[H-GEN] Samba on SuSE 8.1

[Jason Parker-Burlingham]

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Alex Delaforce <alextdel at bigpond.net.au> writes:

> 2. In configuring the daemon processes for Samba I have:
> 	A. Created a file called rc.samba which I have put into
> /etc/init.d/
> 		The file contains 
> 		#!/bin/sh
> 		/usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D
> 		/usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D
> 	B. Within /etc/int.d/rc5.d created a symbolic link called
> S20samba that points to 		the rc.samba file in /etc/init.d
>
> The book Samba Unleashed indicated that I now can reboot and the thing
> should work.
> BUT......
> I'm a bit confused:
> Question - how does the file S20samba get run at boot time? Is
> everything in rc.5 run as linux reaches run level 5?

It's run by a process started by init.  On my Debian system it is
"/etc/init.d/rc".  On your system it'll be a bit different, look in
/etc/inittab.

> Question - how does the symbolic link indicate to the samba daemon file
> that it is being started or stopped? The symbolic links 'SxxFileNames'
> and 'KxxFilenames' within the rc.x directories seem to point to the same
> files without any parameters being passed on.

You answered your own question although you don't know it.

All the symlinks are named with an S or K, then two digits.  "S" (for
start) scripts (remember that the init script infrastructure doesn't
really know "S20samba" isn't a normal file) are run when entering the
runlevel, "K" scripts (for kill) are run when leaving it for some
other runlevel.

The numbers help the rc script sort the S or K scripts so they run in
a well-defined order; it means you can put S21samba-fu in place and
have it run after samba starts.

I hope this answers at least some of your questions.
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