Samba WINS server killing NMBD process

Alder ue191 at victoria.tc.ca
Fri Aug 2 06:12:24 GMT 2002


Samba 2.0.6 on VMS Alpha 7.2 using TCPIP Services for OpenVMS version 5.0

I've posted earlier about this problem, and have tried enabling higher 
logging levels to track down the problem, but am still unable to ferret 
out the problem.  Basically, adding the line "wins support=yes" to my 
SMB.CONF file results in the NMBD process starting, then dying a few 
seconds later (after an election?).

In NMB.LOG after a restart of the NMBD process, I see the first 
reference to WINS_SERVER when its "subnet" is created:

making subnet name:WINS_SERVER_SUBNET Broadcast address:0.0.0.0 Subnet 
mask:0.0.0.0

After that, I see each of the various "names" - shares and whatnot - on 
the LAN being added to the WINS database, i.e.:

add_name_to_subnet: Added netbios name *<00> with first IP 192.168.0.3 
ttl=0 nb_flags=40 to subnet WINS_SERVER_SUBNET
    [snipped more add_name_to_subnet lines]
add_name_to_subnet: Added netbios name WHATEVER<03> with first IP 
192.168.0.1 ttl=510662 nb_flags= 4 to subnet WINS_SERVER_SUBNET

After some more names are added to other subnets, the log file ends with 
these lines:

[2002/08/01 19:52:14, 3] 
CMS_ROOT:[SAMBA.SOURCE.NMBD]NMBD_SERVERLISTDB.C;2:(172)
  create_server_on_workgroup: Created server entry SZEGED of type 
40009a03 (OpenVMS AXP 7.2 (Samba 2.0.6)) on workgroup EREBUS.
[2002/08/01 19:52:14, 3] 
CMS_ROOT:[SAMBA.SOURCE.NMBD]NMBD_WORKGROUPDB.C;2:(272)
  initiate_myworkgroup_startup: Added server name entry SZEGED on subnet 
192.168.0.3
[2002/08/01 19:52:14, 3] 
CMS_ROOT:[SAMBA.SOURCE.NMBD]NMBD_NAMELISTDB.C;1:(244)
  add_name_to_subnet: Added netbios name *<00> with first IP 192.168.0.3 
ttl=0 nb_flags=40 to subnet UNICAST_SUBNET
[2002/08/01 19:52:14, 3] 
CMS_ROOT:[SAMBA.SOURCE.NMBD]NMBD_NAMELISTDB.C;1:(244)
  add_name_to_subnet: Added netbios name *<20> with first IP 192.168.0.3 
ttl=0 nb_flags=40 to subnet UNICAST_SUBNET
[2002/08/01 19:52:14, 3] 
CMS_ROOT:[SAMBA.SOURCE.NMBD]NMBD_NAMELISTDB.C;1:(244)
  add_name_to_subnet: Added netbios name __SAMBA__<20> with first IP 
192.168.0.3 ttl=0 nb_flags=40 to subnet UNICAST_SUBNET
[2002/08/01 19:52:14, 3] 
CMS_ROOT:[SAMBA.SOURCE.NMBD]NMBD_NAMELISTDB.C;1:(244)
  add_name_to_subnet: Added netbios name __SAMBA__<00> with first IP 
192.168.0.3 ttl=0 nb_flags=40 to subnet UNICAST_SUBNET
[2002/08/01 19:52:14, 3] 
CMS_ROOT:[SAMBA.SOURCE.NMBD]NMBD_SERVERLISTDB.C;2:(172)
  create_server_on_workgroup: Created server entry SZEGED of type 
40009a03 (OpenVMS AXP 7.2 (Samba 2.0.6)) on workgroup EREBUS.
[2002/08/01 19:52:14, 3] 
CMS_ROOT:[SAMBA.SOURCE.NMBD]NMBD_WORKGROUPDB.C;2:(272)

Note the empty entry at the end where the process stops.  What should I 
be seeing in the log if the WINS server was working?  Can someone 
running the Samba WINS server perhaps dig into NMBD.LOG and post what 
should follow the last line, please.

Anyone have any suggestions for where I go next to look for the reasons 
behind this behaviour?

Alder





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