[Samba] Help needed

[vyasa_srinivas at freddiemac.com]

Hi,

I have installed the public domain version of samba version 2.2.8a on aix
5.2 and I receive the following error message while attempting to start the
samba server. I am wondering if anyone could help me.  Thanks in advance.

[2003/11/19 11:52:21, 0] smbd/server.c:main(791)
  smbd version 2.2.8a started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2002
[2003/11/19 11:52:21, 0] passdb/secrets.c:secrets_init(44)
  Failed to open /usr/local/private/secrets.tdb
[2003/11/19 11:52:21, 0] smbd/server.c:main(791)
  smbd version 2.2.8a started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2002
[2003/11/19 11:52:21, 0] passdb/secrets.c:secrets_init(44)
  Failed to open /usr/local/private/secrets.tdb
[2003/11/19 11:52:21, 0] passdb/machine_sid.c:pdb_generate_sam_sid(163)
  pdb_generate_sam_sid: Failed to store generated machine SID.
[2003/11/19 11:52:21, 0] smbd/server.c:main(877)
  ERROR: Samba cannot create a SAM SID.
[2003/11/19 11:52:21, 0] passdb/machine_sid.c:pdb_generate_sam_sid(163)
  pdb_generate_sam_sid: Failed to store generated machine SID.
[2003/11/19 11:52:21, 0] smbd/server.c:main(877)
  ERROR: Samba cannot create a SAM SID.

Vyasa Srinivas
Unix System Administration
FreddieMac
703-450-3352