====== 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
192.168.0.2 __SAMBA__<00>
192.168.1.2 __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