samba - Dec 2002 - Desperate Help Required Getting SAMBA back on line

I am running SAMBA on Red Hat 7.0 and after a bad upgrade my SAMBA server is
dead.  I
ended up re-installing from the source and now my server is not accessible to
our Win9x
clients.  smbstatus show the server running but no one on the network can see
the server.

I am still a bit of a newbie and I am having trouble troubleshooting this.  I
really am in
a jam and I need some help ASAP.

I am not sure where to start.

Thanks,

Dan
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Dan,

First things first, read the troubleshooting chapter:

http://us6.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/Samba24Hc13.pdf

of this Samba book. It should set you on the way to a 
working Samba installation immediately. Good luck,

Troy
>>> "Dan Tappin" <dan.tappin@orourke-eng.com> 12/19/02
03:04PM >>>
I am running SAMBA on Red Hat 7.0 and after a bad upgrade my SAMBA server
is dead.  I
ended up re-installing from the source and now my server is not accessible
to our Win9x
clients.  smbstatus show the server running but no one on the network can
see the server.

I am still a bit of a newbie and I am having trouble troubleshooting this.
 I really am in
a jam and I need some help ASAP.

I am not sure where to start.

Thanks,

Dan

For starters, I would find the file DIAGNOSIS.txt and walk through
it. It is a very good trouble shooting guide. In my source distribution,
it hangs out in /docs/text.

Joel

On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:04:09PM -0700, Dan Tappin
wrote:
> I am running SAMBA on Red Hat 7.0 and after a bad upgrade my SAMBA server
is dead.  I
> ended up re-installing from the source and now my server is not accessible
to our Win9x
> clients.  smbstatus show the server running but no one on the network can
see the server.
> 
> I am still a bit of a newbie and I am having trouble troubleshooting this. 
I really am in
> a jam and I need some help ASAP.
> 
> I am not sure where to start.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan

I am looking at it right now... the problem is that smbd will not even
start.  I have tried re-installing and nothing is working.

I try starting smbd -d from the command line and I get no feed back and
SAMBA does not start.  It is not even logging at all.

I must have really messed things up.

Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org]On
> Behalf Of Joel Hammer
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:11 PM
> To: Dan Tappin; samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Desperate Help Required Getting SAMBA back on line
>
>
> For starters, I would find the file DIAGNOSIS.txt and walk through
> it. It is a very good trouble shooting guide. In my source distribution,
> it hangs out in /docs/text.
>
> Joel
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:04:09PM -0700, Dan Tappin wrote:
> > I am running SAMBA on Red Hat 7.0 and after a bad upgrade my
> SAMBA server is dead.  I
> > ended up re-installing from the source and now my server is not
> accessible to our Win9x
> > clients.  smbstatus show the server running but no one on the
> network can see the server.
> >
> > I am still a bit of a newbie and I am having trouble
> troubleshooting this.  I really am in
> > a jam and I need some help ASAP.
> >
> > I am not sure where to start.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan
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Run

netstat-a | more

and make sure the port smbd wants to use is NOT in use by some other
process. Just something to check.  Also, check syslog for log messages from
smbd.  Ports 137-139 are the ports you're interested in, I believe.

Peace....

Tom




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I am looking at it right now... the problem is that smbd will not even
start.  I have tried re-installing and nothing is working.

I try starting smbd -d from the command line and I get no feed back and
SAMBA does not start.  It is not even logging at all.

I must have really messed things up.

Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org]On
> Behalf Of Joel Hammer
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:11 PM
> To: Dan Tappin; samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Desperate Help Required Getting SAMBA back on line
>
>
> For starters, I would find the file DIAGNOSIS.txt and walk through
> it. It is a very good trouble shooting guide. In my source distribution,
> it hangs out in /docs/text.
>
> Joel
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:04:09PM -0700, Dan Tappin wrote:
> > I am running SAMBA on Red Hat 7.0 and after a bad upgrade my
> SAMBA server is dead.  I
> > ended up re-installing from the source and now my server is not
> accessible to our Win9x
> > clients.  smbstatus show the server running but no one on the
> network can see the server.
> >
> > I am still a bit of a newbie and I am having trouble
> troubleshooting this.  I really am in
> > a jam and I need some help ASAP.
> >
> > I am not sure where to start.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan
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Thank you all for your help and suggestions.  I bit the bullet and called in
a third party to help.  I am back up and running now.

Thanks,

Dan
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> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:48 PM
> To: Dan Tappin
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Desperate Help Required Getting SAMBA back on line
>
>
> Dan,
>
> Call me on (xxx) xxx-xxxx and I will try to help you get back on the road.
>
> - xxxx
> Samba-Team
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Dan Tappin wrote:
>
> > I am running SAMBA on Red Hat 7.0 and after a bad upgrade my
> SAMBA server is dead.  I
> > ended up re-installing from the source and now my server is not
> accessible to our Win9x
> > clients.  smbstatus show the server running but no one on the
> network can see the server.
> >
> > I am still a bit of a newbie and I am having trouble
> troubleshooting this.  I really am in
> > a jam and I need some help ASAP.
> >
> > I am not sure where to start.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan
> >
>
> --
> John H Terpstra
> Email: jht@samba.org