After you configure /etc/smb.conf to your installation you can place the following in /etc/inetd.conf to start Samba automatically.
netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/smbd smbd -D netbios-ns dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/nmbd nmbd -D or you could start the services by: cd /usr/sbin ./smbd -D ./nmbd -D of course "/usr/sbin" may not be where your Samba resides. It could be in /usr/local/samba/bin. "Noll, Ralph" wrote: > 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. > > > > -- > > Tzafrir Cohen > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ > >
