Samba Problem - nmbd doesn't start

[William_in_Kanata]

Kubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 64 Bit
Samba 3.4.7

Trying to get a Samba server to run on this machine, but nmbd doesn't start.
When I do

service nmbd start

I get this in the log

[2011/01/03 11:38:26, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:854(main)
nmbd version 3.4.7 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2009
[2011/01/03 11:38:26, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:206(create_subnets)
create_subnets: No local IPv4 non-loopback interfaces !
[2011/01/03 11:38:26, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:207(create_subnets)
create_subnets: Waiting for an interface to appear ...

and the process hangs.

Doing a

netstat -a | grep nmbd

returns nothing.

smbd starts and runs.

testparms /etc/samba/smb.conf returns no errors, and correctly list the shares that are configured.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

William.

[Snowhog]

Re: Samba Problem - nmbd doesn't start

The samba server has to be started 'by root'.

Take a look at the Maverick Kubuntuguide's Samba server to verify the required actions were taken.

[jeremy1701]

Re: Samba Problem - nmbd doesn't start

Any chance NMBD is already running?

ps aux | grep nmdb