Comment 10 for bug 750786

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Chuck Short <email address hidden>wrote:

> Can you attach your /var/log/samba/log.nmbd as well?
>
> Thanks
> chuck
>
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> Title:
> nmbd job fails to start on boot
>
> Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: samba
>
> Samba fails to start on boot to enable remote file access on ubuntu
> and windows.
>
> I was able to fix the nmbd startup issue on natty and maverick!
>
> It has to do with the init scrip at /etc/init/nmbd.conf
>
> The start line needs to state start on local-filesystems ONLY!
>
> The loopback ethernet interfaces start too late to satisfy the
> chronological dependency for nmbd to load as process...
>
> Thus, /etc/init/nmbd.conf content should be:
>
>
> description "NetBIOS name server"
> author "Steve Langasek <email address hidden>"
>
> start on (local-filesystems)
> stop on runlevel [!2345]
>
> expect fork
> respawn
>
> pre-start script
> mkdir -p /var/run/samba
>
> [ -f /etc/samba/smb.conf ] || { stop; exit 0; }
>
> install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/run/samba
> NMBD_DISABLED=`testparm -s --parameter-name='disable netbios'
> 2>/dev/null`
>
> [ "x$NMBD_DISABLED" = xYes ] && { stop; exit 0; }
>
> exit 0
> end script
>
> exec nmbd -D
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Apr 4 17:46:02 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu11.1
> gvfs 1.7.3-0ubuntu2
> SambaClientRegression: Yes
> SourcePackage: samba
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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