I just added samba package and I can't locate smbd. In Linux it is usually at /usr/sbin/.

One more thing, if I'm going to recompile a new samba package (3.0.x), will it be the same with Linux = ./configure; make; make install;?

Thanks again for any help!

whereis smbd.
Check /usr/local/bin
Non-FreeBSD system stuff is in /usr/local

Nooooooooooooooooo, you do not ./configure, you use the ports system so you can use the ports upgrade process.
cd to the samba folder you want to install.
# make
You will be presented with a menu selection. Be sure to uncheck LDAP unless you are using it on your system.
# make install clean
Samba 3.0.6 has a different password method and you will have trouble with the older smbpasswd.

Note: You should really read the Handbook before you screw up the ports system by adding apps outside the ports that cannot be upgraded easily.

There's already a port of Samba, like -X- said. The whole point of the BSDs with the ports system is that you should almost never need to download source and go through to compilation steps.

$ man ports

That being said, if you install from ports it should be in /usr/libexec (it's *libexec* something) in OpenBSD.

and remember to review some previous threads about updating your ports tree. Once you get the hang of updating the ports tree and using it properly, you will see how easy and efficient it is.

So I need first to study this section - ports.

I need 3.0.x coz I need NT Domain server. I was frustrated trying this 2.2.7a with RH9, it can't add my XP hosts to the passwd on the fly and can't even make NT Domain works, only good for file sharing.

When I tried Slackware 10 with 3.0.4 of Samba, the same procedure I made with RH9 and Samba 2.2.7, it worked flawlessly, without too much effort.

I switch to 3.0.x coz the Samba 2.2.x README regarding its direction, version 3 will have the full support for NT Domain.

I have done whereis actually before posting this, it can't find smbd. Either in /usr/local/sbin, which also a possible location, smbd is missing. But smb.conf is present in /etc/samba/.

Samba 3.0.6 is ok, it just uses a different password database. I'm not at my FreeBSD box now, so I'm unable to give any more info. If you have problems, just google it, or read the change log.

You shouldn't need to know where smbd is, just start samba in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ and the script will do all the work for you.

Is it the same in Linux - /usr/local/etc/rc.d/smbd -D to run it as daemon?

If I want it started during boot up, will I put this line in /etc/rc.conf.local?

I'm already ok with tdbsam backend, I already made it worked in Slackware. I really just want to make use of 3.0.x and not 2.2.x.

None of my Linux and Slackware was that way. There is a Slackware / rc.samba script that starts smbd and nmbd. The smbd is in /usr/bin not .../rc.d. I don't think any Linux distro put smbd in .../rc.d. .../rc.d just has scripts.

For FreeBSD, put this in /etc/rc.config.
samba_enable="YES"
That will start samba on boot.

I'm not at my FreeBSD box, going by memory....
To start samba w/o rebooting;
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba.sh start
or something like that. If you make changes to smb.conf, you will need to restart the samba.sh script.

That will start the smbd and nmbd deamon. Find the script and read it. Its all setup for you.

edit;
Slackware uses /etc/rc.d/rc.samba
FreeBSD uses /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba.sh

I found it thru find utility. It's in /usr/local/libexec, both the smbd and nmbd daemons. I just created a symlink within /usr/sbin for both and it's now working.

How can I mount remote smb shares, it seems that smbmount is not applicable on BSD.

$ man mount

You can start it automatically by editing /etc/rc.conf.local

That's what will I read after ports.

At the moment, I'm doing it the other way, on my XP machines' My Network Places.

I saw an rc.local in /etc so I added these lines after the last entry:

# Samba startup
if [ -x /usr/sbin/smbd -a /usr/sbin/nmbd -a -s /etc/samba/smb.conf ]; then
echo "Running Samba..."; /usr/sbin/smbd -D; /usr/sbin/nmbd -D
if [ `cat /var/run/smbd.pid` != 0 ]; then
echo "Samba is running..."
fi
fi

I created symbolic links for smbd and nmbd:

# ln -s /usr/local/libexec/smbd /usr/sbin/smbd
# ln -s /usr/local/libexec/nmbd /usr/sbin/nmbd

By default, when samba package is added, the system put the daemons in /usr/local/libexec.

Not sure why you created all that in /etc/rc.local since the samba port sets it up for you. If you installed the samba port correctly, you just needed to do as I said. If you did not install from ports, you may have problems later when you do a portupgrade. But, hey, if you're happy, that's what matters.

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-X-, I think he's talking about OpenBSD, in which case it's not the same as FreeBSD.

ok..., missed that.
Always wanted to look into OpenBSD.
Thanks.