samba - Oct 2005 - When trying to Samba (SMBD) it says "not found"

Hi All,
 
 
I tried to start the samba service (Smbd) but it tells me "Not found"
no error number or permission denied.
There was no update made on the box.  I logged on as root
I went to good directory, usr/local/samba/sbin/
and typed     smbd   and I got 
 
ksh:  smbd : Not found
 
If I enter LS under the sbin directory, the smbd is there.
Also, if I enter LS -e le (to see the executable) it returns me  smbd
 
I even made a search by entering                find / -name smbd 2>
/dev/null
and when the result came up it showed me the good path which is
usr/local/samba/sbin/
 
 
I'm new in the Unix / samba stuff, it's probably just a little thing
that I'm missing !!
So if anyone can help I'd really appreciate.
 
Thanks in advance
 
Eddy 
 

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On Oct 26, 2005, at 4:32 PM, Edouard Ades wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> I tried to start the samba service (Smbd) but it tells me "Not  
> found" no error number or permission denied.
> There was no update made on the box.  I logged on as root
> I went to good directory, usr/local/samba/sbin/
> and typed     smbd   and I got
>
> ksh:  smbd : Not found
>
> If I enter LS under the sbin directory, the smbd is there.
> Also, if I enter LS -e le (to see the executable) it returns me  smbd
>
> I even made a search by entering                find / -name smbd  
> 2> /dev/null
> and when the result came up it showed me the good path which is usr/ 
> local/samba/sbin/
and presumably the command "which smbd" also returns /usr/local/samba/
sbin/

Try typing "/usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd" (no quotes when you type it)
from your home directory, or if you go to /usr/local/samba.sbin/ then  
try "./smbd" (again, no quotes).  The dot-slash means, essentially,  
"right here, in this directory"

I suppose you can have smbd failing to start if you have a bad  
configuration file, or incorrect permission, although in my  
experience samba comes with a default that at least launches.

Ultimately you'll want an init file that launches samba when you boot  
up.  Something in /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d  (depends on what your  
operating system is.)