samba 2.2.8 problem on OSR 5.0.7

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Jan 25, 2007, 1:47:08 PM1/25/07

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Can not start smbd, the error message is:

# cat log.smbd
[2007/01/23 09:11:54, 0] param/params.c:(543)
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
"/usr/lib/samba/lib/smb.conf":
Insufficient or invalid memory

OSR 5.0.7 with service packs 3 and 4 applied. Samba package was ftp'd
from SCO site and installed with pkgadd command, that I saw in readme
file. Everything went OK, but one thing I want to mention - samba is
not shown on custom, but I see it is installed:
# pkginfo samba
application samba Samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for
UNIX

The configuration file is present
# pwd
/usr/lib/samba/lib
# l
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Jan 22 13:55 codepages
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 368 Jan 22 15:33 smb.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 10728 Oct 21 2003 smb.conf.orig

One more piece of info: I did run
/etc/init.d/samba enable
but did not see any startup file added to rc2.d.

Please help to resolve this, any pointers would be appreciated.

Regards

Roger Cornelius

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Jan 25, 2007, 2:24:02 PM1/25/07

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On Jan 25, 1:47 pm, migu...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Can not start smbd, the error message is:
>
> # cat log.smbd
> [2007/01/23 09:11:54, 0] param/params.c:(543)
> params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
> "/usr/lib/samba/lib/smb.conf":
> Insufficient or invalid memory
>
> OSR 5.0.7 with service packs 3 and 4 applied.

OSR507 had Update Packs (now discontinued) and Maintenance Packs, but
no service packs. Maintenance Pack 5 has been available since August
is marked as critical. It's available separately or on the OSR 507
Supplement CD, which also includes samba 3.0.20a. Both MP5 and the
Supplement CD are available here:

http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/osr507list.html

> Samba package was ftp'd
> from SCO site and installed with pkgadd command, that I saw in readme
> file. Everything went OK, but one thing I want to mention - samba is
> not shown on custom, but I see it is installed:

The samba on the Supplement CD is considerably newer than the 2.28
version mentioned in the subject line.

Bill Campbell

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Jan 25, 2007, 2:24:50 PM1/25/07

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On Thu, Jan 25, 2007, mig...@yahoo.com wrote:
>Can not start smbd, the error message is:
>
># cat log.smbd
>[2007/01/23 09:11:54, 0] param/params.c:(543)
> params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
>"/usr/lib/samba/lib/smb.conf":
> Insufficient or invalid memory
>
>OSR 5.0.7 with service packs 3 and 4 applied. Samba package was ftp'd
>from SCO site and installed with pkgadd command, that I saw in readme
>file. Everything went OK, but one thing I want to mention - samba is
>not shown on custom, but I see it is installed:

Samba-2.2.8 is rather ancient.

The current version of Samba is at least 3.0.22 (I'm not sure if
there's a more recent stable release). Samba 2.2.8 is at least
three years old (SuSE 9.0 Pro was the last Linux release I've
seen that still had samba-2.2.8a date Sep 23 2003).

Bill
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ThreeStar

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Jan 25, 2007, 3:47:03 PM1/25/07

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At Forum I was told that there were some problems with Samba
compilation so some functionality is stubbed in, mostly in the area of
validation. An MP is in the works for OpenServer 6 probably this
quarter; didn't ask about 5.0.7 but imagine that would be done, too.

--Ray Robert

On Jan 25, 11:24 am, Bill Campbell <b...@celestial.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007, migu...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >Can not start smbd, the error message is:
>
> ># cat log.smbd
> >[2007/01/23 09:11:54, 0] param/params.c:(543)
> > params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
> >"/usr/lib/samba/lib/smb.conf":
> > Insufficient or invalid memory
>
> >OSR 5.0.7 with service packs 3 and 4 applied. Samba package was ftp'd
> >from SCO site and installed with pkgadd command, that I saw in readme
> >file. Everything went OK, but one thing I want to mention - samba is
> >not shown on custom, but I see it is installed:Samba-2.2.8 is rather ancient.
>
> The current version of Samba is at least 3.0.22 (I'm not sure if
> there's a more recent stable release). Samba 2.2.8 is at least
> three years old (SuSE 9.0 Pro was the last Linux release I've
> seen that still had samba-2.2.8a date Sep 23 2003).
>
> Bill
> --

> INTERNET: b...@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software, LLC

mig...@yahoo.com

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Jan 26, 2007, 2:43:52 PM1/26/07

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On Jan 25, 11:24 am, "Roger Cornelius" <r...@tenzing.org> wrote:
> On Jan 25, 1:47 pm, migu...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > Can not start smbd, the error message is:
>
> > # cat log.smbd
> > [2007/01/23 09:11:54, 0] param/params.c:(543)
> > params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file
> > "/usr/lib/samba/lib/smb.conf":
> > Insufficient or invalid memory
>

> > OSR 5.0.7 with service packs 3 and 4 applied.OSR507 had Update Packs (now discontinued) and Maintenance Packs, but

> > Regards- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Thank you. I have removed old version and loaded ver.3.0.14 from 507
supplement and it worked

Roger Cornelius

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Jan 26, 2007, 6:47:34 PM1/26/07

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> > > Regards- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -Thank you. I have removed old version and loaded ver.3.0.14 from 507
> supplement and it worked

If you really got 3.0.14, then you used an old version of the
supplement CD. As stated above, the current version of the CD has
samba 3.0.20a.