[Samba] Installing Samba on AIX

[Roylance, Stephen D.]

> Hi,
>  
> I'm installing Samba version 2.2.7.0 using smit install.  
> Smit installs everything but doesn't create a 
> /usr/local/samba dir.  All the samba files are located in 
> /usr/local/bin.  But when I try to test my setup and so 
> smbpasswd, it wants to look for everything in /usr/local/samba dir.
>  
> Should I just create a /usr/local/samba dir and copy all the 
> samba files from bin to the respective samba dir?

Samba 2.2.8 compiles and installs pretty easily from source for me on AIX
5.1  You can get a gcc RPM from the IBM AIX toolbox,
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html.

> Thanks...Bobby

-Steve