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> Hi--
> 
> On Apr 26, 2010, at 4:41 PM, osp@aloha.com wrote:
> > Any suggestions on how to collect more data to help pinpoint the cause of
> > failure would be appreciated. What am I looking for? Perhaps someone
> > already knows how to fix this? All suggestions welcome.
> 
> The obvious starting point would be to examine the Samba logs-- probably
under
/var/log/samba-- and compare the successful and unsuccessful connection
attempts.

Thanks.

I have no such directory. /usr/local/etc/samba contains passwd.tdb and
secrets.tdb. smb.conf is in /usr/local/etc. This is a straight install from
ports. I do recall seeing liog files for smbd and nmbd in the past, but
never on this box. That does seem strange.

Gary Dunn
Open Slate
Project