[Samba] nmbd dies as soon as it's started

[Bart]

Check if the address that the IP address of your server isn't hardcoded in
your smb.conf.
And check if that IP address is the same IP address as one of your server IP
addresses.

Bart
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> On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:09:43AM -0700, Darin DeCounter wrote:
> Make sure the port 137 is not in use.
> netstat -an | grep 137
> This is often seen if inetd is watching starting up the daemons.
> Joel
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:09:43AM -0700, Darin DeCounter wrote:
> > As soon as I start up the daemons using the following commands, nmbd
dies.
> >
> > /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D
> > /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D
> >
> > When I view the nmbd.log it gives the following.  We're trying to set up
> > Samba to work over 2 subnets.  Smbd is ok and we can still mount our
> > shares.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Thanks for any help.
> >
> > [2002/10/22 10:37:55, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(830)
> >    bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = xxx.xx.x.xxx(gateway)
> >    Error = Can't assign requested address
> > [2002/10/22 10:37:55, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:make_subnet(142)
> > nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
> >    Failed to open nmb socket on interface xxx.xx.x.xxx(gateway) for port
> > 137.  Error was can't assign requested address
> > [2002/10/22 10:37:55, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(842)
> >    ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.
> >
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> > As soon as I start up the daemons using the following commands, nmbd
dies.
> >
> > /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D
> > /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D
> >
> > When I view the nmbd.log it gives the following.  We're trying to set up
> > Samba to work over 2 subnets.  Smbd is ok and we can still mount our
> > shares.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Thanks for any help.
> >
> > [2002/10/22 10:37:55, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(830)
> >    bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = xxx.xx.x.xxx(gateway)
> >    Error = Can't assign requested address
> > [2002/10/22 10:37:55, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:make_subnet(142)
> > nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
> >    Failed to open nmb socket on interface xxx.xx.x.xxx(gateway) for port
> > 137.  Error was can't assign requested address
> > [2002/10/22 10:37:55, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(842)
> >    ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.
> >
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