hello,
still trying to get my samba up on ppp connection. when i goto start smb the nmb does not start. the log file for the nmb daemon looks like:

[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(794)
Netbios nameserver version 2.2.7a started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2002
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 1] lib/debug.c:debug_message(258)
INFO: Debug class all level = 3 (pid 4141 from pid 4141)
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 3] nmbd/nmbd.c:reload_nmbd_services(292)
services not loaded
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 2] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(832)
Becoming a daemon.
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 3] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(861)
Opening sockets 137
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 3] lib/util_sock.cpen_socket_in(813)
bind succeeded on port 137
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 3] lib/util_sock.cpen_socket_in(813)
bind succeeded on port 138
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 3] nmbd/nmbd.cpen_sockets(550)
open_sockets: Broadcast sockets opened.
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 3] lib/interface.c:add_interface(66)
not adding non-broadcast interface 216.194.56.16
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 0] lib/interface.c:load_interfaces(216)
WARNING: no network interfaces found
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:create_subnets(239)
create_subnets: No local interfaces !
[2004/12/02 11:23:53, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(872)
ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.

my ifconfig is:
ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:444 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:444 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:28132 (27.4 Kb) TX bytes:28132 (27.4 Kb)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:216.194.56.16 P-t-P:216.194.29.62 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4330 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4726 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:3609524 (3.4 Mb) TX bytes:906512 (885.2 Kb)

and my smb.conf is:


[global]
workgroup = carrier
netbios name = samba
encrypt passwords = yes
interfaces = ppp0
log level = 3

[homes]
guest ok = yes
read only = no

[share11]
path = /home/tratman/Downloads
guest ok = yes
read only = no

when i change the subnet mask on the ppp0 interface to 255.255.255.0 the nmb daemon starts but then my dial-up no longer works. i would like to get my linux machine talking to a win 98 machine for the printer share. also i can see my shares locally w/smbclient -L server command. any comments most appreciated...

alan

I had a thought but then nevermind....