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--- samba:test_nmbd [2019/12/04 19:50] – removed peter
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+====== Samba - Test nmbd ======
+Check that nmbd is running:
+<code bash>
+ps -eaf | grep nmbd
+</code>
+Result:
+<code>
+root       3422      1  0 10:30 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/nmbd -D
+root       5178   4327  0 11:14 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto nmbd
+</code>
+If nmbd does not appear in the list reported by ps, it should be started as root using the normal means (/usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D).
+Samba servers have a special NetBIOS name, **<nowiki>__SAMBA__</nowiki>**, to which they will always respond. By querying the server for this name, we can verify that nmbd is working correctly. The **-U** flag is used to specify the address to which the query should be sent.
+<code bash>
+nmblookup -U 127.0.0.1 __SAMBA__
+</code>
+Result:
+<code>
+querying __SAMBA__ on 127.0.0.1
+.168.0.2 __SAMBA__<00>
+.168.1.2 __SAMBA__<00>
+</code>
+If nmbd is not running, the following error message will be shown:
+<code>
+name_query failed to find name __SAMBA__
+</code>
+This can also be caused by not including the loopback interface name for the interfaces parameter in smb.conf and setting bind interfaces only = yes