[ale] Slackware help needed

[Geoffrey]

Jim Lynch wrote:
> I'm trying to help a client get an OLD slackware install working.  His 
> samba/ldap configuration has quit working.  I can't even figure out how 
> to start services on this system.  So questions:
> 
> What's the equivalent command to /dev/init.d/ldap start on slackware?

I don't have an active slack machine right now, so I can't help you with 
that.  As I recall, there are rc files, but they're in a little 
different location.  Try doing something like:

find /etc -name '*rc*' -print

> How do I find out the version of slackware this system is running, 
> /etc/issue is empty/meaningless.

look for /etc/*release

> It looks like the OS was installed in 2002 but the kernel is a 2.4.x 
> version compiled in 2005, so at least it's been upgraded somewhere along 
> the line.
> 
> Any idea where slackware might put the snmb.log or ldap logs?  Or is 
> that really dependent on the installer.

Can't help you there either, but I would expect in one of the following:

/var/log
/var/log/samba
/var/log/smb

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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