cannot start samba, nmbd failed

[alan123]

I install samba 2.0.3-8 on linux machine, when I tried to start samba by typing "/usr/sbin/samba start", it shows:
starting SMB services: [OK]
starting NMB services: [FAILED]

but if I just type "/usr/sbin/smbd -D" and "/usr/sbin/nmbd -D", it doesn't show any error message, of course, it doesn't start samba.

What may cause the problem? how to fix it?

Thanks.

 

[Murugs]

Did you try running "testparm" on the smb.conf and see what is the output.

other suggestion is add your IP and PC Name in the /etc/hosts file and start samba again.

I guess you should not have any problem now.

 

[alan123]

it works, very appreciated.