Hi Tim, ok, then the tdb's seem to be fine. Maybe you could post the /var/log/samba/log.smbd from the try to start smbd? So we see what happened before the panic. And also the smb.conf?
You said the machine was running for 9 month, but it is Samba 3.0.23, so you did an update? Is the failure since the update? Rolf On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Tim wrote: > 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
