Re: Odd failure of smbd to start from init.d - CentOS 5.4

[Ryan Manikowski <jeenam@xxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxxx
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxx | 716.771.2282

_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos