I and Abhishek are working in the same lab setup. Here are the answers to U'r Q
$ testparm -s --parameter-name='disable netbios' 2>/dev/null $ echo $? rka...@rka-29-desktop:~$ testparm -s --parameter-name='disable netbios' 2>/dev/null No rka...@rka-29-desktop:~$ echo $? 0 Also, on the machine that fail to start nmbd at boot, does starting up nmbd manually after boot (sudo start nmbd) work with an uncommented prestart script ? Yes. -- nmbd fails to start on boot - problem with upstart https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596064 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs