HP CIFS Server 3.0d Administrator's Guide version A.02.02 (Edition 5)

Installing and Conﬁguring the HP CIFS Server

Step 4: Starting the HP CIFS Server

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Step 4: Starting the HP CIFS Server

Run the script below to start Samba if you do not use winbind support:

/opt/samba/bin/startsmb

Run the script below to start Samba if you conﬁgure HP CIFS Server to

use winbind support:

/opt/samba/bin/startsmb -w

or /opt/samba/bin/startsmb --winbind

When the command successfully starts Samba, a message is displayed

indicating the speciﬁc processes that have been started. When the script

is successful, the exit value is 0. If the script fails, the exit value is 1.

Samba installation and conﬁguration are complete.

Run the following script to stop Samba if you do not use winbind

support:

/opt/samba/bin/stopsmb

Run the following script to stop Samba if you use winbind support:

/opt/samba/bin/stopsmb -w

or /opt/samba/bin/stopsmb --winbind

When the script is successful, the exit value is 0. If the script fails, the

exit value is 1.

Winbind execution may be controlled without affecting the execution of

smbd and nmbd with the following commands.

Run the following command to start winbind alone:

/opt/samba/bin/startwinbind

Run the following command to stop winbind alone:

/opt/samba/bin/stopwinbind

NOTE HP does not support the inetd conﬁguration to start the HP CIFS

Server.