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Smith oo4

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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2007-12-30

Posts: 42

[solved] Stop, Start and Restart of Daemons Always [FAIL]

Every time I try to stop, start or restart a daemon it always fails as show below:

[morgan@Server-Arch ~]$ /etc/rc.d/samba restart

:: Stopping Samba Server                                                 [FAIL] 

:: Starting Samba Server                                                 [FAIL] 

[morgan@Server-Arch ~]$ /etc/rc.d/cups restart

:: Stopping CUPS Daemon                                                  [FAIL] 

:: Starting CUPS Daemon                                                  [FAIL] 
 

[morgan@Server-Arch ~]$ /etc/rc.d/fam restart

:: Stopping File Alteration Monitor                                      [FAIL] 

:: Starting File Alteration Monitor                                      [FAIL]

The daemons do not appeared to be working as I can't access samba shares and the CUPS web page.  I am not having any luck resolving this on my own and would appreciate any help.

Thank you

Last edited by Smith oo4 (2009-08-26 23:43:39)

arkham

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Re: [solved] Stop, Start and Restart of Daemons Always [FAIL]

Although I can't help you, I sense that this thread is headed for an epic fail.

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NVS

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Re: [solved] Stop, Start and Restart of Daemons Always [FAIL]

Have to ask: are you trying those as root?

moljac024

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Re: [solved] Stop, Start and Restart of Daemons Always [FAIL]

It seems you're trying those commands as a regular user, that's your problem.
You need to start/stop daemons as root

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fukawi2

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Re: [solved] Stop, Start and Restart of Daemons Always [FAIL]

It seems you're trying those commands as a regular user, that's your problem.
You need to start/stop daemons as root

Yes. If you install and configure sudo, then you can prepend the commands with 'sudo' to temporarily gain root privs.

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Smith oo4

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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2007-12-30

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Re: [solved] Stop, Start and Restart of Daemons Always [FAIL]

I have checked by bash history and you are right I have been trying to restart daemons without root privileges.  I can't believe that was my problem and that I could be that stupid.  Thank you for your help.