[Samba] bind failed on port 139

[Ryan Novosielski]

My assumption is that you are trying to start Samba both from inetd and
from /etc/init.d/samba or equivalent. You must choose one or the other.

Hope this helps.

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On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Meyrick Chapman wrote:

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> Hi,
> I have recently installed SuSE 8.1. Previously this workstation ran SuSE 7.2
> with Samba server without problems. Since the latest installation inet.d
> loads nmbd on boot but smbd fails.
>
> testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf  returns "Loaded sevices file is OK"
>
> Log files
> /var/log/samba/log.smbd shows:
>
> [2003/04/09 20:48:41, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(804)
>   bind failed on port 139 socket_addr = 0.0.0.0.
>   Error = Address already in use
>
> nmblookup query to server results in following:
>
> The only service listed in /etc/services to bind to port 139 is as follows:
> netbios-ssn	139/tcp		# NETBIOS Session Service
> netbios-ssn	139/udp		# NETBIOS Session Service
>
> /etc/inet.d shows:
> entry in the inet.d file shows as follows
> netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/smbd smbd
> netbios-ns dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/nmbd nmbd
>
> Smbclient confirms the server setup is correct as follows:
> Ariel:/home/meyrick # smbclient '\\Ariel\TMP'
> added interface ip=62.190.243.241 bcast=62.190.243.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Password:
> Domain=[FAMILY] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.5]
> smb: \>
>
> Network
> - - - I can successfully ping localhost, my own fully qualified
> host.domain.name (Ariel.Hedge-analytics.co.uk) & IP address (62.190.243.241).
> - - - From the client I can ping the server on IP address (62.190.243.241) but
> CANNOT ping using the fully qualified domain name
> (Ariel.hedge-analytics.co.uk)
>
> I have changed nothing on the client PC since installation of SuSE 8.1, so
> settings on the newly installed SuSE 8.1 probably at fault. Hostname &
> domain name are correctly set in the client PC running Windows 98.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
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>  Meyrick Chapman
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