James,
I have sent this to you directly and cc:ed the list for reasons that
should become apparent below.
THE SITUATION
OS: mdk 7.2, 2.2.19 kernel - basically bone stock
Latest addtions: samba 3.0.7-1 compiled from source (working fine);
cups-1.1.18-1 from mdk rpm
Reasons for additions: XP SP2 fun and games
THE MYSTERY
As any normal person does, I use /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb to start and stop
and restart the smbd and nmbd daemons. For a day and a half (post upgrade)
execution of the init.d script resulted in the comforting [OK] or [Failed]
feedback to let you know the script did its job. At 17:45 CDT today -- that
all changed?
Now, for some reason unexplained to me, when I execute the ../init.d/smb
script NOTHING HAPPENS AT ALL?? No feedback whatsoever. The script has no
effect at all. Case in point:
[root@Nemesis /root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop (....notice no [OK] or
[Failed] response.....)
[root@Nemesis /root]# smbclient -U% -L localhost
Domain=[RB_LAW] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.7]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
guillory Disk David Guillory
Bertin Disk Darren Bertin
Rankin Disk Rankin Law Firm PLLC
config Disk Admin Config Share
Applications Disk Windows Applications
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (RB_LAW Samba Server 3.0.7)
ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (RB_LAW Samba Server 3.0.7)
Domain=[RB_LAW] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.7]
Server Comment
--------- -------
BACKUP This is the backup computer
DARREN Darren's Dell
NEMESIS RB_LAW Samba Server 3.0.7
RANKIN-XP
SECRETARY PIII 866 20G
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
RB_LAW NEMESIS
[root@Nemesis /root]# ps ax | grep mbd
1233 ? S 0:00 smbd -D
1234 ? S 0:00 smbd -D
1236 ? S 0:00 nmbd -D
SMBD and NMBD should be dead dead dead.........
The only way to get samba going is to manually start the daemons via
#smbd -D and #nmbd -D. Puzzling because:
[root@Nemesis /root]# ls -al /etc/rc.d/init.d/s*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1550 Jan 17 2001
/etc/rc.d/init.d/single*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1523 May 10 2001
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 749 Jan 17 2001
/etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2772 Jan 17 2001
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sound*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2306 Oct 3 2000
/etc/rc.d/init.d/squid*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2647 Jun 24 2002
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd*
-rwx------ 1 root root 1296 Jan 17 2001
/etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog*
the script is still is there and presumably doing its job.
Bottom line -- HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF AN INIT SCRIPT DYING?? Or, did I do
someting stupid like stick a process or PID somewhere?? I haven't a clue (If
I'm called on that statement, I'll deny it) I was so desperate
(embarrisingly - like with Windows) I rebooted and killed 317 days uptime to
make sure nothing was lingering around. No Joy
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
Rankin * Bertin, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
(936) 715-9333
(936) 715-9339 fax
www.rankin-bertin.com
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