Samba 2.2.2 dies without error messages

[Christopher R. Hertel]

It may be that nmbd is what is missing.  If you restart nmbd, are you 
again able to connect to the shares?

> Subba Rao wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am a normal admin of Samba server (not an expert) on Linux. I am
> > trying to troubleshoot why SMBD is dying and am at a stage where I am
> > kicking the walls.
> >
> > When I set debugging level to 10, Samba still does not reveal why it is
> > dying. So, I have used "strace -f smbd -D". I have attached the smb.conf
> > and strace output.
> >
> > The system is running Slackware 8 with kernel 2.4.16
> >
> 
> Some other facts I wanted to point out related to this problem.
> 
> This is Samba version 2.2.2
> 
> When I do "ps -waux", only SMBD is listed. SWAT's STATUS page shows SMBD
> as "running" and NMBD is "not running".
> 
> --
> Subba Rao
> sailorn at attglobal.net
> 
> 
> 


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