[Samba] Error on locking database

[Van Sickler, Jim]

run testparm
check the "lock dir" entry; it's
possible that the specified dir doesn't exist
and/or has the wrong rights.

The default dir is set to /var/spool/lock on mine.
Older samba releases were in /var/lock, IIRC.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: A. Dishong [mailto:adishong at attbi.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:07 AM
> To: samba at samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Error on locking database
> 
> 
> I have installed Samba 2.2.2 on Solaris 8 Sun Blade.  Samba 
> starts but I 
> can not see any workgroup and when "smbstatus" is started I get the 
> following error:
> 
> Samba version 2.2.2
> Service      uid      gid      pid     machine
> ----------------------------------------------
> 
> Failed to open byte range locking database
> ERROR: Failed to initialise locking database
> Can't initialise locking module - exiting
> 
> Any ideas, thanks Andy
> 
> 
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