im having the same issue on ubutnu maverick amd64 testparm returns no error on config and the nmbd daemon refuses to start.. i cannot view shares through nautilus on any of my machines..
I've reconfigured samba, smaba-common and samba-common-bin with no result Here's all my term output for analysis on a reverted default config (which should at least show printers folder): natha...@mercury:~$ lsb_release -a && uname -a && smbd --version && nmbd --version No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 Codename: maverick Linux Mercury 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 02:41:37 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux Version 3.5.4 Version 3.5.4 natha...@mercury:~$ testparm -s Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384) Can't find include file /etc/samba/dhcp.conf Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[print$]" Loaded services file OK. ERROR: state directory /var/lib/samba does not exist ERROR: cache directory /var/cache/samba does not exist Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE [global] server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu) encrypt passwords = No map to guest = Bad User obey pam restrictions = Yes pam password change = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . unix password sync = Yes syslog = 0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 dns proxy = No usershare allow guests = Yes panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 printable = Yes browseable = No [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/printers -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572410 Title: [SRU] nmbd doesn't start because of missing testparm -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs