UNIX command - turning on "windows sharing"

Does anyone know how to activate windows sharing via UNIX command?

sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/nmbd.plist
sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/smbd.plist
You will also need to configure the firewall to allow windows sharing.

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Hello, I am into my second month of Mac ownership and today I tried to enable Windows Sharing to allow a PC here to map to the Mac and share files.
I enabled the Windows Sharing feature in the System Preferences. Then I tried to map to the mac using the PC (Win XP). The PC sat there for a while (maybe about 30 secs or so) trying to connect, then displayed an error message saying a semaphore timed out (I don't remember it exactly).
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So I looked in the console log and found the following errors:
2006-08-30 18:12:40.119 System Preferences[15066] [NOTE: this exception originated in the server.]
couldn't fork
/sbin/service: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
2006-08-30 18:12:43.336 System Preferences[15066] [NOTE: this exception originated in the server.]
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2006-08-30 18:19:13.214 System Preferences[21611] hardwareCheckThread got an exception name:NSInternalInconsistencyException reason:couldn't fork
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2006-08-30 18:54:23.310 System Preferences[21650] hardwareCheckThread got an exception name:NSInternalInconsistencyException reason:couldn't fork
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I went into the Terminal and tried to get to a command prompt but it just sat there with a blank screen.
So I shut a bunch of apps I had open down only keeping Firefox open and I searched online for issues regarding this error - found information telling me I could kill the smbd processes and up the max proc limit.
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So I just waited it out - eventually I was able to kill the smbd processes. After I did that, I went back into System Preferences and was able to work with the Sharing preferences again (I disabled Windows Sharing).
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- is this problem going to keep happening when I turn on Windows Sharing and a PC tries to map to the Mac?
- do I need to up the process limit if I'm going to turn on Windows Sharing?
- is there a bug/issue I don't know about regarding this and a fix?
- and last but not least, am I doing something wrong?
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Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2004
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bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 0.0.0.0.
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Doing a google search for the error revealed this discussion on Ars Technica, where folks seem to think this problem is caused by installing Xcode 2.3 on an Intel Mac. That would match my situation. Does it match yours?
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/267005829731
Someone there posted a technique for disabling just certain background daemons, rather than disabling Windows Sharing entirely. Personally, I'm more comfortable disabling Windows Sharing than fiddling around at a lower level. I've found that if I disable and then re-enable Windows Sharing, everything is OK until I reboot. That will work fine for me until Apple has a chance to fix Xcode.
I'm going to post a developer bug report about the problem, and suggest you do the same.
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Strange, but I'd start of by verifying Permissions with Disk Utility, and if that didn't work I'd try Trashing...
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/Users/nnnnLibrary/Preferences/com.apple.internetconnect.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
Reboot and set everything up again.
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http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
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applejack AUTO
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Go get Sharepoints at http://www.hornware.com
Install it on mac.
Configure the folders you want to share with wife.
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Apologies if this has been answered, but the Search function is presently turned off in the forums ...
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Great that Applejack helped... can't fix something
else with Volume issues!
Might try trashing...
/Users/nnnn/Library/Preferences/com.apple.internetconn
ect.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.p
list
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.air
port.preferences.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterf
aces.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.networkConfig.plist
Reboot... of course you dont have to trash them, you
can just move them to the desktop to drag back if it
doesn't work.
See if Sharing Panel Works then.
<snipped>
BDAqua-
Moved the preferences files to a desktop folder, rebooted, and found that OS X had "made some changes" for me: First, I had a new user account, using my previous long user name, I was prompted to select a short name & password for the account. I was confused. But since my prior user account had been plagued with problems, I accepted the invitation, took the data I needed from the "dead account," and trashed it. At the same time I chose to upgrade to 10.4.10, using the install I had downloaded from apple.com about two weeks ago.
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If I am correct, and Samba lies at the root of this and my printing problem (i.e., my inability to print to a LaserJet 5P on LPT1: of my Dell/Windows box), nothing we've tried has touched Samba or corrected either issue.
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But since I also still can't print over my network, I STILL need advice. BTW, anyone else can feel free to help!!
Be well, BDAqua!
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