Low priority problem. I have a RedHat Linux 6.2 System with 2.2.16-3 Kernel and Samba 2.0.6-9. It was running fine for some time. Then I decided to change the samba configuration a little bit. I moved the smb.conf file from /etc to /home/samba/smb.conf. then I created a new /etc/smb.conf that had one line in it "config file = /home/samba/smb.conf" I did this because I only back up the /home file system and I wanted to get a back up of the Samba config file. This setup seemed to work at first but after about a half hour of being up samba stops functioning. I copied the smb.conf back to /etc and it works fine. Any ideas why the "config file = " command could be causing this problem?? Any help would be appreciated. Thank You, Keith Muska Clements Manufacturing, L.L.C. mailto:kmuska@clementsmfg.com
Keith Muska wrote:> > Low priority problem. > I have a RedHat Linux 6.2 System with 2.2.16-3 Kernel > and Samba 2.0.6-9. It was running fine for some time. Then > I decided to change the samba configuration a little bit. I > moved the smb.conf file from /etc to /home/samba/smb.conf. > then I created a new /etc/smb.conf that had one line in it > "config file = /home/samba/smb.conf" I did this because I onlyBetter to use a symlink or the -s switch when start smbd/nmbd. Cheers, jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /\ Gerald (Jerry) Carter Professional Services \/ http://www.valinux.com VA Linux Systems gcarter@valinux.com http://www.samba.org SAMBA Team jerry@samba.org http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~cartegw "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home." - Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979 )
hi, no idea why this performance problem occurs, however i see a workaround : copy /etc/smb.conf to /home/samba/smb.conf then create a symbolic link to it : ln -s /home/samba/smb.conf /etc/smb.conf I never place my smb.conf file into /etc, but always put a link. R. Daneel Olivaw The robot Inside ... ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Muska <kmuska@CLEMENTSMFG.COM> To: <samba@samba.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 6:00 PM Subject: "config file =" Problem> Low priority problem. > I have a RedHat Linux 6.2 System with 2.2.16-3 Kernel and Samba 2.0.6-9. > It was running fine for some time. Then I decided to change the samba > configuration a little bit. I moved the smb.conf file from /etc to > /home/samba/smb.conf. then I created a new /etc/smb.conf that had oneline> in it "config file = /home/samba/smb.conf" I did this because I only back > up the /home file system and I wanted to get a back up of the Samba config > file. This setup seemed to work at first but after about a half hour of > being up samba stops functioning. I copied the smb.conf back to /etc and > it works fine. Any ideas why the "config file = " command could becausing> this problem?? Any help would be appreciated. > > Thank You, > > Keith Muska > Clements Manufacturing, L.L.C. > mailto:kmuska@clementsmfg.com > > > >