From: Samba Release Account Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 23:23:48 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Added check for something already binding to port 139 to TEST 3 X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/samba.git/?p=kai%2Fsamba.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e40bf31788d036b9c9e4fdd88b49546438071b2f Added check for something already binding to port 139 to TEST 3 Dan (This used to be commit 0e21388559aad147ea15c855dec5113a85ad1d4f) --- diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt b/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt index 6681bdc4bcb..ad3eb449314 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt @@ -86,7 +86,13 @@ If you get a "session request failed" then the server refused the connection. If it says "your server software is being unfriendly" then its probably because you have invalid command line parameters to smbd, or a similar fatal problem with the initial startup of smbd. Also -check your config file for syntax errors with "testparm". +check your config file for syntax errors with "testparm". + +Another common cause of these two errors is having something already running +on port 139, such as Samba (ie smbd is running from inetd already) or something +like Digital's Pathworks. Check your inetd.conf file before trying to start +smbd as a daemon, it can avoid a lot of frustration! + TEST 4: -------