Hello,

nmbd does not run automatically from an /etc/init.d/samba script, meanwhile
smbd runs well. For debugging I tried 'nmbd -i' by root, that is produced:

Netbios nameserver version 3.0.14a-Debian started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2004
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 192.168.4.1.
Error = Cannot assign requested address
nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
Failed to open nmb socket on interface 192.168.4.1 for port 137. Error was Cannot assign requested address
ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.

Can anyone help? I have alot of problems concerning this. Please.

Just a guess, but do you have an interface that is up and has the IP of 192.168.4.1 assigned to it?

Thank you, fur.

Do you ask whether I have eth0 is up? Yes, of course. But with IP it is more
difficult. IMHO you guess a route? So I can ping that host right. And
192.168.4.1 is definitely a name server. If there could be somthing else,
please ask, I will provide all necessary information.

Hi,

Does messages file says anything about it, and could you please post output of testparm and ifconfig -a command?

I also wonder if it is a firewall problem.
Please post output of: iptables -L -v -n
or turn on logging
iptables -A INPUT -j LOG -m limit --limit 15/hour
iptables -A OUTPUT -j LOG -m limit --limit 15/hour
iptables -A FORWARD -j LOG -m limit --limit 15/hour
And try to turn on SMB and see if there is anything interesting in the logs.

Regards;

OK,

For message does not become too big, I will post only "ifconfig eth0" output.
I am sure it is the interface SAMBA uses and it is activated:
{
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:2E:08:7A:55
inet addr:192.168.4.50 Bcast:192.168.4.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1243539 errors:0 dropped:4998 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:25225 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:88955867 (84.8 MiB) TX bytes:5301209 (5.0 MiB)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x6200
}

Then testparm. Left only header and the [global]:
{
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[share]"
Loaded services file OK.
# Global parameters
[global]
dos charset = 866
unix charset = KOI8-R
display charset = KOI8-R
workgroup = IN
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
interfaces = 192.168.5.1/24, 192.168.4.1/24
security = SHARE
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 10
message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
invalid users = root
}

And iptables:
{
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 235K packets, 19M bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

31 2418 DROP all -- eth0 * 192.168.4.50 0.0.0.0/0


Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination


Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 29456 packets, 5126K bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
}

Hope it helps to concieve this problem. Please, what is wrong?

In addition, smbd works fine and the only message it puts down to the log
concerns the printer (I have no printer. So I have SAMBA in common.

But with names I have great problems. E.g. I cannot see myself with
nmblookup or smbtree. They do not know I am!

Now I notice that nmbd does not run. It writes in the log the messages I posted
at the beginning (the first my message in the thread).

I do not know the matter. Please help.

Hi,

Try to turn off firewall and test Samba.

/etc/init.d/iptables stop

Let us know if it work then. If yes - you need to fix the firewall config.

All the best;

Thank you for the attention, but I have solved this problem already.
I have removed mention of interfaces and specified wins servers.
Now my [general] is