samba - Feb 2001 - startup script

I made the samba startup scipt and named it smb,..and placed it in the
/etc/rc.d/init.d dir, and then next (exactly like it says)

chmod 777 smb
chkconfig --add smb
chkconfig --level 345 smb on

at this point i ran:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start

I get the following error..


/root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
Starting SMB services: execvp: No such file or directory
[FAILED]
Starting NMB services: execvp: No such file or directory
[FAILED]



Keep in mind that I installed samba in the /usr/local/samba207 dir not the
default by using
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/samba207

can someone explain  why i might be getting this error,..i did search in
pico and didn't find the string it mentioned...




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On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, mjs wrote:
> I made the samba startup scipt and named it smb,..and placed it in the
> /etc/rc.d/init.d dir, and then next (exactly like it says)
"it" says? I think chkconfig only works on scripts that have magic
strings
in them, but perhaps yours do.
> chmod 777 smb
> chkconfig --add smb
> chkconfig --level 345 smb on
'chmod 777 smb' is a really, really bad idea. It gives write access to
everyone. 'chmod a+x,og-w smb' is a lot better (chmod 755 smb).

> /root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
> Starting SMB services: execvp: No such file or directory
> [FAILED]
> Starting NMB services: execvp: No such file or directory
> [FAILED]
> 
> 
> 
> Keep in mind that I installed samba in the /usr/local/samba207 dir not the
> default by using
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/samba207
Does /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb know about this?

It probably doesn't and that means it can't find the executable (that is
where the "No such file or directory" comes from). Adding something
like
this to the script should help:

PATH=/usr/local/samba207/bin:${PATH}
export PATH

This adds the directory where you keep your samba executables to the path.
This allows the script to find it by filename only. It needs to be done
before any references to smbd.

/Urban