Michael Vanecek wrote: > Samba suddenly quit working for some reason. Oddly enough, when I > activate /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart, it returns an [OK] but when I run > /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb status it returns "smbd stopped" (nmbd is still > running fine). Attached is an excerpt from the log.smb file. I loaded > VMWare a week ago, but up until yesterday samba has been working fine. > What could have suddenly taken over port 139 and socket-address 0.0.0.0 > and how do I rectify the problem? > > RH6.2 > Samba 2.0.7-4 > VMWare 2.01 I believe VMware has it's own "samba" built in if you installed with host networking, verses bridged networking. I believe I read that somewhere in the install script or in the docs. Check it out. You can verify this by starting vmware and checking your configuration. It will say Bridged or Host networking. > > > Mike > > PS - is it me, or is anyone else having a problem with Netscape freezing > up until initially until the router connects to the internet? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [2000/07/20 03:50:47, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641) > smbd version 2.0.7 started. > Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998 > [2000/07/20 03:50:47, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(216) > file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are available. > [2000/07/20 03:50:47, 0] smbd/server.c:main(707) > standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option > [2000/07/20 03:50:47, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(863) > bind failed on port 139 socket_addr=0.0.0.0 (Address already in use) -- - ============================ Tim M. Sanders MontaVista Software 2141 E. Broadway Rd,. Suite 108 Tempe, AZ 85282 http://www.mvista.com tsanders@mvista.com (480) 517-5032 (office) (480) 221-3472 (cell)