samba links file will go after doing patching

 samba links file will go after doing patching so we need to follow below lines

svc:/network/samba:default (SMB file server)
 State: maintenance since Wed Jul 10 13:17:17 2013
Reason: Start method failed repeatedly, last exited with status 1.
   See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
   See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1m smbd
   See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 4 smb.conf
   See: /var/svc/log/network-samba:default.log
Impact: This service is not running.


svcs -d svc:/network/samba:default --- check all dependents are all online are not other wise jst bring these services online

and after patching there is a possibility of removing symlinks from /etc/samba file to



Sometimes, /var/samba/log will show you the problem, sometimes it won’t. The issue is that it can’t find the smb.conf file in /etc/samba/. Just check for a simlink in there to the /etc/sfw/smb.conf file. I don’t know why Solaris upgrades remove the symlink. Nor do I know why a fresh install of Solaris has it set up this way to begin with and updates break it. But the fix is pretty simple:

svcadm disable svc:/network/samba:default
svcadm disable svc:/network/wins:default

cd /etc/samba/

ln -s /etc/sfw/smb.conf .   create a link file to this directory

svcadm clear svc:/network/samba:default
svcadm clear svc:/network/wins:default

svcadm enable svc:/network/samba:default
svcadm enable svc:/network/wins:default


nlxsl299\:a537069> pwd
/etc/samba
nlxsl299\:a537069>

nlxsl299\:a537069> ls -lrth
total 24
-r--r--r--   1 root     bin         9.4K Oct 26  2011 smb.conf-example
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          17 Jul 10 14:13 smb.conf -> /etc/sfw/smb.conf
dr-x------   2 root     bin          512 Jul 10 14:13 private


bash-3.00# ls -lrt /etc/samba/smb.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jul 10 14:13 /etc/samba/smb.conf -> /etc/sfw/smb.conf
bash-3.00#