[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#1090974: nmdb.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.

[Michael Tokarev]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:21:12 Dimitri Biesmans 
<dimitribiesmans at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I ran into the same issue on Debian 13.
> After installing samba the laptop would wait for the 1min30sec timeout for the nmbd service.
> The laptop did not have a wired connection. It only had a wireless connection, which obviously wasn't active yet at the time nmbd got started.
> 
> I tried the wordaround you suggested and disabled netbios in the samba.conf file. This solved the issue for me.
> 
> I saw you were waiting for feedback, and figured I'd let you know. 🙂

Thank you very much for the feedback.
I think I'll just switch netbios off by default now.

Thanks,

/mjt