smbd can not be started ?

[Hongwei Li]

Thanks for your advice.  I checked my original inetd.conf and found that
a "default" smbd and nmbd are already there, but just don't provide the
real services -- I can not browse from PCs.  Maybe there is a way to let
the default smbd and nmbd know my smb.conf, but I just don't know.  So,
I simply comment them out in inetd.conf, and restart my smbd and nmbd
(1.9.17p4), then IT WORKS!  I am not sure if this is the best way to do
it, but just want to share it with other people who have the same
problem. 

Hongwei

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> 
> check your inetd.conf file; check your startup scripts.
> 
> do grep 139 /etc/services; do netstat -a | more.  if you have (state)
> LISTEN on netbios-ssn, then you already have samba running.
> 
> > I just installed samba-1.9.17p4 on my Linux 2.0.30 system.  It seems
> > okay in compiling and installing.  I run testparm, and it lists the
> > services I set in smb.conf without error message. However, I can only
> > start nmbd,
> 
> check the log.nmb files: you will probably find that there is an error
> reported (cannot bind to port 137).
> 
> > but not smbd -- nothing happens!  So, I can not test it
> > further.  Can anybody give me an idea why it is like that?
> >
> > Thanks for all the help!
> >
> > Hongwei
> >
> 
> <a href="mailto:lkcl at switchboard.net"  > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton  </a>
> <a href="http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl"> Samba Consultancy and Support </a>