This is due to recent changes in OpenBSD's network stack. Setting "nmbd bind explicit broadcast = no" in smb.conf is likely to fix things for a single-homed host but it looks like samba has a problem with this on a multi-homed host.
Please try it and group-reply back to me and ports@ with details of how you get on, thanks. In gmane.os.openbsd.ports, you wrote: > I'm seeing the nmbd daemon throw some errors in the log at startup and > then exit. I'm using the April 21 i386 snapshot, and samba-3.5.8p2 > package without any flavors, from ftp5.usa.openbsd.org. The config is > the default that comes with the package. I started samba with > /etc/rc.d/samba start. > > Here's the /var/log/samba/log.nmbd: > > [2011/04/21 16:55:51, 0] > /usr/obj/i386/samba-3.5.8/samba-3.5.8/source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:857(main) > nmbd version 3.5.8 started. > Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2010 > [2011/04/21 16:55:51.638652, 0] > /usr/obj/i386/samba-3.5.8/samba-3.5.8/source3/lib/util_sock.c:880(open_socket_in) > bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 10.0.0.255. > Error = Can't assign requested address > [2011/04/21 16:55:51.639142, 0] > /usr/obj/i386/samba-3.5.8/samba-3.5.8/source3/nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:118(make_subnet) > nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet() > Failed to open nmb bcast socket on interface 10.0.0.255 for port > 137. Error was Can't assign requested address > [2011/04/21 16:55:51.639470, 0] > /usr/obj/i386/samba-3.5.8/samba-3.5.8/source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:963(main) > ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting. > >
