Shane C Branch said: > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 5/14/2003 at 11:08 AM William Hooper wrote: > >>Shane C Branch said: >>> > snip >> >>Because it sounds like it is failing to start. > > Only sometimes. About half the time when I type service smb start, I get > the > [ok] for both smbd and nmbd, however, issuing service smb stop results in > a > [failed] on nmbd 100% of the time OK, more accurately nmbd is starting enough to give you the [OK} then dying. >>An important piece of information that wasn't originally included. > > sorry about that >> >>Have you looked at the "interfaces" parameter in smb.conf? >>http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/smb.conf.5.html#INTERFACES > > Yes, I have. This was one of the first changes I made to smb.conf, since I > knew > I would need the server on both interfaces. That line in smb.conf is as > follows: > interfaces = xxx.xxx.x.x/24 x.xx.xxx.x/20 > > Not that it matters, but the first address is the internal one. I followed > an > example on the web for this line, I think it's right. Sorry, I assumed you were trying to use Samba only on the internal interface. What happens if you comment this line out and let Samba figure it out? BTW - Hiding the IPs just makes it a pain to troubleshoot, for all I know you have 192.168.0.1/24 192.168.0.2/20... -- William Hooper
