[Samba] Re: binary does not run on samba-3.0.26a

[Henrik Carlqvist]

hce <webmail.hce at gmail.com> wrote:
> I built the samba from source samba-3.0.26a on FC6. But when I run
> "nmbd -F --debuglevel=5 --configfile=/home/test/smb.conf
> --log-basename=/home/test/log.txt", nothing happens. The process is
> not there, the log file is not created. What could I be missing here?

Not really samba-specific, but whenever I need to track down errors like
this on any program I usually try strace to see what is missing. Something
like:

"strace nmbd -F --debuglevel=5 --configfile=/home/test/smb.conf
--log-basename=/home/test/log.txt"

The above will show you any files it is trying to open and might give a
clue why it doesn't work. If "strace" is not enough you might also try
"strace -f" to follow forked processes.

regards Henrik