[Samba] Broken samba [SOLVED]

[Bob Williams]

Hello Helmut,

On Saturday 26 September 2009 14:39:00 Helmut Hullen wrote:
> Hallo, Bob,
> 
> Du meintest am 26.09.09:
> >>>> barrowhillfarm:~ # testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf
> >>>>
> >>>> ERROR: lock directory file:///var/lib/samba does not exist
> >
> > Well, I've made some progress by commenting out the following two
> > lines
> >
> > [global]
> > ; lock directory = file:///var/lib/samba
> 
>         lock directory = /var/lib/samba
> 
> Or take a look at
> 
>         testparm -sv | grep "lock directory"
> 
> There is a default lock directory ...
> 
> Viele Gruesse!
> Helmut
> 
Many thanks, you've found the problem :) I don't know how I got those paths 
wrong, or where the "file://" bit came from, but now that I've corrected those 
lines, all seems to be working.

Bob
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