On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Chris Gehlker wrote:

> if [ -x /usr/sbin/smbd]; then

Add a space before the closing bracket "]". (I am surprised you didn't
get
an error message.)

>      touch /home/chrisg/test1
>      echo "Starting smbd..."
>      /usr/sbin/smbd -D
>      echo "Starting nmbd..."
>      /usr/sbin/nmbd -D
> fi

> 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,

man test # or man sh or man bash should tell you about -x

It means true if the file exists and is executable (or a searchable
directory).

Make sure that is the correct path too.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/