[Solved] newbie needs help with autostarting samba

[arjay]

Hi all

I am trying the lxde version of pclinuxos 2010. Brilliant so far but....

I don't know how to get samba to run each time I boot. At the moment I am manually opening a terminal, switching to root and typing /etc/init.d/smb start (or /usr/bin/samba start). Obviously this only lasts until I reboot.

I have read up a bit on autostart and as I understand it, I have to create an *.desktop file and stick it in ~/.config/autostart. I have had a look at some of the ones already on the PC and searched for a ready made one. What I am not sure of is how do I get the file to execute when it requires root authority?

Could someone just help me get started. I am happy to try to write it myself.

TIA

[arjay]

OK - think I have sorted this. I opened the PCLinuxOS Control Centre (PCC) in the main menu. In there is an option to "Manage System Services". Here you can enable smb to run and to run on boot.

Hope this helps anyone looking for this topic.

Cheers