Problems setting up samba folllowing the howto.

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02-25-2006
redbeard

Problems setting up samba folllowing the howto.

I'm up to chapter 1.3 on the Fileserver with Samba and Printserver with CUPS Howto (I really like this document, by the way. I am probably just doing something wrong here). At this point, I'm running into results that don't look like what I was expecting from the howto. Here is what I'm getting:

When I run testparam, I get the following results:

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linux:/home/samba # whoami
root
linux:/home/samba # testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[public]"
Processing section "[printers]"
WARNING: The "printer admin" option is deprecated
Processing section "[HPPSC750]"
WARNING: The "printer admin" option is deprecated
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
workgroup = TUX-NET
netbios name = AMD_FILESERVER
server string = Samba Server
interfaces = lo, eth0
bind interfaces only = Yes
hosts equiv = /etc/hosts
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
hostname lookups = Yes
printcap name = cups
wins support = Yes
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0, localhost
hosts deny = All

[public]
comment = Shared folders
path = /home/samba/public
read only = No
create mask = 0766

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
printer admin = root
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[HPPSC750]
comment = HP PSC 750
path = /var/spool/samba
printer admin = root
printable = Yes
linux:/home/samba #

My main question here is, do I need to worry about the two warnings that the printer admin option is deprecated, or does the line "Loaded services file OK." mean everythign is really fine?

Next, I used the two commands to see if the samba service is running:

Quote:

linux:/home/samba # ps -e | grep smbd
linux:/home/samba # ps -e | grep nmbd
linux:/home/samba #

I would have expected some sort of response to these two lines. Or does this indicate everything is fine?

Next, I ran the code to start samba:

Quote:

linux:/home/samba # /etc/init.d/samba start
bash: /etc/init.d/samba: No such file or directory
linux:/home/samba #

I double checked YAST (running opensuse 10.0) and it shows I have samba version 3.0.20-4 installed of samba (samba server in the description), and 3.0.20-4 version of samba-client installed. When I looked in the /etc/init.d folder, the closest files were "smb" and "smbfs". Guessing that maybe smb is the same on my machine as samba, I did the following:

Quote:

linux:/etc/init.d # /etc/init.d/smb start
Starting Samba SMB daemon done
linux:/etc/init.d #

This makes me think smb is the same as samba on my setup. Is this correct?
02-26-2006
AlexK

If it says the printer admin is depreciated, then it basicially will ignore it. However, I don't see this when I run testparm on my server (I forgot which version I am using, it is the latest version available in Gentoo's portage).

Now in your case, try doing

Code:

ps -e | grep 'smb'

And yes, smb is samba on your system.
02-26-2006
redbeard

Thanks so much for both your tutorial and the help in your post! I've been trying to understand how to get samba running for over a year now. I feel like I'm close, but just missing some fine detail.

I ran the code you suggested, but still nothing happens. Is that what is expected? I tried it both with and without single quotes around smb. Here is what it looked like. I included the whoami so there would be clear how I was logged in when I ran the command, in case that makes a difference:

Quote:

linux:/etc/init.d # whoami
root
linux:/etc/init.d # ps -e | grep 'smb'
linux:/etc/init.d # ps -e | grep smb
linux:/etc/init.d #

Edit: I tried again, this time starting smb first. Here is what I got this time:

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linux:/home/redbeard # /etc/init.d/smb start
Starting Samba SMB daemon done
linux:/home/redbeard # ps -e | grep 'smb'
6820 ? 00:00:00 smbd
6821 ? 00:00:00 smbd
linux:/home/redbeard #
02-27-2006
AlexK

the 2nd entry is what should be returned when you execute the ps command.

Now, does a windows computer see the shares? Is there any other problem?
02-27-2006
redbeard

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexK

the 2nd entry is what should be returned when you execute the ps command.

Now, does a windows computer see the shares? Is there any other problem?

I wasn't able to get it working from my windows machine over the weekend, but I'm guessing it was something in how I had Windows set up. I'm having hardware problems with that box now (getting too hot, needs a fan) so I can't do any more testing on the client side at the moment. I ordered a new part last night so it should be here in time to work on samba again over the weekend. I'll post back here with what I find as soon as I get the client box up and running.