Whit Blauvelt wrote, On 05/25/2010 06:05 PM: > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 05:47:00PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote: > >> Was this file *copied* from the Redhat 5.4 system(s) or created fresh >> under CentOS? > > If you mean /etc/init.d/smb, it's CentOS's version. The entire difference > between the two, just for the record, is: > > # diff smb /etc/init.d/smb > 10a11 >> echo $PATH > path.txt > 37c38 > < RETVAL=0 > --- >> echo $PATH >> path.txt > 38a40 >> RETVAL=0 > > where "smb" is RH's version and /etc/init.d/smb is Cent's. I can't quite > imagine that a difference between overwriting or appending path.txt is at > the root of what I'm seeing though. > I have not been following this thread closely, but perhaps Robert was pointing at SELINUX and the need to keep the SE permissions intact as you copy/edit the file. i.e. you may need to: A) restorecon /etc/init.d/smb and any other samba files that you have copied/edited. B) look in one of the /var/log/ files for selinux messages when you are starting samba. Good luck. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter