Before you tear everything out, try starting the daemons from the command line and look for errors. smbd -h will show you a few helpful options. Try running smbd -d6 and then tail /etc/var/log/samba/smbd.log for any info. Maybe others instances of smbd and nmbd are already running. Joel
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 03:04:04PM -0400, John Heal wrote: > I just can't find the answer to solve this issue and I thought someone would > know the answer. Finally got SWAT running and configuring a clean smb.conf > file. If I try to start nmbd or smbd, they load for a few seconds and then > quit. > > log.nmb (etc/var/log/samba/) has the following; > [2002/11/02 13:51:07, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(829) > Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host sidekick > > I'm going to start over, but if anyone could send some advise, its > appreciated. > > > Raf > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
