Danke, Volker. SELinux bit me in the ass again; I set it to permissive, rebooted, and voila - nmbd starting.
I wonder why it fails during boot/via the script, but runs manually... Cheers Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Volker Lendecke Sent: October 1, 2008 11:10 To: Onotsky, Steve x55328 Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] nmbd fails to start - permission denied On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:36:49PM -0400, Onotsky, Steve x55328 wrote: > Once all of that was in place, I started up Samba via the Red Hat > startup script, but nmbd failed to load. The nmbd.log file indicates > that it can't open the smb.conf file, with the error "Permission > denied". I've verified that unprivileged users can change into the > directory where the config file resides, and I've given full (777) > permissions to the file. It also fails at boot time. Is it possible that you have something like SELinux installed? If yes, please deactivate that and try again. Volker This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
