I'm trying to run 2.0.3 on HPUX 11.0, and thus far have not had any luck. I can run testparm without any error message. I've tested many smb.conf files, some from the examples directories, others from web sites, and many of my own creation, but all give the same set of errors. It's because none of the changes that I make to smb.conf have any impact that I'm starting to think that this is a Samba2.0.3 vs HPUX 11.0 issue - although it's entirely possibly (likely?) that I simply need to include some other config parameter to make this work. My current smb.conf file looks like: [global] max open files = 100 debug level = 8 share modes = yes workgroup = WORKGROUP log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var [SHIP] comment = Aristo shipping system shared files path = /SAMBA/ship writeable = true create mode = 0766 When I log in as root and execute 'smbd -D', two files are created in the '/usr/local/samba/var' directory. The first is an empty file called 'smbd.pid'. The other is 'log.smb'. The contents of this file are: [1999/04/15 12:01:10, 1] smbd/server.c:(614) smbd version 2.0.3 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998 doing parameter share modes = yes doing parameter workgroup = WORKGROUP doing parameter log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m doing parameter lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var [1999/04/15 12:01:10, 2] param/loadparm.c:(2199) Processing section "[SHIP]" doing parameter comment = Aristo shipping system shared files doing parameter path = /SAMBA/ship doing parameter writeable = true doing parameter create mode = 0766 [1999/04/15 12:01:10, 3] param/loadparm.c:(2521) pm_process() returned Yes [1999/04/15 12:01:10, 3] param/loadparm.c:(1495) adding IPC service [1999/04/15 12:01:10, 2] lib/interface.c:(213) Added interface ip=10.10.10.1 bcast=10.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0 [1999/04/15 12:01:10, 3] smbd/server.c:(666) loaded services [1999/04/15 12:01:10, 3] smbd/server.c:(674) Becoming a daemon. [1999/04/15 12:01:10, 0] lib/pidfile.c:(98) ERROR: smbd : fcntl lock of file /usr/local/samba/var/smbd.pid failed. Error was No such file or directory If I execute 'smbd -D' again, then the following is added to 'log.smb': [1999/04/15 12:05:54, 1] smbd/server.c:(614) smbd version 2.0.3 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998 doing parameter share modes = yes doing parameter workgroup = WORKGROUP doing parameter log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m doing parameter lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var [1999/04/15 12:05:54, 2] param/loadparm.c:(2199) Processing section "[SHIP]" doing parameter comment = Aristo shipping system shared files doing parameter path = /SAMBA/ship doing parameter writeable = true doing parameter create mode = 0766 [1999/04/15 12:05:54, 3] param/loadparm.c:(2521) pm_process() returned Yes [1999/04/15 12:05:54, 3] param/loadparm.c:(1495) adding IPC service [1999/04/15 12:05:54, 2] lib/interface.c:(213) Added interface ip=10.10.10.1 bcast=10.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0 [1999/04/15 12:05:54, 3] smbd/server.c:(666) loaded services [1999/04/15 12:05:54, 3] smbd/server.c:(674) Becoming a daemon. [1999/04/15 12:05:54, 0] lib/pidfile.c:(98) ERROR: smbd : fcntl lock of file /usr/local/samba/var/smbd.pid failed. Error was Error 0 The permissions on the directories are as follows: drwxrwxrwx 2 root sys 1024 Apr 14 12:57 bin drwxrwxrwx 3 root sys 1024 Apr 14 15:24 lib drwxrwxrwx 6 root sys 96 Apr 7 13:50 man drwx------ 2 root root 96 Apr 14 09:16 private drwxrwxrwx 5 root sys 96 Apr 7 13:50 swat drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 96 Apr 15 12:05 var /usr/local/samba..# Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get past these errors? Also, if you've loaded ANY version of Samba on HPUX 11.0, then I'd certainly appreciate hearing from you (an email with the Samba version would be great)! This would at least let me know that what I'm trying to achieve is proven and working for someone else. Thanks in advance for any help! Glenn Charlton glenn@mackie.com MIS Manager tel 425 402-6258 Mackie Designs Inc fax 425 487-4337