samba - Oct 2005 - Bind failed on Port xxx Socket error

Hi All,
 
When I tried to start the SMBD service it was saying "not found",
thanks
to this forum, I got answer, saying I should type 
./ smbd
 
When I did that, I didn't get any error, it went to anohter line
(:/usr/local/samba/sbin)
 
But I don't why I'm not able to access the directory where my files are
resides.
 
When I typed      "ps -ef | grep smbd"
it shows that the samba service was started yesterday (oct-26)but not
today(oct-27).  I know that the service stop working yesterday !!
 
 
When I go in the log file (cat log.smbd) it tells me this
 
 bind failed on port xxx socket_addr=0.0.0.0 
Error = The socket name is already in use  
 
Can anybody help with this
 
Thanks in advanced
Eddy
 
 
 
 


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> When I tried to start the SMBD service it was saying "not 
> found", thanks
> to this forum, I got answer, saying I should type 
> ./ smbd
I'll admit I didn't see your original message, how were you trying to
start
it? Originally?
  
> When I did that, I didn't get any error, it went to anohter line
> (:/usr/local/samba/sbin)
  
> But I don't why I'm not able to access the directory where my 
> files are
> resides.
  
> When I typed      "ps -ef | grep smbd"
> it shows that the samba service was started yesterday (oct-26)but not
> today(oct-27).  I know that the service stop working yesterday !!
>  
>  
> When I go in the log file (cat log.smbd) it tells me this
>  
>  bind failed on port xxx socket_addr=0.0.0.0 
> Error = The socket name is already in use  
>  
> Can anybody help with this
You are trying to start *another* samba daemon and getting a conflit as you
can only have one instance running on the standard port.  After looking back
on your message, it sounds like you're not stopping the previously running
service before starting another one.  You may either have one running on
boot, or just the one you started last time.

We best back up to the how you're starting it in the first place, or else
you're going to end up in a world of hurt.  To give some insight as to how
you should be directed, could you answer the following questions please?

What is your host OS build?  Linux (+Distro)? Solaris? Other?
How did you install Samba?  Having binaries in /usr/local/* sounds like a
source install, but you don't come off like you would have been compiling
from source.