AW: [Samba] Unable to open configuration file "/etc/smb.conf"

[nero one]

Hi.

Email #1 was sent by accident. 
Email #2 detailed the whole message but still contained two errors "smbd.conf" and 
"/usr/lib/smb.conf" where i should have reflected my most recent attempts "smb.conf" -
"/etc/smb.conf".  It was late, i made two mistakes and corrected the issues on the followup. 
Email #3 and on outlined the whole problem without issues.
The latest one i sent outlines the whole problem along with an strace.
it can be found here: http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba/2002-August/078344.html

As for the scope of the problem - you pretty much called it.  No matter where i stick the
configuration file smb.conf .. in any directory - it says the same message.  I actually have 4
errant copies of smb.conf on my system (/etc, /etc/samba, /usr/lib/smb.conf, /root/smb.conf) in
hopes that maybe one will work somewhere.  

Therefore, please base yourself on the last email i sent regarding this thread and let me know
whether or not this is a bug, user error or plain stupidity. 

Thank you for your time.
"nero one"

--- John Benedetto <jbenedet at unm.edu> wrote:
> In the course of messages from "nero one", I have seen mention of these 
> files:
> /etc/smb.conf
> /etc/smbd.conf
> /usr/lib/smb.conf
> /etc/samba/smb.conf
> 
> (Not mentioned by other people, but by the original poster, "nero one".)
> 
> Heck, your first message, a snippet included below, lists the first three. 
> It looked to me like your original message references /usr/lib/smb.conf, 
> but YOU were testing /etc/smbd.conf (according to what you cut 'n pasted, 
> which is a wrong location - should be /etc/samba - and the wrong name - 
> should be smb.conf, not smbd.conf).
> 
> I'm just confused. I'm another vote for "use the defaults" if at all 
> possible.
> 
> - john
> 
> --On Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:59 AM +0200 Uli Luckas 
> <Uli.Luckas at abakusag.de> wrote:
> 
> > Try these two:
> > bash> which testparam
> > should tell you which testparam is being started. Is it where you expect
> > it to be?
> > bash> strace /full/path/testparam
> > Gives you information on all system calls called from within testparam. It
> > will give quite a bit of output and somewhere near the end you will find
> > something like:
> > open("/usr/lib/smb.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = ...
> >
> > This would give you a hint to what testparam is trying to open and why it
> > fails.
> > Of course you need strace to be installed and you need to be root.
> >
> > Uli
> >
> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: nero one [mailto:nero_oner at yahoo.com]
> >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. August 2002 00:44
> >> An: samba at lists.samba.org
> >> Betreff: [Samba] Unable to open configuration file "/etc/smb.conf"
> >>
> >>
> >> Sorry about the last email - hit the enter button by accident.
> >>
> >> I'm using Red Hat 7.0 in conjunction with samba version 2.2.5
> >>
> >> When I try to run '#: testparm /etc/smbd.conf', i get the
> >> following output:
> >>
> >> [root][~/install/tars]: testparm
> >> Load smb config files from /usr/lib/smb.conf
> >> params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
> >> "/usr/lib/smb.conf":
> >>         Success
> >> Error loading services.
> >>
> >> . . .
> >>
> >> [root][/etc]: ls -all | grep smb
> >> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         9643 Aug  6 02:59 smb.conf
> >>
> >> and the contents of smb.conf are :
> >>
> >>    workgroup = WORKGRP
> >>    server string = SerVer
> >>    hosts allow = 10.0.0. 0.
> >>    load printers = yes
> >>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
> >>    printing = lprng
> >>    max log size = 500
> >>    security = user
> >>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY
> >>   interfaces = 10.0.0.0/8
> >>    local master = yes
> >>    os level = 33
> >>    domain master = yes
> >>    preferred master = yes
> >>    domain logons = yes
> >>    dns proxy = no
> >>
> >> [homes]
> >>    comment = Home Directories
> >>    browseable = no
> >>    writable = yes
> >>
> >> [printers]
> >>    comment = Network Printers
> >>    path = /var/spool/samba
> >>    browseable = no
> >>    guest ok = no
> >>    writable = no
> >>    printable = yes
> >>
> >> [myshare]
> >>    comment = Common Storage
> >>    path = /home/common
> >>    valid users = user1 user2 user3 user4
> >>    public = yes
> >>    writable = yes
> >>    printable = no
> >>    create mask = 0775
> >>    directory mask = 0775
> >>
> >> [apache]
> >>     comment = Apache tree
> >>     guest account = apache
> >>     path = /chroot/httpd/
> >>     only guest = yes
> >>     public = yes
> >>     writable = yes
> >>     printable = no
> >>     create mask = 0775
> >>     directory mask = 0775
> >>
> >> [clients]
> >>     comment = Client trees
> >>     guest account = apache
> >>     path = /home/clients
> >>     only guest = yes
> >>     public = yes
> >>     writable = yes
> >>     printable = no
> >>     create mask = 0775
> >>     directory mask = 0775
> >>
> >> Any ideas what's going on?  If there's a necessity for more
> >> information, please email and let me
> >> know.  I'll be glad to put it up.
> >>
> 
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