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vtpup · Last edited by vtpup on Wed 31 Dec 2008, 22:04; edited 2 times in total

The Official Samba 3.0.26 .pet needs a little additional set-up work to get it starting (and stopping) on a Puppy 4 system.

Here's how:

1.) Install the server .pet with the Puppy Package Manager from the official repository.

2.) To get the smbd and nmbd commands properly in the Path, you can edit the /etc/profile file as follows:

Open it in Geany and do a find (Ctrl - F) for the word "samba". It should bring you to the following stanza:

LaneLester · Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Posts: 209 Location: Rural Georgia, USA

disciple · Posted: Fri 28 Nov 2008, 17:25 Post subject:

A samba server has nothing to do with being able to print to a shared Windows printer. Which is a good point - why on earth is cups still not set up for the smb backend in 4.1.1?

Anyway, the solution is at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=197562&search_id=79489125#197562
- you just need to create a link for the backend, and then restart CUPS.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Fri 28 Nov 2008, 17:59 Post subject:

The complete How-To is here. Unfortunately, Samba printing over a wireless network still seems to be hit-and-miss in Puppy.

vtpup · Posted: Fri 28 Nov 2008, 18:15 Post subject:

My intent here was to show how to get Samba Server running in Puppy 4. That was a problem, previously with this .pet release in Pup4.

What to do with it is another matter. Samba erver configuration is a huge topic with many different setups and possible solutions to individual problems. But I hope that will be in a separate thread (or threads) devoted to those topics.

LaneLester · Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Posts: 209 Location: Rural Georgia, USA

PaulBx1 · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2308 Location: Wyoming, USA

According to the Samba official howto, the nmbd daemon needs to be started before the smdb daemon. So the script shown above ought to be modified. Maybe it works as is for your machine, but it might be more reliable generally if rearranged.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sun 21 Dec 2008, 17:55 Post subject:

vtpup · Posted: Tue 23 Dec 2008, 02:31 Post subject:

Edited script to start nmbd befor smdb.

tbuff2 · Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 8 Location: Georgia, USA

I've followed all the instructions in this thread and can start smb and nmbd from a terminal, but cannot get them to start on boot-up or when I execute /etc/rc.d/rc.samba command (looking at "top" to see if they're running). I've made the rc.samba file executable and re-booted, but that didn't help. I don't mind manually starting them, but this way sounds a lot easier. Any help would be appreciated.

vtpup · Posted: Wed 31 Dec 2008, 16:39 Post subject:

To start the server automatically, open /etc/rc.d/rc.local in Geany and add the line:

tbuff2 · Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 8 Location: Georgia, USA

Thanks!!!

That did the trick. I also found that my smb.conf file was in /etc/opt/samba so I had to make that change in the script. Works like a charm now.

Thanks again.

vtpup · Posted: Wed 31 Dec 2008, 22:10 Post subject:

You're welcome.

And thanks for the catch. I must have had a smb.conf in /etc as well from earlier install attempts, so it didn't fail for me when I tested it.

Script edited to include /etc/opt/ subdirectory.

jrb · Posted: Sun 22 Mar 2009, 10:47 Post subject: Can't get write access

Hi,
I have installed samba-3.0.26.pet on puppy412 and followed the setup instructions in this thread, but I have only been able to get read access to my server.

I have made several attempts at smb.conf, modifying the original, copying from various websites but so far no write access.

Can someone post a smb.conf that will give me full read/write access to the /mnt directory of my server for all users?

Thanks, jrb

jrb · Posted: Sun 22 Mar 2009, 14:47 Post subject:

Have come up with a workable solution using: