Okay, let me see if i can touch on all of your points here. I do not have IFACE=eth0 in the "start on' clause of /etc/init/smb.conf
However, i do have the following line in /etc/samba/smb.conf, and it does not 'just work' as you indicate it should, unfortunately. :( interfaces = eth0 Note that this bug is the same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/374589 essentially. Attached are single startup /var/log/samba/log.smbd, /var/log/samba/log.nmbd, and /etc/samba/smb.conf, as well as a successful startup of smbd after the system is up and running. Note the following in log.smbd: [2011/09/03 01:45:29, 2] lib/interface.c:389(interpret_interface) interpret_interface: Can't find address for eth0 [2011/09/03 01:45:29, 0] lib/interface.c:550(load_interfaces) WARNING: no network interfaces found [2011/09/03 01:45:29, 0] smbd/server.c:1115(main) standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option [2011/09/03 01:45:29, 0] smbd/server.c:616(open_sockets_smbd) open_sockets_smbd: No sockets available to bind to. [2011/09/03 01:45:29, 0] smbd/server.c:837(exit_server_common) =============================================================== [2011/09/03 01:45:29, 0] smbd/server.c:839(exit_server_common) Abnormal server exit: open_sockets_smbd() failed [2011/09/03 01:45:29, 0] smbd/server.c:840(exit_server_common) =============================================================== [2011/09/03 01:45:29, 0] lib/util.c:1584(log_stack_trace) BACKTRACE: 6 stack frames: #0 smbd(log_stack_trace+0x1a) [0x7fd9fbc2695a] #1 smbd(+0x5a9f90) [0x7fd9fbeb5f90] #2 smbd(+0x5aa161) [0x7fd9fbeb6161] #3 smbd(main+0x90d) [0x7fd9fbeb6ebd] #4 /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7fd9f83b3c4d] #5 smbd(+0xc0a49) [0x7fd9fb9cca49] [2011/09/03 01:45:29, 0] lib/fault.c:326(dump_core) dumping core in /var/log/samba/cores/smbd ** Attachment added: "log.smbd showing core dump when it cannot bind to a socket because no ethernet device found" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/836849/+attachment/2347554/+files/log.smbd ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- 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/836849 Title: Samba starts before static IPs set in network manager To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/836849/+subscriptions -- 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
