samba config problems

[Reid Linnemann]

Written by Andrew Falanga on 06/14/07 11:51>>
> 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

Hint: take a look at the rc(8) manpage. There's a good section on the 
behavior of the /etc/rc.d scripts, which is being adopted by the rc 
scripts for many ports.