samba - Dec 2001 - starting samba

I am running Redhat 7.1 and am trying to use V scripts to start samba as a 
Daemon.

I have put the script in /etc/init.d and put a symbolic link in /etc/rc3.d 
with the file name S70samba (so it's /etc/rc3.d/S70samba points to 
/etc/init.d) But it will not start during boot!

Does anyone have a script that I can use, I think the one I have is screwy.

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I assume that is a typo. Shouldn't S70samba point to:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/scriptname ?
Anyway, is this samba from the RH rpm or from a tar ball?
The tarball doesn't install a script for you and the RH script will not
start the tarball version, since the binaries are in different directories.
Here is a simple script I use to start the tarball version:


#!/bin/bash
case "$1" in
 start)
  killall smbd
  killall nmbd
/usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D
/usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D
  ;;

 stop)
  killall smbd
  killall nmbd
 ;;
 reload)
 kill -SIGHUP `cat /usr/local/samba/var/locks/smbd.pid`
 kill -SIGHUP `cat /usr/local/samba/var/locks/nmbd.pid`
 ;;
 *)
 echo Usage:
 echo start stop reload
 ;;
esac
exit 0

Joel

On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 11:31:07AM -0600, Steven Schermerhorn
wrote:
> I am running Redhat 7.1 and am trying to use V scripts to start samba as a 
> Daemon.
> 
> I have put the script in /etc/init.d and put a symbolic link in /etc/rc3.d 
> with the file name S70samba (so it's /etc/rc3.d/S70samba points to 
> /etc/init.d) But it will not start during boot!
> 
> Does anyone have a script that I can use, I think the one I have is screwy.
>

Steven,

I placed my script in /etc/rc.d/init.d where all other script are placed
by deault during installation.  I then run the `setup` utility and choose
"system services".  Any file you place in /etc/rc.d/init.d will appear
in
the list.

Once you toggle your script to on, the `setup` program will
automatically create the proper symbolic links for you.  I used to do
things manually too... but this is much quicker and less chance for a
mistake!