Starting NMB services: [FAILED]

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

> This is a second attempt to convey my problem.  I have made some discoveries
> along the way that might assist in diagnosing this this.
> 
> First, I have a RH6.1 workstation I want to join an NT Domain.  I have SWAT
> up and running.  The following is the /etc/smb.conf produced using SWAT.

> /var/log/samba/log.nmb contains the following:
> 
> 
> [2000/01/24 23:22:12, 1] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(684)
>   Netbios nameserver version 2.0.5a started.
>   Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1994-1998
> [2000/01/24 23:22:13, 0] lib/util.c:get_myname(1756)
>   Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host paul
> [2000/01/24 23:22:13, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(689)
>   Unable to get my hostname - exiting.
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

dude, as someone mentioned earlier, you don't have the bog-standard dns
resolution correctly set up on your box.  i often don't have my box set up
correctly, either, so i hack it and put in /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1
myservername

or, correct.ip.add.ress myservername.

luke