Your server software is being unfriendly

[Joe Geiser]

Richard,

> someone is trying to do an smbclient -L <local-machine's-netbios-name>
> 
> and getting the following response:
> 
> >bind failed on port 139 socket_addr=0.0.0.0 (Address already in use)
> >bind failed on port 139 socket_addr=0.0.0.0 (Address already 
> in use)Added
> >interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> >Session request failed (0,0) with myname=CHARLIE destname=CHARLIE
> >Unspecified error 0x0
> >Your server software is being unfriendly
> 
> This looks like the NetBIOS over TCP/IP session failed. 
> 
> Can anyone cast any light on why?

I get this when local DNS is failing, or if remote DNS is being used (say,
provided by the ISP), it dosen't respond fast enough.

Check local DNS first, before boring down.  For me, it's 90% of all causes.

Best Regards,
Joe

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