I am running OpenBSD 3.0 and previously installed Samba version 2.2.1a only to find there was a newer version. I proceeded to download version 2.2.3a source code and have compiled and installed that. To start samba I then type: # /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D # /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D followed by: # smbstatus which returns the following: Samba version 2.2.1a Service uid gid pid machine ---------------------------------------------- Failed to open byte range locking database ERROR: Failed to initialise locking database Can't initialise locking module - exiting