Samba Dameon smbd won't start

[Peter]

--- ross <ross.penner at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't, for the life of me, figure out why. I've tried starting it
> from  
> the SWAT configuration tool and directly running the script  
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba.sh. The nmbd always starts but the smbd
> doesn't.  
> The log is only providing me with this message:
> [2006/03/19 15:44:13, 0] smbd/server.c:main(806)
>    smbd version 3.0.20b started.
>    Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2005
> [2006/03/19 15:44:13, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(208)
>    file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 4480 are 
> 
> available.
> 
> 
> My windows XP computer can't connect to my Samba server, nevermind
> any of  
> the shares.
> 
> Any reccomendations as to how I can proceed to deduce the problem?

1. Is the config file in the correct place?

2. Increase the log level.

3. Do you have rc.conf properly set up?  You probably need

samba_enable="YES"

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