Hi, I've installed a samba 3.0.10 (configured with --enable-cups, --withsmbmount, --with-acl-support) on a standard SUSE Linux 9.2-Distribution with Kernel 2.6.8-24.10-smp. The Samba-Server works as PDC since a month now and does it fine. But one big problem still exists: After about 10-20 hours after the start of smb+nmb the nmbd stops working. The symtoms are: No new users can login into the NT-Domain but users who already logged in can still access the shares Swat shows that the nmbd is not running (smbd and winbindd are still running) But the process-list from linux still shows that several "/usr/local/samba/sbin/nmbd -D" are still runnung After killing the nmbd and restarting the nmbd everything runs fine again - for about 10-20 hours... Any help would be appreciated. (If it helps I could post the smb.conf too) Thanks, Tom Here is a example from the log.nmbd-file of that time from start until crash and the next start: [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(668) Netbios nameserver version 3.0.10 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2004 [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/asyncdns.c:start_async_dns(149) started asyncdns process 5922 [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c:add_logon_names(163) add_domain_logon_names: Attempting to become logon server for workgroup VAO on subnet 172.255.17.1 [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c:add_logon_names(163) add_domain_logon_names: Attempting to become logon server for workgroup VAO on subnet 172.17.17.1 [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c:add_logon_names(163) add_domain_logon_names: Attempting to become logon server for workgroup VAO on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_browser_wins(327) become_domain_master_browser_wins: Attempting to become domain master browser on workgroup VAO, subnet UNICAST_SUBNET. [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_browser_wins(341) become_domain_master_browser_wins: querying WINS server from IP 172.17.17.1 for domain master browser name VAO<1b> on workg roup VAO [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c:become_logon_server_success(124) become_logon_server_success: Samba is now a logon server for workgroup VAO on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_stage2(113) ***** Samba server SERVER is now a domain master browser for workgroup VAO on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET ***** [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_browser_bcast(282) become_domain_master_browser_bcast: Attempting to become domain master browser on workgroup VAO on subnet 172.255.17.1 [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_browser_bcast(295) become_domain_master_browser_bcast: querying subnet 172.255.17.1 for domain master browser on workgroup VAO [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_browser_bcast(282) become_domain_master_browser_bcast: Attempting to become domain master browser on workgroup VAO on subnet 172.17.17.1 [2005/01/21 18:19:43, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_browser_bcast(295) become_domain_master_browser_bcast: querying subnet 172.17.17.1 for domain master browser on workgroup VAO [2005/01/21 18:19:48, 0] nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c:become_logon_server_success(124) become_logon_server_success: Samba is now a logon server for workgroup VAO on subnet 172.255.17.1 [2005/01/21 18:19:48, 0] nmbd/nmbd_logonnames.c:become_logon_server_success(124) become_logon_server_success: Samba is now a logon server for workgroup VAO on subnet 172.17.17.1 [2005/01/21 18:19:52, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_stage2(113) ***** Samba server SERVER is now a domain master browser for workgroup VAO on subnet 172.255.17.1 ***** [2005/01/21 18:19:52, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_dmb.c:become_domain_master_stage2(113) ***** Samba server SERVER is now a domain master browser for workgroup VAO on subnet 172.17.17.1 ***** [2005/01/21 18:20:06, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:become_local_master_stage2(396) ***** Samba name server SERVER is now a local master browser for workgroup VAO on subnet 172.255.17.1 ***** [2005/01/21 18:20:06, 0] nmbd/nmbd_become_lmb.c:become_local_master_stage2(396) ***** Samba name server SERVER is now a local master browser for workgroup VAO on subnet 172.17.17.1 ***** {sometime between 18:20 and 08:03 the nmbd stoped his work but there where no further logfile entries until the manual restart of the nmbd} [2005/01/25 08:03:57, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(668) Netbios nameserver version 3.0.10 started.