Samba on NonStop User Manual

1. Manually

a. The NS-Samba suite provides a script, /usr/local/samba/scripts/startsmb, to

start the daemons. With this, you can start smbd, nmbd or both, using the specified

configuration file. For more information, execute /usr/bin/startsmb –help.

b. Execute the following steps:

/usr/sbin/smbd –D

/usr/sbin/nmbd –D

When you execute these steps, monitor the processes. If the daemons terminate, you need to

start them again.

2. From inetd

As in the case of SWAT, these processes could be started under the control of inetd, the

Internet super-server.

• In /etc/services, add the following line:

netbios-ssn 139/tcp

netbios-ns 137/udp

• Edit /etc/inetd.conf to include:

netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait super.super /usr/sbin/smbd smbd

netbios-ns dgram udp wait super.super /usr/sbin/nmbd nmbd

And then start the inetd super-server. For more information, see the inetd(8) manpage.

3. Automatically

During OSS startup, by including the commands listed in Step 1 in standard OSS startup

scripts.

Testing the NS-Samba Daemons

The next step after you start the daemons is to examine their health. A quick way to do that is to

execute the smbclient program to find out the services the NS-Samba is offering. If the daemons

are started properly, you can see the following response, when smbclient -U% -L localhost

command is executed:

18 Configuration