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pethead

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From: RU

Registered: 2015-02-25

Posts: 48

smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

cp /etc/samba/smb.conf.default /etc/samba/smb.conf

cp: cannot stat '/etc/samba/smb.conf.default': No such file or directory

what's going wrong?

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robg

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Registered: 2015-03-05

Posts: 218

Re: smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

I don't see the file you are trying to copy mentioned anywhere in the wiki. Actually, regarding default configuration, this is what it suggests you to do.

pethead

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From: RU

Registered: 2015-02-25

Posts: 48

Re: smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/sa … 1.80.D0.B0

There's a first command after installing samba

# cp /etc/samba/smb.conf.default /etc/samba/smb.conf

At 2015 it did work

English version of Wiki was changed.
Russian version is not actually anymore. So Sad.

Last edited by pethead (2018-02-12 11:50:14)

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robg

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Registered: 2015-03-05

Posts: 218

Re: smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

Trusting an article from 2015 on rolling release distro is not a good idea. But since you have now discovered this discrepancy, why not contribute back to the community by editing the corresponding section or marking it as "out of date"?

pethead

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From: RU

Registered: 2015-02-25

Posts: 48

Re: smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

First, I would to know why samba.conf.default was removed from package?
To edit wiki article I don`t have privilege.

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shulamy

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From: israel

Registered: 2010-09-11

Posts: 458

Re: smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

smb.conf

Samba is configured in /etc/samba/smb.conf, if this file doesn't exist smbd will fail to start.

To get started you can copy the default config file from samba git repository to /etc/samba/smb.conf.

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loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,562

Re: smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

To edit wiki article I don`t have privilege.

Did you create a separate account on the wiki?
@shulamy you are quoting what robg already linked to.  Are you responding to something posted since then?

pethead

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From: RU

Registered: 2015-02-25

Posts: 48

Re: smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

Original smb.conf can be found from \samba-4.7.4\examples\smb.conf.default from sources.
But why it's been removed...

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progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,211

Re: smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

Original smb.conf can be found from \samba-4.7.4\examples\smb.conf.default from sources.
But why it's been removed...

Maybe the source file has been moved to a different location and the PKGBUILD hasn't been fixed. There is a comment about installing the sample configuration.
https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/pack … 19067#n221

  # install sample smb.conf
  install -d -m755 ${pkgdir}/etc/samba

Edit: Here is the bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/55723

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shulamy

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From: israel

Registered: 2010-09-11

Posts: 458

Re: smb.conf does not exist after installing samba

@loqs, you are right ,  i didn't notice that "this" is blue

ezik