Samba Server for eCS (OS/2) init script Version 3.1.0
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Copyright (C) netlabs.org 2007-2009

1. Introduction:
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Most Samba packages for various *nix flavors come with a shell script in order 
to quickly start or stop the Samba services.

smb.cmd (written in REXX) provides the same functionality for eCS (OS/2).

2. Installation:
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smb.cmd should reside in the same directory as smbd.exe and nmbd.exe.
It requires REXXUTIL.DLL, VROBJ.DLL and PR1UTIL.DLL in LIBPATH.

3. Usage:
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The usage of smb.cmd mimics the usage of the *nix shell scripts
and is quite straight forward:

smb {start|stop|restart|reload|status|test}

In addition a similar plugin feature found in IBM's TCPSTART.CMD is present
in smb.cmd:

- If a file named B4SMB.CMD is found in the Samba directory, it will be run
  before the Samba services are started.

- If a file named SMBEXIT.CMD is found in the Samba directory, it will be run
  after the Samba services have been stopped.

smb.cmd is also used by SWAT and smbmon.exe to start or stop the Samba daemons.

In addition Samba daemons that refuse to stop peacefully are killed using 
Paul Ratcliffe's excellent PR1Util.DLL.

4. Author:
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Herwig Bauernfeind
mailto:herwig.bauernfeind@aon.at