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roberts

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Posted: Oct. 19 2007,19:52

Quote (danielp @ Oct. 19 2007,12:39)

OK, I moved them to hda3 but I don't understand how I can avoid the boot code mydsl=hda3/myDSL ?

Other thing: I noticed that everytime I use mydsl-load samba.dsl, it overwrites the /etc/samba/smb.conf file with a standard one. How can I keep my own smb.conf file?

myDSL is not the same as mydsl. *nix is case sensitive.

Depends on the Samba extension. There are several. Are you sure it is /etc/samba/smb.conf and not /opt/samba/smb.conf?

Edited by roberts on Oct. 19 2007,19:52

danielp

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Posted: Oct. 19 2007,20:09

I see for the case; thanks. Now I put the extensions into /hda3/mydsl and removed the boot code, and DSL automatically found them anyhow.

I'm using the samba.dsl extension that I had found with the MyDSL Extension Tool in the Net part. Not sure where it downloads it from. (I'm running frugal install from 3.4.1)

And about the smb.conf file. I just found this:

/etc/samba points to KNOPPIX/etc/samba
KNOPPIX/etc/samba points to /opt/samba

So when I do a mydsl-load samba.dsl it indeed overwrites /opt/samba/smb.conf with a default smb.conf file.

Thanks for your help!

roberts

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Posted: Oct. 19 2007,22:02

Good. Now copy the samba.dsl to your mydsl/ directory.
Make changes to smb.conf file.
Add "/opt/samba/" to .filetool.lst
Make sure your have a backup device selected, e.g. hda3

The restore occurs after autoloading extensions.
With this setup, you should have your smb.conf working.

danielp

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Posted: Oct. 20 2007,18:52

Thanks Robert for the clear instructions. Indeed, I now get my own smb.conf file. However, I'm not sure if I understand how the extension is supposed to work. I don't see smbd in the working processes after boot, and I cannot see the DSL machine from other PCs on the network.

To start up the samba server, I need to type: sudo smbd start
Is that normal?

In the meantime, I have added the command to my /opt/bootlocal.sh file and it starts it up fine.