[ale] Slackware help needed

[durtybill at gmail.com (william wylde)]

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?

Try looking in /etc/rc.d/

Samba starts with:   /etc/rc.d/rc.samba start


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


> 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.
>
/var/adm/log

I think.