Re: [PLUG] Samba/DNS question

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

Arthur S. Alexion wrote:

> Working from this point of inquiry, I have diagnosed my problem.  The 
> reason I can't browse the Linux machine from the windows machine is 
> that nmbd refuses to load.  I can't get it to load from swat and I 
> can't get it to load from xterm.  It appears on boot that it is set to 
> load and fails.  No error messages.
>
> Any ideas how I can detect the reason it refuses to load.
>
> more info: when I load from the command line, it appears that the load 
> was successful, but then, when I check, it is not loaded.

Now that makes complete sense.  You NetBIOS name resolver will not load 
so Samba can't resolve names.  Have you checked /var/log/messages for 
clues?  Also, have you confirmed that smbd is actually starting sucessfully?
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