On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> I just forwarded your mail to Steve and I think he'll make sure this
> reaches the right folks in Ubuntu server team.
Thank you. Would be nice to see these startup scripts work properly.
I'll be happy to provide any additional informatio
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Christian PERRIER wrote:
>> And I have seen reported instances of Samba issues on Ubuntu being
>> resolved by avoiding the distro packages and compiling from source.
>
> Hmmm, could be interesting to learn about which ones.
The reports I allude to I've read on thi
Quoting Chris Smith (smb...@chrissmith.org):
> OK, not exactly a samba issue but maybe the Ubuntu maintainer reads
> this list and can provide some input.
There is not exactly such thing as "the Ubuntu maintainer". As far as
I can tell (with my Debian package maintainer hat), samba packages in
Ub
Quoting Chris Smith (smb...@chrissmith.org):
> And I have seen reported instances of Samba issues on Ubuntu being
> resolved by avoiding the distro packages and compiling from source.
Hmmm, could be interesting to learn about which ones. Since 2-3 years,
we made great efforts in Debian to avoid
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:20 PM, William E Jojo wrote:
> It's similar to the way you can use startsrc or stopsrc on AIX.
>
> -F
> If specified, this parameter causes the main smbd process to not
> daemonize, i.e. double-fork and disassociate with the terminal.
> Child
- Original Message -
> From: "Chris Smith"
> To: "Samba List"
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:14:07 PM
> Subject: [Samba] ubuntu doesn't daemonize smbd
> OK, not exactly a samba issue but maybe the Ubuntu maintainer reads
> this li
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Chris Smith wrote:
> Now smbd is started and runs as "smbd -F". If I edit the upstart
> script (/etc/init/smbd.conf) so that it runs as "smbd -D" (the default
> and what I would like) it doesn't work.
Must have been a fluke - it does appear now that editing smbd.c
OK, not exactly a samba issue but maybe the Ubuntu maintainer reads
this list and can provide some input.
Problem: Ubuntu doesn't daemonize smbd.
System: Ubuntu Lucid where a recent update moved many startup scripts
into the "upstart" system.
Now smbd is started and runs as "smbd -F". If I edit
