Problem with *.tdb

[Joerg Hartmann]

Hello Samba Team,

i need some help for my new samba server :-)
I work with Samba V 2.2.2 .
Every time i try to start smbd it dies immediatly

I the log.smbd there is:
[2001/12/16 19:51:43, 0] lib/messages.c:message_init(97)
  ERROR: Failed to initialise messages database

A messages.tdb exists. Every tool seems to have problems with *.tdb
hp-tux:/usr/src/samba-2.2.2/source/bin# ./smbstatus -s /etc/samba/smb.conf
connections.tdb not initialised

./configure and make went smoothly so i dont understand
what the reason of this error is.
Btw. this is a linux (debian) installation (Kernel 2.4.16)
on a hp9000/720 PARISC computer.

Could someone give some help here ?
Or point me to the right direction where to R the FM ?
Google an Yahoo have no infos on that topic.

Thanks.

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Best regards,
 Joerg                          J.Hartmann at reinarts.de