On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Bret Hughes wrote:
> UK Jaiswal wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I type "smbstatus",
> > I get :
> > Couldn't open status file /var/lock/samba/STATUS..LCK
> >
> > What does it mean and what is the significance of the "/var/lock/"
> > directory.
> >
>
> Are you doing this as root? Always the first thing I look at if I get
> messages of this nature.
> Check to see if the file exists also.
>
> /var/lock is used by several programs to place "lock" files to let
> processes know what is running or what might have a lock on a particular
> resource. It might be that the samba suite is using the existance of this
> file to know if the thing is even running. I am not that familier with
> it. For us samba just runs and runs. I never have to putz with it since
> getting it configured.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bret
>
If I am not mistaken, the lock file "/var/lock/samba/STATUS..LCK" should
be created before you even attempt to start the smbd daemon. I would do
the following in this order...
0) /bin/su -
1) /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop
2) rm /var/lock/samba/STATUS..LCK
3) touch /var/lock/samba/STATUS..LCK
4) /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
5) smbstatus
Steps 1-4 need to be performed as root. Step 5 can be performed by anyone.
Carey
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