Starting Samba for Redhat 7.x is normally done from a script /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
BUT You need to create/configure the smb.conf file in /etc/samba/smb.conf or samba will die silently Cheers Richard S On 31 Aug 2002 at 13:57, Bill Evans wrote: > Thanks Matthew > > Sorry to be so dense but I don't understand what you mean by > "Neither samba-client*.rpm nor samba-common*.rpm match -- so you haven't > installed the samba daemon." > > I have now issued the command > rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/samba-2*.rpm > > Did that install the samba daemon ? > > setup ... systemservices now lists smb, and I have selected it > I rebooted > > /usr/bin/samba start returns > No such file or directory > > Bill > > > > > samba-2.0.7-21ssl.i386.rpm > > > samba-client-2.0.7-21ssl.i386.rpm > > > samba-common-2.0.7-21ssl.i386.rpm > > > > > I have issued the commands > > > rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/samba-client*.rpm > > > rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/samba-common*.rpm > > > > Neither samba-client*.rpm nor samba-common*.rpm match > > samba-2.0.7-21ssl.i386.rpm -- so you haven't installed the samba daemon. > > >
