[Samba] Samba and nmbd

daniel.jarboe at custserv.com daniel.jarboe at custserv.com
Tue Feb 25 18:12:45 GMT 2003


> I am new to this so bear with me.
> 
> I'm running Redhat 7.3
> 
> I downloaded Samba 2.2.7a-1 yesterday and installed it. After 
> installing
> it I did the /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop and start but only the smbd
> showed up. Where is the nmbd and how do I get it to 
> stop/start with smbd
> like the examples show?

Are you sure the script isn't also trying to start nmbd?  Nmbd won't
start, for example, if you have contradictory wins settings in your
smb.conf.  Anything interesting in 'cat /var/log/samba/nmbd.log', or
'grep nmbd /var/log/messages' ?  Does testparm give any errors/warnings?

~ Daniel






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