uinstalling and then reinstalling samba issue

[cormu7]

Hello,

I'm having an issue with samba and trying to reinstall it.

I uninstalled samba with this command


}sudo apt-get remove samba or


sudo apt-get purge samba After either one of these steps, i noticed that the /etc/samba/ directory still existed, which was odd since I thought i uinstalled samba. So, I proceeded to remove all of the fiels within the /etc/samba/ directory and removed the samba directory as well.

After this, I tried to reinstall samba with this command


sudo apt-get install samba After this installation step, the /etc/samba directory does not exist and neither does the smb.conf file and other files within he /etc/samba directory exist after installation.



when i type


testparm -s i get the following message


Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf":
No such file or directory
Error loading services. I'm not sure what is going on here. I'm trying to get my samba up and running again.

Any thoughts?

[mikewhatever]

Removing /etc/samba was a mistake, recreate it, then you can grab an smb.conf from /usr/share/samba/smb.conf.

[cormu7]

mike,

thanks for the tip.

i'm still not there yet though.

the testparm -s command now spits out the info in my smb.conf file. here it is below:


[global]
workgroup = WORKIGROUP
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
map to guest = Bad User
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
unix password sync = Yes
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
usershare allow guests = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
browseable = No
browsable = No

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers

[data]
comment = Ubuntu File Server Shar
path = /data/
valid users = user1,user2,user3
read only = No
create mask = 0755


i'm now able to type the commands


sudo restart smbd

and


sudo restart nmbd[/QUOTE

without any errros.

however i'm still not able to access the server via samba on a windows machine. i see the workgroup name on our LAN, but when trying to access I get the "you do not have permission to use this network resource...".

when i type the command

[QUOTE]ps -ef | grep mbd

i get this result



root 9484 1 0 08:34 ? 00:00:00 smbd -F
root 9487 9484 0 08:34 ? 00:00:00 smbd -F
root 9493 1 0 08:34 ? 00:00:00 nmbd -D
username 9495 9361 0 08:34 pts/1 00:00:00 grep mbd

So, i think the issue is the "-F" you see on the first 2 lines of the output above, but i'm not sure how to fix this?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

cor

[cormu7]

i tried something based on the thread below:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1599818

i changed the command:

exec smbd -F to exec smbd -D

in the /etc/init/smbd.conf file.

i then rebooted my server.

now when I type


ps -ef | grep mbd i get this output


root 1358 1 0 12:45 ? 00:00:00 smbd -D
root 1503 1358 0 12:45 ? 00:00:00 smbd -D
root 1912 1 0 12:45 ? 00:00:00 nmbd -D
username 2849 2769 0 13:41 pts/0 00:00:00 grep mbd
that seem to do the trick. i don't know why, but samba seems to work now and i can access the server from a windows machine.

cor