[Samba] samba newbie having trouble configuring samba on RH7.3...

[Tori Williamson]

Marv,

Don't worry. You don't sound lazy, ungrateful or a peasant. This is
precisely why the list exists. Besides, I'm not the kind of mook to say
"RTFM" to anyone. :-)

The only thing I can think of with Swat that you may have missed was
starting it. Look in /etc/init.d for "swat". If it's there, type:
# > /etc/init.d/swat start. Truth to tell, I haven't used or installed swat
in a while, and I think it's possible that it's now in /etc/xinetd.d, which
means that you need to edit the "swat" startup file in that directory and
then hup the xinetd daemon. That should start it up. By default most xinetd
scripts are disabled at install, and xinetd is not restarted by the
installer.

If all you need is JUST a few directories, you may able to get by without
swat and just edit the smb.conf file following some of the examples at the
end. It's fairly straightforward. The conf file is located (if you followed
my second install example) in /etc/samba/smb.conf. Otherwise, i think it's
in /usr/local/samba/var/lib... i THINK if you followed my first configure
example.

Either way just "find / -name smb.conf" should locate it for you.

Best of luck.

Tori

----- Original Message -----
From: "marvc" <marvc at bellsouth.net>
To: "'Tori Williamson'" <tori at bsitpa.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 7:06 AM
Subject: RE: [Samba] samba newbie having trouble configuring samba on
RH7.3...


> Tori
> Thanks for the mini tutorial on getting started with samba, it helped a
> great deal as I was able to compile and install after locating
> ./configure in the source directory.
>
> Not to sound like a lazy ungrateful peasant but I'm unable to log in to
> swat by typing http://localhost:901. Am I missing something here? I'm
> currently trying to locate an updated doc for 2.2.8a that covers setting
> up the swat tool and creating the shares. This is for my home network so
> I'm not tryiing to do anything fancy; just create a few folders for some
> files I'll be adding to my linux web server.
>
> Thanks again
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+marvc=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+marvc=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
> Tori Williamson
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:54 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] samba newbie having trouble configuring samba on
> RH7.3...
>
>
> Marv,
>
> You do need to run configure for a source tarball... you just haven't
> found the config script yet. :-) In the samba-2.2.8a directory, go into
> the directory labeled "source". You'll find the configure script there.
>
> My advice is, if this is the first time installing Samba, run your
> install
> thusly:
>
> #samba-2.2.8a > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/samba #samba-2.2.8a >
> make #samba-2.2.8a > make install
>
> The reason I suggest setting the prefix as /usr/local/samba and no other
> config options, is that this will put samba in a singular space and
> allow you time to monkey with it in a closed directory. Then when your
> comfortable with samba and it's files and configurations, you can wipe
> the /usr/local/samba dir (thus trashing ALL of the files) and run the
> configure with WHATEVER path your heart desires.
>
> My advice is something like this install:
>
> #samba-2.2.8a >
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --configdir=/etc/samba
> --what-ever-other-config-op tions-you-want #samba-2.2.8a > make
> #samba-2.2.8a > find /* > samba1 #samba-2.2.8a > make install
> #samba-2.2.8a > find /* > samba2 #samba-2.2.8a > diff samba1 samba2 >
> samba-installed
>
> Why the two find and diff statements? Well, you'll see that I offer /usr
> as the prefix dir, you'r files will be scattered. Doing a find before
> AND after the install and diffing the two find files will create a file
> (called
> samba-installed) with the locations of all the samba files. quite handy.
>
> If you don't feel comfortable with that, and want an easier way to
> manage the install (and if necessary the UNinstall) of Samba, you can
> download the latest samba SRPM file from Samba.org here:
> http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/RedHat/SRPMS/samba-2.2.8a
> -1.s
> rc.rpm
>
> Just install rpm-build from the 7.3 RPMS, and after downloading the
> src.rpm,
> run:
> #dir > rpm -ivh samba-2.2.8a-1.src.rpm
> then change to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS and edit the samba.spec file to
> make the config changes you want. Then: #SPECS > rpm -bb samba.spec This
> will place the samba-common, samba-client, samba-server & samba-swat
> RPMS in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 and you can install the latest samba
> version from samba.org via RPM.
>
> Lastly, I offer up the suggestion of obtaining "Using Samba" from
> O'Reilly & Assc. A VERY handy book for samba admins of any level. And
> the latest edition covers Samba 3. You can also do a google search for
> "samba redhat HOWTO"
>
> Good luck!
>
> Tori
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "marvc" <marvc at bellsouth.net>
> To: "'Joel Hammer'" <Joel at HammersHome.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [Samba] samba newbie having trouble configuring samba on
> RH7.3...
>
>
> > I downloaded the samba-latest.tar from the downloads page and you're
> > right it doesn't look as though I have to configure it. I'm just
> > unsure of what it is I need to do to next.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel at HammersHome.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:38 PM
> > To: marvc; samba at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] samba newbie having trouble configuring samba on
> > RH7.3...
> >
> > What type of file did you download?
> > Maybe its all set to run? Maybe you don't have to configure it? Joel
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 08:52:31PM -0400, marvc wrote:
> > > I just downloaded Samba ver2.2.8a onto my RH server and I'm unsure
> on
> > > how to properly configure samba. I've seen documentation online for
> > the
> > > older versions which contain instructions for running ./configure,
> > make,
> > > and make install. I don't see ./configure in my samba-2.2.8a
> directory
> > > so I'm clueless on what to do next. Can anyone assist with this?
> > >
> > > TIA
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