[Samba] Unable to open configuration file "/anywhere i specify"

[nero one]

Thank you Joel.  While my Email eloquence might not be up to par, I do know my way around my
system.  I can't seem to figure this one out either.  I'm in the process of eliminating everything
except a vanilla install to see whether that will resolve the issue.  I'll keep on adding after
that.

Thanks for the time - if anyone else has any ideas . . ? :)

--- Joel Hammer <Joel at HammersHome.com> wrote:
> Well, I am out of easy ideas.
> 
> At this point, reading the source code, getting a different version of
> samba, removing all traces of samba from the system and redoing things
> using all defaults come to mind, none of them really easy.
> Joel
> 
> Here are the relevant source files:
> While in the source directory:
> 
> for i in `find . | sed -n "/\.c$/p"`;do echo $i; grep file_load $i;done | less             
> 
> reveals:
> 
> 
> ./lib/util_file.c  
>     398 ****************************************************************************/
>     399 char *file_load(char *fname, size_t *size)
>     400 {
>     401         int fd;
>     402         char *p;
>     403
>     404         if (!fname || !*fname) return NULL;
>     405
>     406         fd = open(fname,O_RDONLY);
>     407         if (fd == -1) return NULL;
>     408
>     409         p = fd_load(fd, size);
>     410
>     411         close(fd);
>     412
>     413         return p;
>     414 }
> 
> and
> 
> 
> ./param/params.c     
> 
>                                                        
>     516   /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
>     517    * Open a configuration file.
>     518    *
>     519    *  Input:  FileName  - The pathname of the config file to be opened.
>     520    *
>     521    *  Output: A pointer of type (char **) to the lines of the file
>     522    *
>     523    * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **
>     524    */                                                                                 
>     525   {
>     526   char *func = "params.c:OpenConfFile() -";
>     527   extern BOOL in_client;
>     528   int lvl = in_client?1:0;
>     529   myFILE *ret;
>     530
>     531   ret = (myFILE *)malloc(sizeof(*ret));
>     532   if (!ret) return NULL;
>     533
>     534   ret->buf = file_load(FileName, &ret->size);
>     535   if( NULL == ret->buf )
>     536     {
>     537     DEBUG( lvl,
>     538       ("%s Unable to open configuration file \"%s\":\n\t%s\n",
>     539       func, FileName, strerror(errno)) );
>     540     free(ret);
>     541     return NULL;
>     542     }                                                      
> 
> 
> So, will a C guru kindly point out the problem? Maybe just a few debugging
> hints. My C knowledge is just not enuf to be useful.
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 05:49:57PM -0700, nero one wrote:
> > 
> > --- Joel Hammer <Joel at HammersHome.com> wrote:
> > > Are you sure your testparm program is the one you think it is. Maybe when
> > > you type testparm you are really getting an old version.
> > > 
> > > Joel
> > 
> > The latest testparm that i'm using reflect the changes made with --with-confdir=/etc/samba
> > 
> > it searches, by default, in this directory.  It was not set to this beforehand.  
> > 
> > This leads me to believe that i'm using the lastest compiled testparm.
> > 
> > The root of the issue of course : samba doesn't start. (Same error)
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