samba help

triley · 11-02-2005, 09:36 AM

Hi All,

I recently installed the latest version of samba on a system running Redhat 9. After installation, I ran 'testparm /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf' and the following errors were returned.

ERROR: lock directory /var/cache/samba does not exist
ERROR: pid directory /var/run/samba does not exist.

Any ideas? Thanks.

triley · 11-02-2005, 09:42 AM

Below is my smb.conf file. It's simple, but should work.

global]
guest account = testuser
encrypt passwords = yes
security = share
wins support = yes
workgroup = workgroup

[public]
path = /home/public
read only = no
writable = yes
guest ok = yes

amitsharma_26 · 12-16-2005, 11:20 AM

In global meta-service

add

Quote:

lock directory = /var/run/samba/locks
pid directory = /var/run

or whatever directory you want. Basically samba needs some directory to place lock files & pids. So you should create those or any directories & then refrence them in your smb.conf as mentioned above.

Thats it.

..amit..