xinetd and samba

[Newbie Dave]

is it better to run samba through xinetd or thru a daemon? what do you add to xinetd for samba?

[vttimwhite]

I think the general consensus is to run samba as a daemon. Daemons typically have a faster reaction time than xinetd functions.

I've never done it through xinetd, but I suspect it would work like any other functions. go to the /etc/xinetd.d directory, copy one of the existing files, and then edit it to start samba. It should look something like this:

service smbd
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/smbd
}

service nmbd
{
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/nmbd
}
you have to start both smbd and nmbd for samba to work properly.

Hope this helps.

[Newbie Dave]

ive been running it through a daemon script 'startsmb', but ive heard other people talk about commands such as 'smb restart' and smb start' etc. those dont work for me even when im commanding from the etc/init.d prompt. que paso?

[vttimwhite]

Try:
service smb startYou can substitute stop, restart, or status for the word "start".

[Newbie Dave]

it tells me 'unrecognized service'. but smbclient works so samba is running.

[vttimwhite]

Originally posted by Newbie Dave
it tells me 'unrecognized service'. but smbclient works so samba is running. Hmmm. I'm not quite sure what that means.

Is samba working for you?