i am running samba 3 on solaris 9
i have a question where is the smb.conf located
is it in /usr/local/samba/lib or private

check for it in /etc/smb.conf or /etc/samba/smb.conf

or better yet... search for it !!
'find / | grep smb.conf'

i have never had samba installed in etc.
you should never install software in etc.

the smb.conf file is always going to be located in the <samba root>/lib/smb.conf

if samba is running do a ps -Af|grep smb and it will show you where and which smb.conf is being used.

ok thanx i didnt think smb was in the /etc

i dont have samba installed in /etc either... but the config files for samba are in /etc on my system.

/etc/samba contains:
lmosts
secrets.tdb
smb.conf
smbfstab
smbpasswd
smbusers

besides, dosnt this make more sense anyway? config files generally are always in /etc , or at least should be.

i dunno. i come from teh school of thought that software packages should reside in 1 directory, not spread out in 100 differant locations.

i like to goto a specific software directory to look at the logs for that software.

it makes sence in my head.

i understand what you mean, i used to think the same way when i first switched from windows.
however after using unix for a while i got used to it and having a directory for configs and such makes sense. theres a bunch of different arguments on which way is better, because spreading everything out across the filesystem does seem, well less than intuitive.

but isnt that one of the reasons we use unices anyway? you can configure and customize your system as much as you want, (almost) whatever way you want.