Have I got Samba installed or not??

OC_eobard · 06-29-2004, 04:33 PM

I'm confused. Kpackage says I have Samba 2.2.8 installed but there is not a smb.conf file in /etc/samba, only a sample one. Am I supposed to manually construct it for myself? I type in SWAT and the console just stops and sits there, like it's waiting for me to input data, it doesn't give a "command not found" error so I'm thinking I've got SWAT which should mean that I have Samba too, but I can't find the stuff to configure it. Is it really as deep as it seems or am I overlooking something obvious. If I do have to set it all up manually I don't have a problem with that, but if I'm beating my head off of the rocks of knowledge unnecessicarily I'd like it if someone would let me know.

DrOzz · 06-29-2004, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Am I supposed to manually construct it for myself?

yes you have to manaually make it yourself.. so you'd type something like :

Code:

 cp smb.conf-sample smb.conf

as of swat type in your browser address bar

Code:

192.168.1.5:901

and of course change the ip address to what yours is .... and that will open Swat for you.

tank728 · 06-29-2004, 04:41 PM

Yes you have samba installed, just not configured. Yes you will have to create /etc/samba/smb.conf. On my client machines, my smb.conf file is as simple as

Code:

WORKGROUP = workgroup

You can create a new file, or just copy smb.conf-sample over to smb.conf and work off of that. To enable swat you have to open the port 901. You need to edit you /etc/inetd.conf. Down at the bottom of the page you will see SWAT, and a short description about it, uncomment the line below that. Now you have to restart inetd. You do that by issuing the command /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart. Now you can log in to SWAT via you browser (http://localhost:901). To do this file editing you need a text editor, a great and easy (we like easy) text editor is pico. Good Luck!

-tank

OC_eobard · 06-29-2004, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tank728
Yes you have samba installed, just not configured. Yes you will have to create /etc/samba/smb.conf. On my client machines, my smb.conf file is as simple as

Code:

WORKGROUP = workgroup

You can create a new file, or just copy smb.conf-sample over to smb.conf and work off of that. To enable swat you have to open the port 901. You need to edit you /etc/inetd.conf. Down at the bottom of the page you will see SWAT, and a short description about it, uncomment the line below that. Now you have to restart inetd. You do that by issuing the command /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart. Now you can log in to SWAT via you browser (http://localhost:901). To do this file editing you need a text editor, a great and easy (we like easy) text editor is pico. Good Luck!

-tank

I followed your steps...

and I've got the SWAT configurer opened. One step closer. Thanks.

wallison · 06-29-2004, 07:00 PM

I'm not trying to sound like RTFM or anything, but I'm setting up Samba too and noticed that there are two books in /usr/share/doc/samba-3.0.4/docs/. One is Samba-3 by Example and the other is Using Samba, 2nd Edition. On Slackware anyway, maybe Mandrake too.

OC_eobard · 06-29-2004, 07:39 PM

I'm not finding it here. Maybe it's because I'm working with 9.1 and, according to your profile info, you're using 10.0.

wallison · 06-29-2004, 07:50 PM

You can also find them at http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/
I'm going through them now. Still not quite configured yet though :^(

OC_eobard · 06-29-2004, 08:04 PM

Got that link already but thanks. Looked around there yesterday, started suffering from information overload. I've been thinking about getting the Samba 3 by example book, how's the layout? Do you think it's a good beginner's choice or can I do better?

wallison · 06-29-2004, 09:03 PM

Not sure about Samba-3 by Example, I've been reading Using Samba, 2nd Edition. It got me up and running with what I needed to do!