so how do i start samba.. smbd and nmbd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tzafrir Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:00 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: getting to samba
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:14:22AM -0600, Noll, Ralph wrote:
> > zvmlinx2:~ # smbpasswd
> > New SMB password:
> > Retype new SMB password:
> > Failed to find entry for user root.
> > Failed to modify password entry for user root
> > zvmlinx2:~ # smbpasswd
> > New SMB password:
> > Retype new SMB password:
> > Failed to find entry for user root.
> > Failed to modify password entry for user root
> > zvmlinx2:~ #
> 
> The option '-a' may come in handy.
> 
> This is still not relevant to swat. In fact I believe that it is
> generally a bad idea to allow root to connect throughsamba
> 
> 
> A little advice, if I may: swat is just a nice web interface. That's
> all. Samba is perfectly functional without it. Get the 
> default smb.conf,
> a decent text editor (IIRC both vim and emacs have syntax 
> hilighting for
> this file) the docs, and configure it away. The default file is well
> commented.
> 
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> Tzafrir Cohen
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