--- /dev/null
+diff -uNr samba-2.999+3.0.alpha21.orig/source/utils/status.c samba-2.999+3.0.alpha21/source/utils/status.c
+--- samba-2.999+3.0.alpha21.orig/source/utils/status.c 2002-11-26 20:54:22.000000000 -0600
++++ samba-2.999+3.0.alpha21/source/utils/status.c 2002-12-16 23:37:14.000000000 -0600
+@@ -630,6 +630,16 @@
+ if (!shares_only) {
+ int ret;
+
++ tdb = tdb_open_log(lock_path("locking.tdb"), 0, TDB_DEFAULT, O_RDONLY, 0);
++
++ if (!tdb) {
++ d_printf("%s not initialised\n", lock_path("locking.tdb"));
++ d_printf("This is normal if an SMB client has never connected to your server.\n");
++ exit(0);
++ } else {
++ tdb_close(tdb);
++ }
++
+ if (!locking_init(1)) {
+ d_printf("Can't initialise locking module - exiting\n");
+ exit(1);