[Samba] Need help troubleshooting nmbd -D

Ryan Novosielski novosirj at umdnj.edu
Fri May 30 04:56:55 GMT 2003


I think he meant inetd or xinetd. Check /etc/inetd.conf or ummm... I don't
use xinetd, but I think it's /etc/xinetd.d and look for a script that may
be running nmbd (probably "samba).

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On Tue, 20 May 2003, Joel Hammer wrote:

> This usual cause is that there is another instance of nmbd running.
> Or xinit or init is configured to start nmbd and is locking the port.
> Joel
>
> Tue, May 20, 2003 at 03:11:38PM -0400, Stacy Gaddy wrote:
> > I get the following log when trying to run nmbd -D
> >
> >   Netbios nameserver version 2.2.3a started.
> >   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2002
> > [2003/05/20 15:02:44, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(789)
> >   bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 10.10.50.4.
> >   Error = Cannot assign requested address
> > [2003/05/20 15:02:44, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:make_subnet(140)
> > nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
> >   Failed to open nmb socket on interface 10.10.50.4 for port 137.  Error was
> > Cannot assign requested address
> > [2003/05/20 15:02:44, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(861)
> >   ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.
> >
> > Does anyone know what causes this error?
> >
> > Stacy Gaddy
> > CTO
> > Applied Technology Solutions
> > gaddyms at atscorporation.com
> >
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