Martin Oldfield wrote:

The problem stems from the machine running out of memory, so it's probably unrelated to nmbd. I'd look at the time you saw the error, and then look for cron jobs running just before that time. Groan. Thanks Martin, I had set a cron job for * 21 * * *. Stupid thing to do, but even more stupid as it is the 2nd time I've done that. Some people *never* learn....... ;-) Jenny.