On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:45:15 +0000, Richard wrote: > is there an idiots guide to setting up samba on debian ?
Uf... samba is not idiot-proof :-) > I'm ending up with multiple services on samba and winbindd but smbd not > running. Before going any further with the samba beast, are you sure you need to set it up the server side? What are your goals? > Also which version of samba should I be using. > > 1377 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/samba -D > 1378 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/samba -D > 1379 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/samba -D > 1380 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/samba -D > 1386 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/samba -D > 1388 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/samba -D (...) There are many running instances of samba, I only have 3, but this could have changed since lenny. (...) > this is from samba.log :- > > =============================================================== > [2012/01/16 13:38:34.819332, 0] > smbd/server_exit.c:171(exit_server_common) > Abnormal server exit: open_sockets_smbd() failed (...) > [2012/01/16 13:40:23.908335, 0] lib/util_sock.c:664(open_socket_in) > bind failed on port 445 socket_addr = 127.0.0.1. Error = Address > already in use > [2012/01/16 13:40:23.908838, 0] smbd/server.c:569(smbd_open_one_socket) > smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use > [2012/01/16 13:40:23.908976, 0] lib/util_sock.c:664(open_socket_in) > bind failed on port 139 socket_addr = 127.0.0.1. Error = Address > already in use (...) > [2012/01/16 13:40:23.909262, 0] smbd/server.c:756(open_sockets_smbd) > open_sockets_smbd: No sockets available to bind to. (...) > > > Any ideas please ???? Your samba service is crashing because of the above errors, I'd say related to the network interface you have set. Check your smb.conf variables: interfaces = bind interfaces only = Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jf1l65$odu$1...@dough.gmane.org