Issue with init.d script failing with _: not found

CaptainMart · 10-22-2020, 05:07 PM

I'm running a SliTaz 4.0 box which was running Samba; one of the PCs on the network is now running Windows 10 meaning I require SMB3 support. I've installed Samba 4.6.14 but when I try to start it from the init.d/samba script, it throws several errors all of the form

Quote:

_: not found

Looking at the original samba init.d script, it didn't use the form

Code:

DESC="$(_ '%s server' Samba)"

but instead used

Code:

DESC="Samba server"

So it is clear why the original script ran OK, but what's causing the updated one to fail; has there been a change to the shell that might cause this?

Fjor · 10-25-2020, 11:44 PM

The construct $(command options...) executes command and substitutes the $() with the text printed by it. The error means that the shell cannot find some command '_' (underline). This '_' command can also be a local function defined before the instruction or in an auxiliary script like /etc/init.d/rc.functions. Does other init scripts have this construct? Could you post the full samba init script?