[Samba] Samba first time run

William Edwards
2023-03-27T15:23:11Z

> Op 27 mrt. 2023 om 17:14 heeft Lm Loge via samba <samba at
lists.samba.org> het volgende geschreven:
>
> ?Hello,
>
> I just installed samba (very carefully) from the sources on Debian 11.
> 1. I installed the packages for libraries and utilities required to build
and install Samba
> (using "bootstrap_generated-dists_debian11_bootstrap.sh",
downloaded from the "wiki.samba.org" website).
> 2. I downloaded the sources
(https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-4.18.0.tar.gz).
> 3. After extracting the source package, I ran "configure",
"make" and "make-install" which completed successfully.
>
> Now, when I run (as root) "/usr/local/samba/sbin/samba" nothing
happens, really nothing.

Do you mean ?the program exits? or ?the program has no output??

>
> Given that the installation is brand new, I noticed there is no
"/usr/local/samba/etc/smb.conf" file.
> I didn't provisioned that Samba AD DC.
> (I stricty just did what I mentioned above).
>
> Can Samba be started the way I am trying to?
> Is it normal nothing happens?
>
> Best regards.
> --
> L?a Massiot
>
>
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