Samba doesn't start

MacMasta · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:54 am Post subject: Samba doesn't start

so, I run /etc/init.d/samba start, and it says gives me the ok.

However, a parsing of ps shows that only nmbd, not smbd, is running - and /etc/init.d/samba stop (predictably) complains that it can't find the processes to shut them down.

Log files show this:

(start):

slartibartfasz · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:44 am Post subject:

u can edit the script in /etc/init.d and comment out the '&> /dev/null' and '--quiet' parts - this will make the output of the script verbose and u can see whats happening...
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MacMasta · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:25 pm Post subject:

That didn't help much - it told me that /var/run/samba/smbd.pid is getting set, but that samba then dies immediately.

I'm still hooked on this, from /var/log/everything/current:

Sep 5 10:24:30 [smbd] bind failed on port 139 socket_addr = 0.0.0.0.
Sep 5 10:24:30 [smbd] Error = Address already in use

MacMasta · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:41 pm Post subject:

Fixed!

This error actually meant exactly what it said - vmware's internal samba server had bound itself to the wrong address - I turned it off, and everything is peachy.

~Mac~