Hello, Thanks to Nagler and others who replied:
> >I'm running bo, and I've installed samba. When, from the command line > >I type > > > > smbd -D > > > >and then > > ps -aux | grep smbd > > > >I do not see the smbd running. When I look in /var/log I get > > > > Added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0 > > bind failed on port 139 socket_addr=0 (Address already in use) <snip> I fiddled around with the network and the message about failing to bind went away. Samba seems to work - I can use it as a print server. However, I am puzzled about why don't see a smbd process running when enter ps -aux | grep smbd If smbd is called by nmbd, then do I have to run it in the rc.d scripts as suggensted in documentation. King Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]