status...lck

[Larry Clark]

The Archimage wrote:
> 
> Larry Clark wrote:
> >
> > when I do an smbstatus iget:
> > couldn't open status file /var/lock/samba/status/STATUS..LCK
> >
> > why can't it? why can't I? thanks
> 
> What operating system?  Is it a package, or did you compile from source?
> 
> Does the /var/lock/samba/status directory exist?
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well the directory 
/var/lock/samba exists, but there is no status directory with in that
one. there is nmbd.pid, smbd.pid, browse.dat, wins.dat, and STATUS..LCK
inside this directory......