[Bug 750786] [NEW] nmbd job fails to start on boot

[Cypher2]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: samba

Samba fails to start on boot to enable remote file access on ubuntu and
windows.

I was able to fix the nmbd startup issue on natty and maverick!

It has to do with the init scrip at /etc/init/nmbd.conf

The start line needs to state start on local-filesystems ONLY!

The loopback ethernet interfaces start too late to satisfy the
chronological dependency for nmbd to load as process...

Thus, /etc/init/nmbd.conf content should be:


description "NetBIOS name server"
author      "Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>"

start on (local-filesystems)
stop on runlevel [!2345]

expect fork
respawn

pre-start script
	mkdir -p /var/run/samba

        [ -f /etc/samba/smb.conf ] || { stop; exit 0; }

	install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/run/samba
	NMBD_DISABLED=`testparm -s --parameter-name='disable netbios' 2>/dev/null`

        [ "x$NMBD_DISABLED" = xYes ] && { stop; exit 0; }

	exit 0
end script

exec nmbd -D

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr  4 17:46:02 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu11.1
 gvfs     1.7.3-0ubuntu2
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity

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Title:
  nmbd job fails to start on boot