samba config problems

[Andrew Falanga]

On 6/14/07, Reid Linnemann <lreid at cs.okstate.edu> wrote:
>
> Don't forget to cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>

Once again I apologize to the forum.  I keep forgetting to do this.

> The rc script at /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba follows the FreeBSD rcng
> scheme, if the rcvar 'samba_enable' is not set to 'yes', then the script
> will not start or stop the samba process.
>
> Run the script without any commands to see usage. To check the status of
> rcvars that control the script's behavior, run the script with the
> 'rcvar' argument; e.g.
>
> ~/> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba rcvar
> # samba
> $samba_enable=YES
> # nmbd
> $nmbd_enable=YES
> # smbd
> $smbd_enable=YES
> # winbindd
> $winbindd_enable=NO
>
> Note that nothign is stopping you from running smbd and nmbd manually,
> the rc control script simply automates the control of the daemon for you.
>

Ah, thank you.  Very enlightening.  I guess I'll have to read through
that section of the Handbook to make sure I understand how all that
works together.  I finally did get it working by starting the smbd
"manually."

Thanks,
Andy