starting smbd at boot

[EverydayDiesel]

Can anyone please tell me how to start the samba service at boot time? I added this script to /etc/rc.conf.local and rebooted but it did not work

if [-x /use/local/libexec/smbd ];  then
  echo -n 'samba'
  /use/local/libexec/smbd /etc/samba/smb.conf 
fi

Also I am use to running a command like ps-ef|grep smbd but this does not work on OpenBSD. I see many options in the man pages but is there a proper way of getting the pids (or seeing is a service is actually running?)

Thanks in advance

[ocicat]

Originally Posted by EverydayDiesel

Can anyone please tell me how to start the samba service at boot time?

Study Section 10.3 of the FAQ. Hint: set pkg_scripts in /etc/rc.conf.local.

[jggimi]

There are many files in the rc(8) subsystem, and you are using the wrong one if you want to run a script.

The rc.conf* files are not scripts, they contain variable setting only. In the past, the files were sourced to set variable values, in modern OpenBSD they are parsed, to enable tools like rcctl(8) to be deployed. You can edit the file manually to set the variables smbd_flag and pkg_scripts, as described in the rc.conf.local(5) man page., or use the rcctl(8) program I just mentioned to set these variables to provision the daemon to start at boot.

The file for manual scripts is rc.local. It isn't used for package daemon starting any longer, since the rc.d(8) system was introduced some years ago.

OpenBSD is a moving target, even though it only moves twice a year.

[jggimi]

FAQ 10.3 has an overview of all the rc(8) files.

[EverydayDiesel]

Please excuse my noobness but I am doing something wrong. I noticed from the FAQ that there is a file called /etc/rc.d/samba that is to go in /etc/rc.conf at the bottom line as pkg_scripts=samba

I can see the script starting at boot and I see it with top (smbd) but when I access the share it tells me that it cannot be found. If I start the service and specify the /etc/samba/smb.conf then of works fine. What exactly am I doing wrong here?


Edit : I restarted windows and it started working!

[jggimi]

Glad you got it working.

Originally Posted by EverydayDiesel

...that is to go in /etc/rc.conf ...

I hope you meant /etc/rc.conf.local. Editing /etc/rc.conf is not best practice, as you will lose any edits when you upgrade.