Samba Problems

chamkila · 11-02-2001, 01:05 PM

I am setting up a samba server the problem that I have is that when I restart the smb service I get a message saying

shutting down SMB services Failed
shutting down NMB services Failed

Also when I look at the Samba Status I get a message saying

smbd is stopped
nmbd is stopped

I also try starting and stoping the service and I get the same problem.

Could some one please tell me what I am doing wrong

Thanks alot

Chamkila

te_conway · 11-02-2001, 01:36 PM

Are you starting and stopping as root?

acid_kewpie · 11-02-2001, 01:45 PM

what is the output of

cat /var/log/messages/samba/smb.log

chamkila · 11-02-2001, 06:11 PM

I log in as root.

also I have had a look at the log file and the information that I found is not very useful.

How will I start these service?

Thanks

Chamkila

acid_kewpie · 11-02-2001, 06:32 PM

not very useful? well whatevers in there should specifically say why the services won't work....

to manually start it...

/etc/init.d/smb start

chamkila · 11-03-2001, 08:56 AM

I fixed the problem by

go into SETUP then going to system services then find smb and start it by hitting the space bar.

I also tryed ./smb start and it did not work, not sure about that.

Hopeful this should help some one else.

Chamkila

acid_kewpie · 11-03-2001, 11:17 AM

./smb would only work if you're in /etc/init.d already... ./means your current directory.

ok so there wasn't an entry in rc[3/5].d fair enough

tcby · 11-04-2001, 06:08 AM

is this the problem of your smb.conf file, try testparms to check

chamkila · 11-04-2001, 06:51 AM

I wrote a new smb.conf file and run testparm and every thing is working all the service are running fine.

And my Samba server is talk with my Win2k server.

Thanks to every one for there help.

Chamkila