On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 03:14, Shane C Branch wrote: > Whenever I stop the smb server (service smb stop) smbd reports stopping > successfully, but nmbd fails. When I try to get status on nmbd or try to stop > nmbd it tells me there is no such service. > > Also, many times when I try to start samba, the system does not start nmbd on > the first attempt, I have to repeat the command to get nmbd to start. > > What do I need to do to fix this? I want smb started at boot, and if nmbd is > needed for samba to work correctly, then I want it to start|stop|restart as > samba goes. > Could you help us here by telling us what is in the log files for smdb and nmdb at the time of failure? Ed -- http://www.shorewall.net Shorewall, for all your firewall needs