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benoitmabille1
Dec 19, 2015Tutor
Ultra 6 plus - SMB not advertised anymore
Hello, ULTRA6 PLUS 6x3TB Xraid2 OS 4.2.28 36% capacity used Suddenly the SMB shares are no more showing on the windows clients - not related to 4.2.28 upgrade. Shares are still accessible...
- Dec 26, 2015Resolved !
1) in /etc/var/log/samba/log.nmbd
nmbd version 3.6.25 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
invalid permissions on socket directory /var/nmbd :manfrustrated:
ERROR: nb_packet_server_create failed: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
2) Change the permissionto 755 (it already was but probably a 'glitch' happened)
3) Restart nmbd
NAS:/etc/samba# nmbd -i
nmbd version 3.6.25 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
YES ! Thank you Google and a few hours of time...:womanlol:
benoitmabille1
Dec 21, 2015Tutor
There is an error message in the log hat an error occurs when starting the CIFS service !
I would feel more reassuring to attempt this troubleshooting first :-) Any idea where a detailed log would be ?
Tx
benoitmabille1
Dec 26, 2015Tutor
Resolved ! 
1) in /etc/var/log/samba/log.nmbd
nmbd version 3.6.25 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
invalid permissions on socket directory /var/nmbd :manfrustrated:
ERROR: nb_packet_server_create failed: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
2) Change the permissionto 755 (it already was but probably a 'glitch' happened)
3) Restart nmbd
NAS:/etc/samba# nmbd -i
nmbd version 3.6.25 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
YES ! Thank you Google and a few hours of time...:womanlol:

1) in /etc/var/log/samba/log.nmbd
nmbd version 3.6.25 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
invalid permissions on socket directory /var/nmbd :manfrustrated:
ERROR: nb_packet_server_create failed: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
2) Change the permissionto 755 (it already was but probably a 'glitch' happened)
3) Restart nmbd
NAS:/etc/samba# nmbd -i
nmbd version 3.6.25 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
YES ! Thank you Google and a few hours of time...:womanlol:
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