[Samba] Can't start smbd

[Joel Hammer]

This error usually means that samba is being started up by xinetd or inetd.
These deamons watch the ports and prevent other processes from attaching to
them.
You will have to edit the config files for these daemons to make them stop
this behavior.
Joel


 Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 03:58:35AM +0000, lckoepele at juno.com wrote:
> 
> OS = AIX 4.3.3
> Samba 2.2.8a
> smb.conf:
> [global]
>     workgroup = METRAN
> [test]
>     comment = For testing only, please
>     path = /usr/local/samba/tmp
>     read only = no
>     guest ok = yes
> 
> smbd fails to start but did log a pid in smbd.pid. The process is not in the process table. 
> 
> I ran smbd -i to display the messages:
> smbd version 2.2.8a started.
> Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2002
> bind failed on port 139 socket_addr = 0.0.0.0.
> Error = Address already in use
> 
> What can I do to resolve this and have smbd start as a daemon successfully?
> 
> Thank you.
> Lucy Koepele
> 
> 
> 
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