Networking :: Samba Server

smbd & nmbd need to be exectued as root. You ned to put:

sudo smbd start &

sudo nmbd start &

in your bootlocal.sh or .xinitrc file

bootlocal.sh gets executed with root privileges on system wide startup (so you wont need sudo there)

.xinitrc is on a user basis for X startup, but should be used only for X apps (see .bash* instead)

original here.