Samba Help

e-stan · 10-16-2005, 11:05 AM

I've installed samba, everything works but the problem is that samba doesn't run when I start my computer. Everytime I've to type in my console smbd; nmbd; to run samba.

What can I do that samba runs on startup?

Thx

david_ross · 10-16-2005, 11:08 AM

Welcome to LQ.

What distro are you using?
How did you install samba?

e-stan · 10-16-2005, 11:10 AM

I'm running Slackware 10.1

I've downloaded the source of the official site and I installed it, ./configure -> make -> make install.

Isn't there a command that samba just start on startup?

Thx

david_ross · 10-16-2005, 11:21 AM

If you had installed the offical slack package it would have had a startup script. The official one should work fine with a source install, although may need to update some of the paths. Just save:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.samba
#
# Start/stop/restart the Samba SMB file/print server.
#
# To make Samba start automatically at boot, make this
# file executable:  chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.samba
#

samba_start() {
  if [ -x /usr/sbin/smbd -a -x /usr/sbin/nmbd -a -r /etc/samba/smb.conf ]; then
    echo "Starting Samba..."
    /usr/sbin/smbd -D
    /usr/sbin/nmbd -D
  fi
}

samba_stop() {
  killall smbd nmbd
}

samba_restart() {
  samba_stop
  sleep 2
  samba_start
}

case "$1" in
'start')
  samba_start
  ;;
'stop')
  samba_stop
  ;;
'restart')
  samba_restart
  ;;
*)
  # Default is "start", for backwards compatibility with previous
  # Slackware versions.  This may change to a 'usage' error someday.
  samba_start
esac

As /etc/rc.d/rc.samba and then chmod it 755.

e-stan · 10-16-2005, 11:25 AM

Oké thx, let's try it

amitsharma_26 · 10-17-2005, 12:18 PM

Hi...

m not sure abt slackware..

But for me in RedHat & many other distros

You can run these two commands :

Quote:

#chkconfig smb on
#chkconfig nmb on

Prior to that you also can run

Quote:

#chkconfig smb --list
#chkconfig nmb --list

to cross check that they were OFF in run-level you start you computer.

Next time you gonna restart your computer, SAMBA service & NMB service will be restarted.

Feedback for any other query.