gpo manage motd list '{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}'
ERROR(<class 'TypeError'>): uncaught exception - write() argument must be str, not None
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/__init__.py", line 353, in _run
    return self.run(*args, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/gpo.py", line 3751, in run
    self.outf.write(text.text)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
root@p-gpo:~#



Something like this should fix it I hope:

--- python/samba/netcmd/gpo.py.py.orig 2025-04-15 19:35:07.051084668 +0000
+++ python/samba/netcmd/gpo.py.py  2025-04-15 19:35:08.665997025 +0000
@@ -3748,7 +3748,9 @@
         policy = xml_data.find('policysetting')
         data = policy.find('data')
         text = data.find('text')
-        self.outf.write(text.text)
+        if text is not None:
+            if text.text is not None:
+                self.outf.write(text.text)
 
 class cmd_set_motd(GPOCommand):
     """Sets a VGP MOTD Group Policy to the sysvol


I'll format it properly as a patch.