NMB wakes up dead (sometimes)

[teraquad]

I cant seem to put my finger in the problem. but nmb runs ok about 1/2 the time on boot. I have gotten into the habit of restarting with swat every time (because it's easy)

Anu Ideas?

Thanks!

[scott32746]

Hello,
Next time it does not start post any errors/messages from

/var/log/messages
/var/log/samba/cores/nmbd
/var/log/boot.log

[teraquad]

Thanks for the reply!

Here are the log files. I did not include all of the messages file as it was very long, but only the last bit related to nmbd I hope.

(from messages)

May 10 12:12:46 teraquad abrtd: Done checking for unsaved crashes
May 10 12:12:46 teraquad abrtd: Init complete, entering main loop
May 10 12:12:46 teraquad nmbd[1586]: [2010/05/10 12:12:46, 0] nmbd/asyncdns.c:155(start_async_dns)
May 10 12:12:46 teraquad nmbd[1586]: started asyncdns process 1587
May 10 12:12:46 teraquad nmbd[1586]: [2010/05/10 12:12:46, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:693(open_sockets)
May 10 12:12:47 teraquad dhclient[1502]: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
May 10 12:12:48 teraquad dhclient[1502]: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
May 10 12:12:48 teraquad dhclient[1502]: bound to 192.168.1.101 -- renewal in 39802 seconds.
May 10 12:12:48 teraquad NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): DHCPv4 state changed preinit -> reboot
May 10 12:12:48 teraquad NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) scheduled...
May 10 12:12:48 teraquad NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) started...

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(cores/nmbd)

Empty

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(Boot Log)

%G%GWARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.

WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.

Welcome to Fedora

Press 'I' to enter interactive startup.

Starting udev: %G[ OK ]


Setting hostname teraquad: [ OK ]


Setting up Logical Volume Management: 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup" now active

[ OK ]


Checking filesystems

/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root: clean, 327659/75915264 files, 14576732/303646720 blocks

/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root: clean, 327659/75915264 files, 14576732/303646720 blocks

/dev/sda1: clean, 41/51200 files, 59805/204800 blocks

[ OK ]


Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode: [ OK ]


Mounting local filesystems: [ OK ]


Enabling local filesystem quotas: [ OK ]


Enabling /etc/fstab swaps: [ OK ]


Entering non-interactive startup

Applying Intel CPU microcode update: WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.

Starting monitoring for VG VolGroup: 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup" monitored

[ OK ]


iptables: Applying firewall rules: [ OK ]


iptables: Loading additional modules: nf_conntrack_netbios_ns [ OK ]


Checking for module nvidia.ko: [ OK ]


Enabling the nvidia driver: Driver already enabled.

[ OK ]


Starting auditd: [ OK ]


Starting portreserve: [ OK ]


Starting system logger: [ OK ]


Starting irqbalance: [ OK ]


Starting rpcbind: [ OK ]


Starting system message bus: [ OK ]


Starting Avahi daemon... [ OK ]


Starting NFS statd: [ OK ]


Starting RPC idmapd: WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.

WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.

[ OK ]


Starting cups: [ OK ]


Starting acpi daemon: [ OK ]


Starting HAL daemon: [ OK ]


Starting PC/SC smart card daemon (pcscd): [ OK ]


Retrigger failed udev events[ OK ]


Setting network parameters... [ OK ]


Starting NetworkManager daemon: State file /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state parsing failed: (2) Permission denied

[ OK ]


Enabling Bluetooth devices:

Starting sshd: [ OK ]


Starting xinetd: [ OK ]


Starting ntpd: [ OK ]


Starting sendmail: [ OK ]


Starting sm-client: [ OK ]


Starting abrt daemon: [ OK ]


Starting console mouse services: [ OK ]


Starting crond: [ OK ]
[ OK ]


Enabling monthly Smolt checkin: [ OK ]


Starting NMB services: [ OK ]


Starting SMB services: [ OK ]


Starting atd: [ OK ]
[ OK ]

Thanks for the help!

[scott32746]

Check and see if you have set up to start at reboot
# chkconfig --list |grep nmb
then time you do not think it is working try
# service nmd status
# ps -ef |grep nmb

[teraquad]

Thanks for the reply!

As requested i have included the command and results. I am not sure about starting with boot? the services menu reports a green light and a message "this service is dead" this is immediately after booting. From that point all i have to do is hit restart and it works normally.

[root@teraquad Desktop]# service nmb status
nmbd (pid 3868) is running...
[root@teraquad Desktop]# ps -ef |grep nmb
root 3868 1 0 13:05 ? 00:00:00 nmbd -D
root 3869 3868 0 13:05 ? 00:00:00 nmbd -D
root 5463 5409 0 13:52 pts/1 00:00:00 grep nmb
[root@teraquad Desktop]#

[root@teraquad Desktop]# chkconfig --list |grep nmb
nmb 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@teraquad Desktop]#

The service was restarted before these commands were issued.

Thanks!

[scott32746]

Then next time you see it is not working try the two commands before starting it
# service ndm status
# ps -ef |grep -i ndm

You may be getting a false reading

What are you using to monitor ndm ?

[teraquad]

I rebooted 4 times and here are the results when it failed to start.
Thanks!

[root@teraquad Desktop]# chkconfig --list |grep nmb
nmb 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@teraquad Desktop]# ps -ef |grep nmb
root 3411 3390 0 14:16 pts/0 00:00:00 grep nmb
[root@teraquad Desktop]# service nmb status
nmbd dead but pid file exists
[root@teraquad Desktop]# ps -ef |grep -i ndm
smmsp 1716 1 0 14:10 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
root 1718 1 0 14:10 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: accepting connections
root 3479 3390 0 14:19 pts/0 00:00:00 grep -i ndm
[root@teraquad Desktop]#

Thanks!

[scott32746]

I think it is not removing your old pid

when it is dead look at /var/lock/subsys/nmb
if it is not running this file should not be there.

[beaker_]

Also check your network setup, I thought I saw NM in their.

chkconfig --list|grep network

Network manager might not bring you nic up before samba starts which kills nmb. You'll see the evidence in /var/log/samba if I'm right.

[scott32746]

Good see
I agree with beaker ,,, NMB is trying to start before Network starts
try to change boot order

# chkconfig --level 24 nmb off

[beaker_]

Umm I wouldn't change the boot order before you're ready to drop the gloves. At the terminal;

su
chkconfig network on
system-config-network

Check 'activate on startup, check or uncheck 'controlled by NM' and rattle off your ip settings if not already present. Unless its headless, I normally leave 'controlled by NM' checked because other apps (firefox) rely on NM to determine online vs offline state.

[teraquad]

An empty file was in /var/lock/subsys/nmb but there was a file.

[root@teraquad Desktop]# chkconfig --list|grep network
network 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
[root@teraquad Desktop]#

[root@teraquad Desktop]# chkconfig --level 24 nmb off
[root@teraquad Desktop]#

As far as boot order is concerned i have no clue how to change it. I have little more than a week's experience with linux.

Thanks!

[scott32746]

But you should not run NetManger and network at the same time.
If you start up network then you should turn off NM

[beaker_]

Na, that's just misinformation. Yes NM is tobe your one stop shop but its not their, yet anyway.

Reboot and it'll start correctly.

[teraquad]

I rebooted about 6 times with (controled by network) unchecked. No error with nmb. Firefox took a hit though. I will boot a few times with it checked to see if the problem comes back.