accidentally deleted /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb!!
 

I accidentally, ok I didn't know what I was doing, deleted
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb. Is there any way to get this back without reinstalling RedHat 8?

Also, what I was trying to accomplish was to make Samba look for my smb.conf file in /usr/local/bin/samba/lib/smb.conf how would I make it do that?

I am a newbie by far it seems...

>I accidentally, ok I didn't know what I was doing, deleted
>/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb. Is there any way to get this back
>without reinstalling RedHat 8?

try reinstalling the smb.prm package (man rpm)


>Also, what I was trying to accomplish was to make Samba
>look for my smb.conf file in /usr/local/bin/samba/lib/smb.conf >how would I make it do that?

you can:
-) recompile samba with changed path (probably a but complicated if you're new to linux),
-) set a symbolic link to the new location of your config file (man ln)
-) modify "/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb" and use the "-s <configuration file> parameter (man smbd + man nmbd)
-) live with the default (my choice :-)

hope it helps

I figured it out. I had to reinstall the rpm off the RH8 cd. with rpm -U --oldpackage samba...... There were four one for common files, client, swat, and just samba.

It added the smb file back to /etc/rc.d/init.d

Then I simply added a link to the /etc/smb.conf file from /etc/samba/smb.conf

How would I know for sure which location samba is looking for the smb.conf file in?

Thanks for the help, now the JAVA problem....