On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 11:33, Chris Gehlker wrote:
> I have a simple script that supposed to start the samba daemons on an 
> old HR 7.0 system. It is pretty much copied right out of the "Using 
> Samba" book except that paths were adjusted to fit the system. It was 
> stuck on the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local as follows:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
> # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
> # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
> 
> if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
>      R=$(cat /etc/redhat-release)
> 
>      arch=$(uname -m)
>      a="a"
>      case "_$arch" in
> 	    _a*) a="an";;
> 	    _i*) a="an";;
>      esac
> 
>      NUMPROC=`egrep -c "^cpu[0-9]+" /proc/stat`
>      if [ "$NUMPROC" -gt "1" ]; then
>          SMP="$NUMPROC-processor "
>          if [ "$NUMPROC" = "8" -o "$NUMPROC" = "11" ]; then
>              a="an"
> 	else
> 	    a="a"
>          fi
>      fi
> 
>      # This will overwrite /etc/issue at every boot.  So, make any 
> changes you
>      # want to make to /etc/issue here or you will lose them when you 
> reboot.
>      echo "" > /etc/issue
>      echo "$R" >> /etc/issue
>      echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $SMP$(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
> 
>      cp -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net
>      echo >> /etc/issue
> fi
> 
> if [ -x /usr/sbin/smbd]; then
>      touch /home/chrisg/test1
>      echo "Starting smbd..."
>      /usr/sbin/smbd -D
>      echo "Starting nmbd..."
>      /usr/sbin/nmbd -D
> fi
> 
> touch /home/chrisg/test2
> 
> I added the part after the first if. I'm no great scriptor but I think 
> the if is just testing for
> the existence or the executability of /usr/sbin/smbd.  In either case, 
> the test should pass but it fails. After restarting I have test2 but 
> not test1 in my home directory.
> 
> I would really appreciate any help.
> 
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try putting a space after /usr/sbin/smbd and before the closing brace -
very literal these things

Craig