On 5/20/2010 9:21 AM, Whit Blauvelt wrote: > Hi, > > We've got a fresh CentOS 5.4 box, and the only glitch so far is that > /etc/init.d/smb doesn't start smbd. It claims it does - shows "[ok]" - but > only nmbd ends up running. Even setting a higher debugging level in the smbd > flags, nothing logs or shows on the console as to why smbd is immediatly > quitting. > > To make it stranger, doing this works fine: > > . /etc/init.d/functions > daemon smbd -D > > That's the core of how the /etc/init.d/smb file is set up to start it. > Except from there it's not working - despite the reported "[ok]". > > Anyone seen this, or have advice on how to debug it? > > Thanks, > Whit > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Have you run 'testparm' to verify the samba configuration does not contain any errors that are preventing the smbd daemon from loading? -- Ryan Manikowski ryan at devision.us | 716.771.2282