On Friday 15 September 2006 07:42, you wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > Here the contents of /var/lib/samba > > > > Titan:/var/lib/samba# ls > > account_policy.tdb ntforms.tdb perfmon secrets.tdb > > group_mapping.tdb ntprinters.tdb printers share_info.tdb > > ntdrivers.tdb passdb.tdb registry.tdb > > Yep. > > tdbbackup -v group_mapping.tdb > > gives here: > > group_mapping.tdb : 16 records > > > and /var/run/samba > > > > Titan:/var/run/samba# ls > > lang_en.tdb messages.tdb nmbd.pid perfmon unexpected.tdb > > is the nmbd still running? But the smbd is not? If you use > > ps aux | grep nmbd
> is there a process? Otherwise you might have a stale pid, then you can just > delete the pid file and start the services again. Titan:/var/lib/samba# ps aux | grep nmbd root 4792 0.0 0.1 5872 1380 ? Ss Sep13 0:01 /usr/sbin/nmbd -D root 23882 0.0 0.0 1952 608 pts/1 R+ 20:50 0:00 grep nmbd I killed the nmbd process off and tried restarting both, nmbd started and smbd failed > > > I assume when you typed NAME I should of used one of the .tdb files, but > > which one??? > > Try first passwd.tdb Titan:/var/lib/samba# tdbbackup -v group_mapping.tdb group_mapping.tdb : 13 records Titan:/var/lib/samba# tdbbackup -v passdb.tdb passdb.tdb : 51 records Titan:/var/lib/samba# tdbbackup -v ntdrivers.tdb ntdrivers.tdb : 1 records Titan:/var/lib/samba# tdbbackup -v ntprinters.tdb ntprinters.tdb : 4 records Titan:/var/lib/samba# tdbbackup -v registry.tdb registry.tdb : 48 records Titan:/var/lib/samba# tdbbackup -v share_info.tdb share_info.tdb : 1 records Titan:/var/lib/samba# tdbbackup -v ntforms.tdb ntforms.tdb : 0 records Titan:/var/lib/samba# tdbbackup -v secrets.tdb secrets.tdb : 1 records Still no Samba Tim ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos is now offering a quality print service from just 7p a photo. http://uk.photos.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba