Re: Samba on PPC

[Justin McKillican <linuxppc@home.com>]

>> Does Samba work on Linux/PPC machines.
>> I've done an "apt-get install samba" but I can't get it going.
>> /etc/init.d/samba start doesn't seem to help.
>> Doing a "ps aux | grep smb" yields no processes.  I expect to see smbd
>> and nmbd but nothing appears.  Is Samba ported for the PPC linux machines ?
> 
> To be honest with you, I can't remember if I've tested samba since I
> switched to debian, but it used to run fine under linuxppc.  Check
> your /etc/samba/debian_config.  It's probably running out of inetd, so
> you won't see it in ps unless there's a connection.  If you're having
> trouble connecting, I recommend going to the samba website and looking
> at their troubleshooting instructions.  They're quite good and will
> lead you right to the problem at hand.
> 

I have it running on debian potato/ppc as well as woody/x86 (can't remember
if i tried it for woody, might of been netatalk).

got any logs or errors messages you could look at?



justin