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@@ -66,28 +66,17 @@ The "provision" step sets up a basic user database.
$ cd source
$ ./setup/provision --realm=YOUR.REALM --domain=YOURDOM --adminpass=SOMEPASSWORD
-This will create a number of new 'ldb' database files in a directory
-newdb.XXX. You need to move these to the "private" subdirectory of
-your install. For example:
-
- # mv newdb.123/*.ldb /usr/local/samba/private/
-
-
Step 5: Create a simple smb.conf
--------------------------------
-You need to create a smb.conf file in the lib/ directory of your
-install. The default is /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf. A minimal
-smb.conf would be:
-
- workgroup = YOURDOM
+The provisioning will create a very simple smb.conf with no shares by
+default. You will need to update it to add at least one share. For
+example:
[test]
path = /data/test
read only = no
-The workgroup must exactly match the --domain argument you gave to provision.pl
-
Step 6: starting Samba4
-----------------------
@@ -95,11 +84,11 @@ Step 6: starting Samba4
The simplest is to just run "smbd", but as a developer you may find
the following more useful:
- # smbd -i -M single -d3
+ # smbd -i -M single
that means "start smbd without messages in stdout, and running a
-single process, with level 3 debugging". That mode of operation makes
-debugging smbd with gdb particularly easy.
+single process. That mode of operation makes debugging smbd with gdb
+particularly easy.
Note that now it is no longer necessary to have an instance of nmbd
from Samba 3 running. If you are running any smbd or nmbd processes