Failed to open nmb bcast socket on interface 0.255.255.255 for port 137

[Thomas Haggren]

Hi

Today the /var/ partition ran full resulting in a very unstable system.
It turned out that the Samba log file had grown very big.

I removed the log.nmbd file and everything was back to normal.
Before deleting the file I took a copy so I had the possibility to determine the root cause.

The log file is spammed with messages like this:

[2012/04/07 22:11:23, 0] lib/util_sock.c:667(open_socket_in)
bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 0.255.255.255.
Error = Can't assign requested address
[2012/04/07 22:11:23, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:127(make_subnet)
nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
Failed to open nmb bcast socket on interface 0.255.255.255 for port 137. Error was Can't assign requested address
[2012/04/07 22:11:23, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:331(reload_interfaces)
reload_interfaces: No subnets to listen to. Waiting..
[2012/04/07 22:11:23, 0] lib/util_sock.c:667(open_socket_in)
bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 0.255.255.255.
Error = Can't assign requested address
[2012/04/07 22:11:23, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:127(make_subnet)
nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
Failed to open nmb bcast socket on interface 0.255.255.255 for port 137. Error was Can't assign requested address
[2012/04/07 22:11:23, 0] lib/util_sock.c:667(open_socket_in)
bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 0.255.255.255.
Error = Can't assign requested address
[2012/04/07 22:11:23, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:127(make_subnet)
nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
Failed to open nmb bcast socket on interface 0.255.255.255 for port 137. Error was Can't assign requested address
[2012/04/07 22:11:23, 0] lib/util_sock.c:667(open_socket_in)
bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 0.255.255.255.
Error = Can't assign requested address
[2012/04/07 22:11:23, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:127(make_subnet)
nmbd_subnetdb:make_subnet()
Failed to open nmb bcast socket on interface 0.255.255.255 for port 137. Error was Can't assign requested address

Any suggestions on how to fix whatever is not working so the log file will not grow big again?

Thank you :)



System Information

Hostname freenas.local
FreeNAS Build FreeNAS-8.0.4-RELEASE-x64 (10351)
Platform Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
Memory 5964MB
System Time Sun Apr 8 10:38:39 2012
Uptime 10:38AM up 1 day, 12:28, 0 users
Load Average 0.00, 0.02, 0.24
OS Version FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p6

 

[dRuEFFECT]

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