Hello Mr. Clayton:
The actual issue here is that the default netmask for CTC devices
is 255.255.255.255, which does not follow protocols as stated in the
various RFC's pertaining to IP addressing and subnet masks.
I wrote a document on fixing this manually (after install) for the
Turbolinux distribution at:
http://www.turbolinux.com/products/s390/howto/ctc_samba.html
I've noted I have some errors in logic in this document, but the fix works
for our distribution and should be very close to what you need to do under
SuSE and/or Red Hat as well. What happens is that nmbd starts and checks
your default interface and it's IP address. It then checks to see if the
netmask in use for the IP address makes sense. If not, it exits and gives
you the generic error message you are seeing. You can see the source code
for Samba to see this reasoning.
You can actually remove the check if you wish from the Samba
source code, and recompile Samba for your platform if you require a netmask
of 255.255.255.255. I did this once when I had too much time on my hands
and it worked fine, but then, of course, your version of Samba would be
unique and likely to break the next time you upgrade it ;-)
I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
- Hervey Allen
Turbolinux
Sales Engineer
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>Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:05:20 -0500
>From: Rod Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: SAMBA and CTC?
>
>I would like to try SAMBA. My Linux-390 host is connected to the network
>through a VCTCA to a VSE host which has a CLAW connection to an RS/6000.
>
>I am using the default config file as suggested in the IBM redbook.
>
>When I try to bring up nmbd -D, it appears to fail and the log file has
>the following message:
>
>[2002/02/17 16:45:01, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:create_subnets(242)
> create_subnets: No local interfaces !
>[2002/02/17 16:45:01, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(831)
> ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.
>
>Does each Linux guest have to own the ethernet card?
>
>If so, then your Linux guests are limited by the number of eithernet cards
>you can give them?
>
>Can I change something to make it work with VCTCA?
>
>Thanks,
>Rod
>
>--
>Rod Clayton KA3BHY
>Systems Programmer
>Howard County Public Schools
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