At Tue, 25 May 2010 17:26:26 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Following up, that appears to be /var/cache/samba/messages.tdb it can't > intialize. Which sits there with the same permissions on the not-working > CentOS 5.4 systems as on the working Redhat 5.4 systems. Now what could > create a problem for that when started from "/etc/init.d/smb start" but not > from "sh /etc/init.d/smb start" or "smbd -D"? > > All ideas are welcome. I'm seeing with the Google that Samba has long been > fragile about this stuff - but haven't found the fix yet. Was this file *copied* from the Redhat 5.4 system(s) or created fresh under CentOS? > > Whit > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 04:56:30PM -0400, Whit Blauvelt wrote: > > > May 24 15:29:12 xyz smbd[2674]: [2010/05/24 15:29:12, 0] lib/messages.c:message_init(132) > > May 24 15:29:12 xyz smbd[2674]: ERROR: Failed to initialise messages database > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller at deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk