Comment 15 for bug 695256

but the point is that it does not not start automatically like it used to..
I have to call nmbd manually on every startup... there has to be something
preventing it form working.. no?

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jussi Jaurola <email address hidden>wrote:

> Ok! So it's working perfectly. You could also try smbclient -U nathanel
> //localhost/nathanel and see that you can open share. If you are not
> able to open shares from other computers check your firewall settings.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695256
>
> Title:
> samba refuses to show shares
>
> Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: samba
>
> For some reason my samba shares refuse to show up on my network eversince
> the latest maverick updates.
> The testparm command outputs these strings and include my smb.conf
> parameters, which have never failed me so far, until now...
>
>
> Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
> rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
> Processing section "[nathanel]"
> Processing section "[Dropbox]"
> Processing section "[Disk]"
> Processing section "[Backup Disk]"
> Loaded services file OK.
> ERROR: state directory /var/lib/samba does not exist
> ERROR: cache directory /var/cache/samba does not exist
> Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
> Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
>
>
> [global]
> server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
> encrypt passwords = No
> map to guest = Bad User
> obey pam restrictions = Yes
> pam password change = Yes
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
> unix password sync = Yes
> syslog = 0
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> max log size = 1000
> dns proxy = No
> usershare allow guests = Yes
> usershare owner only = No
> panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>
> [nathanel]
> path = /home/nathanel
> read only = No
> guest ok = Yes
>
> [Dropbox]
> path = /home/nathanel/Dropbox
> read only = No
> guest ok = Yes
>
> [Disk]
> path = /media/Disk
> read only = No
> guest ok = Yes
>
> [Backup Disk]
> path = /media/Backup Disk
> read only = No
> guest ok = Yes
>
>
> None of my machines seem to show through samba, what can I do?
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: samba 2:3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu8.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Wed Dec 29 00:07:22 2010
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_CA.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> nautilus 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
> gvfs 1.6.4-0ubuntu1.1
> SambaClientRegression: Yes
> SourcePackage: samba
>
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