[Samba] Samba errors

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Mon Nov 14 11:56:45 MST 2011


On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:48:57AM -0500, Keith.Stevens at fms.treas.gov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are trying to start and use Samba with a very simple configuration. We 
> are just trying to connect to an existing Windows AD Domain and trying to 
> mount filesystems from the AIX 5.3TL12 server to a Windows server.
> 
> Can someone tell me what the error really means for nmbd and where should 
> I start to look to resolve it?
> 
> log.samba:
> 
> smbd version 3.5.8 started.
>   Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2010
> [2011/11/06 18:41:53.813636,  0] smbd/server.c:1165(main)
>   standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
> 
> log.nmdb:
> 
> 
>     Failed to open nmb bcast socket on interface 10.66.239.239 for port 
> 137.  Error was Can't assign requested address
> [2011/11/06 18:42:07.034770,  0] nmbd/nmbd.c:963(main)
>   ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.

This means it can't bind to that network address. Is
10.66.239.239 the correct IP address it should be using ?

Jeremy.


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