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Author:  tscholl [ Sun May 12, 2013 11:41 am ]
Post subject:  R8 Samba - Resolved

I noticed that samba was not running on my new R8 box and discovered that it wasn't installed. I installed it using pacman than
tried

/etc/rc.d/samba start
:: Starting Samba Server [FAIL]

I did the configuration in LinHES setup for the work group name. What am I missing

Author:  RacerX [ Sun May 12, 2013 2:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

Double check

as root edit

Code:
/etc/samba/smb.conf


make sure your workgroup name is correct

then run

Code:
testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf


It will give some insight as to the problem

Samba works fine for me on R8

Author:  tscholl [ Sun May 12, 2013 5:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

Thanks for the insight. I looked for /etc/samba and it didn't exist. Thus the error.

I copied the /etc/samba directory and contents from my old drive ( thank goodness I still had it) .

Then ran
Code:
testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf


And it ran /etc/rc.d/samba start and it started.

Then ran

add_service.sh smbd

Not sure why the /etc/samba/smb.conf was not created by the workgroup setup screens, but copying the samba directory did the trick. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Author:  RacerX [ Sun May 12, 2013 6:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

No problem

to make it start automatically courtesy of Jams

as root


Code:
add_service.sh smbd
add_service.sh nmbd



if you need to restart the service then use courtesty of brfransen

Code:
sudo sv restart smbd

Author:  tscholl [ Tue May 28, 2013 9:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

Just wanted to update this thread with the lesson's learned. R8 does not install samba by default. (the dev' might want to look into that).

During the upgrading my second box I installed samba from pacman and then ran the LinHes File Share from the menu.
It went through the screens and after going through the install screens it exited and configure "/etc/samba/smb.conf " correctly.

After thinking about this for awhile I figured out that on my first upgrade/install I ran the " LinHes File Share" program before I discovered that samba was not installed. So the " LinHes File Share" program didn't have the files need to create the "/etc/samba/smb.conf " Thus the problem I encountered.

Author:  jams [ Tue May 28, 2013 9:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

* Samba will not be installed by default
* The file share screen should install samba before it does the configure. I have run that process many many times and never had it fail. Do you by chance have the systemconfig.log from your first attempt?

Author:  tscholl [ Tue May 28, 2013 10:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

jams,

Checked but do not have a ./tmp/systemconfig.log from the first install. Sorry.

Author:  jams [ Tue May 28, 2013 10:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

Drats that would have been helpful.

As a test can you disable windows fileshareing with the service menu, see if it removes samba and if it doesn't remove it. Then enable it again and see if it works?

Be sure to backup your config if you decide to try this test.

Author:  tscholl [ Tue May 28, 2013 10:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

Here is the log from the remove.

and the log for the reinstall ishere.

Author:  jams [ Tue May 28, 2013 11:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

Those look normal to me.
Are things working as expected after the enable/disable?

If not then /tmp/systemconfig_debug.log would be useful for the enable.

Author:  tscholl [ Tue May 28, 2013 12:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

Yea they looked pretty good to me. Everything runs fine after the reinstall.

I did notice something a little strange. After the remove I ran:
Code:
 pacman -Q |grep samba

and had nothing returned.

Then I run the reinstall and log says:
Code:
    Activating windows file sharing
    Checking samba for install
 -> samba is already installed, will not install
    Writing smb.conf.media
    Writing smb.conf.home
    Adding service nmbd
    Adding service smbd
    Restarting service nmbd
    Restarting service smbd
__End of fileshare configuration
   

Then after the reinstalled I ran : pacman -Q |grep samba again it it returns:
Code:
 pacman -Q |grep samba
 samba 3.6.6-1

So the installer says it's installed. But goes ahead and installs it, which is what you want. Maybe I looks for /etc/samba which I did not remove. Perhaps I should have.

Author:  jams [ Tue May 28, 2013 12:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

I bet if you look farther up in the log it will say it's not installed and installs it.
For various reasons that module runs things twice.

Author:  tscholl [ Tue May 28, 2013 1:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: R8 Samba

Yep, I see it now.

Code:
    Checking samba for install
    Installing samba
    Writing smb.conf.media
    Writing smb.conf.home
    Adding service nmbd
    Adding service smbd
    Restarting service nmbd
    Restarting service smbd
__End of fileshare configuration


Thanks for the update ... I'm still having "issues" with the main menu any logs I can look at for that?

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