Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:54:32 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: samba config problems Message-ID: <467172C8.4090009@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <340a29540706140951v58c6b039ve04089f9580718a7@mail.gmail.com> References: <340a29540706140802g662c38cepae1b597f18ebc020@mail.gmail.com> <46716143.1020409@cs.okstate.edu> <467161B7.9060806@cs.okstate.edu> <340a29540706140907g2ea31624t29159c514049ed5c@mail.gmail.com> <46716E83.5020904@cs.okstate.edu> <340a29540706140951v58c6b039ve04089f9580718a7@mail.gmail.com>
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Written by Andrew Falanga on 06/14/07 11:51>> > On 6/14/07, Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> wrote: >> >> Don't forget to cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> > > Once again I apologize to the forum. I keep forgetting to do this. > >> The rc script at /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba follows the FreeBSD rcng >> scheme, if the rcvar 'samba_enable' is not set to 'yes', then the script >> will not start or stop the samba process. >> >> Run the script without any commands to see usage. To check the status of >> rcvars that control the script's behavior, run the script with the >> 'rcvar' argument; e.g. >> >> ~/> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba rcvar >> # samba >> $samba_enable=YES >> # nmbd >> $nmbd_enable=YES >> # smbd >> $smbd_enable=YES >> # winbindd >> $winbindd_enable=NO >> >> Note that nothign is stopping you from running smbd and nmbd manually, >> the rc control script simply automates the control of the daemon for you. >> > > Ah, thank you. Very enlightening. I guess I'll have to read through > that section of the Handbook to make sure I understand how all that > works together. I finally did get it working by starting the smbd > "manually." > > Thanks, > Andy Hint: take a look at the rc(8) manpage. There's a good section on the behavior of the /etc/rc.d scripts, which is being adopted by the rc scripts for many ports.
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