The Samba 'panic action' script, /usr/share/samba/panic-action, was called for PID 2974 (/usr/sbin/smbd). This means there was a problem with the program, such as a segfault. Below is a backtrace for this process generated with gdb, which shows the state of the program at the time the error occurred. The Samba log files may contain additional information about the problem. If the problem persists, you are encouraged to first install the samba-dbg package, which contains the debugging symbols for the Samba binaries. Then submit the provided information as a bug report to Debian. For information about the procedure for submitting bug reports, please see http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting or the reportbug(1) manual page. [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0xb7f136d0 (LWP 2974)] 0xb7f22410 in ?? () #0 0xb7f22410 in ?? () #1 0x00000001 in ?? () #2 0x00000000 in ?? () The program is running. Quit anyway (and detach it)? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal] -------------------------------------------------------------------- My smb.conf: $ cat /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = %h server dns proxy = no interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d security = shared guest account = nobody invalid users = root load printers = yes printing = cups printcap name = cups ; printer admin = @ntadmin ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m [printers] comment = All Printers browseable = no path = /var/spool/samba printable = yes public = no writable = no create mode = 0700 [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/printers browseable = yes read only = yes guest ok = no [peliculas] comment = Peliculas path = /media/peliculas browseable = yes read only = no guest ok = yes writable = yes [musica] comment = Musica path = /media/musica browseable = yes read only = no guest ok = yes writable = yes [disco] comment = Disco path = /media/disco browseable = yes read only = no guest ok = yes writable = yes -------------------------------------------------------------------- More information: anders@turing:~$ smbclient -L localhost -U% -d3 lp_load_ex: refreshing parameters Initialising global parameters params.c:pm_process() - Processing configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf" Processing section "[global]" interpret_interface: using netmask value 8 from config file on interface lo added interface lo ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 netmask=255.0.0.0 interpret_string_addr_internal: getaddrinfo failed for name eth0 [Nombre o servicio desconocido] interpret_interface: Can't find address for eth0 Client started (version 3.2.3). tdb(unnamed): tdb_open_ex: could not open file /var/run/samba/gencache.tdb: Permiso denegado tdb(unnamed): tdb_open_ex: could not open file /var/run/samba/gencache.tdb: No existe el fichero o el directorio tdb(unnamed): tdb_open_ex: could not open file /var/run/samba/gencache.tdb: Permiso denegado tdb(unnamed): tdb_open_ex: could not open file /var/run/samba/gencache.tdb: No existe el fichero o el directorio resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name localhost<0x20> resolve_wins: Attempting wins lookup for name localhost<0x20> resolve_wins: WINS server resolution selected and no WINS servers listed. resolve_hosts: Attempting host lookup for name localhost<0x20> tdb(unnamed): tdb_open_ex: could not open file /var/run/samba/gencache.tdb: Permiso denegado tdb(unnamed): tdb_open_ex: could not open file /var/run/samba/gencache.tdb: No existe el fichero o el directorio Connecting to 127.0.0.1 at port 445 read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Conexi?n reinicializada por la m?quina remota. Receiving SMB: Server stopped responding protocol negotiation failed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Can anyone help me? Thank you, Andres