samba - Aug 2002 - Unable to open configuration file "/etc/smb.conf"

Interesting problem - can't figure out what's going on.

I'm using Red Hat 7.0 in conjunction with smbd version 2.2.5

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I'm using Red Hat 7.0 in conjunction with samba version 2.2.5

When I try to run '#: testparm /etc/smbd.conf', i get the following
output:

[root][~/install/tars]: testparm
Load smb config files from /usr/lib/smb.conf
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
"/usr/lib/smb.conf":
        Success
Error loading services.

. . . 

[root][/etc]: ls -all | grep smb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         9643 Aug  6 02:59 smb.conf

and the contents of smb.conf are : 

   workgroup = WORKGRP
   server string = SerVer
   hosts allow = 10.0.0. 0.
   load printers = yes
   printcap name = /etc/printcap
   printing = lprng
   max log size = 500
   security = user
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY
  interfaces = 10.0.0.0/8
   local master = yes
   os level = 33
   domain master = yes
   preferred master = yes
   domain logons = yes
   dns proxy = no

[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes

[printers]
   comment = Network Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
   guest ok = no
   writable = no
   printable = yes

[myshare]
   comment = Common Storage
   path = /home/common
   valid users = user1 user2 user3 user4
   public = yes
   writable = yes
   printable = no
   create mask = 0775
   directory mask = 0775

[apache]
    comment = Apache tree
    guest account = apache
    path = /chroot/httpd/
    only guest = yes
    public = yes
    writable = yes
    printable = no
    create mask = 0775
    directory mask = 0775

[clients]
    comment = Client trees
    guest account = apache
    path = /home/clients
    only guest = yes
    public = yes
    writable = yes
    printable = no
    create mask = 0775
    directory mask = 0775

Any ideas what's going on?  If there's a necessity for more information,
please email and let me
know.  I'll be glad to put it up.


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Does this file exist?
Is this an error message from testparm or smbd?
Joel
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 03:37:05PM -0700, nero one
wrote:
> Interesting problem - can't figure out what's going on.
> 
> I'm using Red Hat 7.0 in conjunction with smbd version 2.2.5
> 
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What switches did you include when you "configured" Samba??

This is my command line when I ran configure:

./configure  --prefix=/usr --with-lockdir=/var/lock/samba
--with-privatedir=/etc/samba --with-swatdir=/usr/share/swat
--with-smbmount --with-configdir=/etc/samba

This will make all "Samba" programs to look for smb.conf in the
/etc/samba directory.

Don Zajic

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Subject: [Samba] Unable to open configuration file "/anywhere i
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My apologies - I let that error slip.  It does the same anywhere:

[root][/etc]: testparm /etc/smb.conf
Load smb config files from /etc/smb.conf
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
"/etc/smb.conf":
        Success
Error loading services.

[root][/etc]: pwd && ls -all | grep smb
/etc
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1243 Aug 12 18:42 smb.conf


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Can you open this file with vi or cat the file?
Does the file contain some crazy misconfiguration?

Joel

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 03:52:23PM -0700, nero one
wrote:
> My apologies - I let that error slip.  It does the same anywhere:
> 
> [root][/etc]: testparm /etc/smb.conf
> Load smb config files from /etc/smb.conf
> params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
"/etc/smb.conf":
>         Success
> Error loading services.
> 
> [root][/etc]: pwd && ls -all | grep smb
> /etc
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1243 Aug 12 18:42 smb.conf
> 
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Are you sure your testparm program is the one you think it is. Maybe when
you type testparm you are really getting an old version.

Joel

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 05:45:33PM -0700, nero one
wrote:
> --- Joel Hammer <Joel@HammersHome.com> wrote:
> > Well, I put your file into /etc/smb.conf, and testparm worked with it
with
> > no trouble.
> > "Obviously", your configuration switches are not being
properly interpreted.
> > Why don't you just accept the defaults?
> > 
> > Joel
> 
> 
> The first time it happened, it was with a few switches.  To see whether or
not it was a
> ./configure issue, i did a ./configure "as is", without any
switches and I still had the same
> problem.  The ./configure with the switches shown in the previous email was
done 'for the sake of
> the example'.  It happens regardless of what I set as switches.
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> Try these two:
> bash> which testparam
> should tell you which testparam is being started. Is it where 
> you expect it
> to be?
> bash> strace /full/path/testparam
> Gives you information on all system calls called from within 
> testparam. It
> will give quite a bit of output and somewhere near the end 
> you will find
> something like:
> open("/usr/lib/smb.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = ...
> 
> This would give you a hint to what testparam is trying to 
> open and why it
> fails.
> Of course you need strace to be installed and you need to be root.
You don't need to be root to run strace.

Nir.