So, being the total Linux newbie I am, I decided to install Linux on an old PC (Really really old)
It works (Just) but I would like it to function as a file server for our windows network. I read I need samba, so I installed it. However, whenever I try to start it using
sudo /etc/init.d/samba start
It simply says "Unknown command" which probably means I've installed it wrong (Or I'm trying to start it incorrectly)
I first off tried to install smaba by doing:
sudo apt-get install samba
That didn't work, it suggested I install samba4, so I did. That appeared to do something, but I still could not start it!
I then tried this guide:
[url]https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/windows-networking-introduction.html[/url]
At the end of all that, it still says "Unknown console command"
So annoying, what am I doing wrong? :saddowns:
Thanks for any help!
Edited:
Solved, thanks for the help. After hours of trying to fix this (Among a pile of other problems) I finally setup my file server (Which I will probably never use anyway, its just to learn from)
Try:
sudo samba start
According to the [url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/samba4]package page for samba4[/url], it's an experimental snapshot, not yet ready for general use. You should probably stick with the "samba" package.
For samba, the scripts are /etc/init.d/smbd and /etc/init.d/nmbd. For samba4, it's /etc/init.d/samba4.
You shouldn't need to start it manually, though: it'll have been started automatically when it was installed, and should also start automatically during boot.
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