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07-15-2005 #1
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Samba server meltdown!!
My company had a consultant come in to setup a Samba server on our Lionus machine [running RedHat 8]. The other day the Samba server suddenly stopped working. That is, I could no longer access the shared folder on the Linux computer from any Windows machine in the company. I had been emailing the consultant for help on this, but he has stopped corresponding with me. However, he did tell me to try restarting the Samba server, and I did that to no avail. I also ran "ps -ef|grep mb" and it said the following (which the consultant said meant Samba was indeed running):
root 923 1 0 Jul13 ? 00:00:00 smbd -D
root 927 1 0 Jul13 ? 00:00:00 nmbd -D
mkc 2974 2671 0 15:26 pts/3 00:00:00 grep mb
He told me to check the Samba log file, and I did so. The last line said "waiting for a connection," which struck me as odd...none of the regular Samba log files said that. Here are the last few lines from the smbd.log file:
[2005/07/13 10:38:11, 3] smbd/server.c:main(747)
loaded services
[2005/07/13 10:38:11, 3] smbd/server.c:main(762)
Becoming a daemon.
[2005/07/13 10:38:11, 3] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(813)
bind succeeded on port 139
[2005/07/13 10:38:11, 2] smbd/server.c:open_sockets(215)
waiting for a connection
So...I'm stuck. I haven't done anything strange to the Linux computer, other than start using Putty to SSH into it from a remote location in the plant. I rebooted the workstation from this remote location just to try it out, and that seems to be when the trouble started.
Anyone have any ideas?
Matt
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07-17-2005 #2
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what does it say in your log file? can you ping the server from your workstation? try this from your workstation (a windows machine, i assume)
start -> run -> \\samba_server's_nbtname (or \\sam.ba's.ip.address)
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07-18-2005 #3
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Nothing happens when I try to run the IP address...I get the same "network path was not found" time-out error. I think I have successfully pinged the Samba server workstation through an SSH client using "ping <IP.add.ress.>." And the Samab server is definitely running. The end of the Samba log file says "waiting for a connection"....that's the snippet I inserted in my original post.
M.
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07-24-2005 #4
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Originally Posted by mmf144
Did I say "firesmall"??I meant "firewall".