Hi again - after quite some time I came back to this post.
In fact the problem has not occured for months now - but there must be some reasons why it has occured in the past.
The samba package I'm runing is: samba_2.2.8_nachoman77
About the starting method I'm not sure.
At least there is a start script existing /pkg/rc/rc_samba
But how can I figure out wheter that is working or the other mentioned method inetd ?
By the way - the start section in the rc_samba script is identical to the one dingetje has posted below.
Tia
Spook