[Samba] Re: Samba Interactive mode in OpenWRT

[John Drescher]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Volker
Lendecke<Volker.Lendecke at sernet.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:50:02AM -0700, Kunal Punjabi wrote:
>> The samba server is only waiting for samba connections if I use the -i
>> (interactive) mode. Any idea how I can get my samba server to listen for
>> and accept requests automatically (in non-interactive mode)?
>>
>>
>>
>> I found that
>>
>> smbd -i &
>>
>> (to start the service and put it in the background) seems to work and
>> the server is waiting for incoming connections.
>>
>>
>>
>> Although samba.init contains a command: "smbd -D" in its Start()
>> function, that does not start the service.
>>
>>
>>
>> why do I not need this option under uClinux (smbd -D just seems to work
>> and cause the service to start)?
>
> Sorry, I have no experience with nClinux. In general, I
> would strongly recommend using Samba on a CPU with proper
> memory protection, running without a MMU seems a bit risky
> to me.
>

Openwrt is a open source firmware for residential firewall devices

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt

In this case there are very limited resources.

John