On 5/20/2010 12:39 PM, Whit Blauvelt wrote:
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:58:07AM -0400, Ryan Manikowski wrote:
>
>> Make sure nmbd is started first: nmbd -D
>
> You know, that's not the order the init.d/smb file has it in:
>
> start() {
> KIND="SMB"
> echo -n $"Starting $KIND services: "
> daemon smbd $SMBDOPTIONS
> RETVAL=$?
> echo
> KIND="NMB"
> echo -n $"Starting $KIND services: "
> daemon nmbd $NMBDOPTIONS
> RETVAL2=$?
> echo
> [ $RETVAL -eq 0 -a $RETVAL2 -eq 0 ]&& touch /var/lock/subsys/smb ||
> \
> RETVAL=1
> return $RETVAL
> }
>
> If that needs to be the other way around - which it certainly ends up being
> when I'm starting smbd by hand - then someone we got a file with the wrong
> order specified in it. I'll test that later - other staff's back on the
> mounted stuff now.
>
That looks like the stock init file - but it might be a good idea to run
'rpm -V samba' to see if everything is standard. Running the init
script with 'sh -x' might give you a hint about what it is doing - or
you'll have to figure out a way to strace the startup with output still
connected to the console or dumped to a file.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com