[ubuntu-ca] Samba, 1 2 3....

[Master Cougar]

On 12/15/06, Jim Little <jlittle at orderedbits.com> wrote:
>
>
> Short of starting over you could try the following:
> sudo /etc/init.d/samba stop
> sudo mv /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.bak
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure samba
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure samba-common
>
> Go through the prompts and take the recommended settings.  Then go back
> and edit
> your smb.conf file and copy the information about your shares back in
> there
> (from the smb.conf.bak file).
>
> Then do a:
> sudo /etc/init.d/samba start
>
> and check for errors again.
>
> If it works then "ps -ef | grep mbd" should show both nmdb abd smbd
> processes.
>
> Don't give up, I think you're pretty close.


   Thank you Jim, that did it. Actually, I didn't edit the smb.conf file, I
just went into System | Shared Folders and added the shared folder there,
after doing the other steps, and now it works. I think I screwed up when I
used gsambad. Thank you all.


-- 
Marc de Puma
http://www.marcmywords.com
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad
measures.
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