[Samba] AIX and DFS

[William Jojo]

Peacock, Joshua wrote:
> I am running 32bit and I would take that version to do some testing
> with.
>
> Will I need to file a bug report for this?
>
>   

The new smbd is here:

http://pware.hvcc.edu/download/aix53/joshua/smbd


And if this fixes the problem, I'll file the bug and follow up with Volker.


Cheers,
Bill


> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Jojo [mailto:w.jojo at hvcc.edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:45 PM
> To: Peacock, Joshua
> Cc: Volker.Lendecke at SerNet.DE; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] AIX and DFS
>
> Peacock, Joshua wrote:
>   
>> Thanks for all your help. I am using packages from pware.  
>>
>> But I downloaded the the source for 3.3.7 and just ran a configure and
>>     
> I
>   
>> get the following in the config.log
>>
>> samba_cv_HAVE_BROKEN_READLINK=no
>>
>> Which I thought would need to be set to yes.
>>
>> I don't have access to a ftp/sftp site that I can give you access too.
>> How would you like me to get you the log file (92k)?
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> Just following this thread I did some digging and I think readlink is 
> working as written. :-)
>
> http://www1.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de/hhlr/doku/sw/apidiffs.html#readlink
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.i
> bm.aix.basetechref/doc/basetrf2/symlink.htm
>
> I think we either need to add AIX to the ifdef or properly handle the 
> ERANGE. The former looks easier. ;-)
>
> At any rate, Joshua, are you using the 32- or 64-bit version of 3.3.7? I
>
> have a 32-bit patched smbd replacement you can test with the original 
> patch Volker suggested. I can make a 64-bit if you need that.
> Interested?
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
>   
>> This is AIX 6.1
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Volker Lendecke [mailto:Volker.Lendecke at SerNet.DE] 
>> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:48 AM
>> To: Peacock, Joshua
>> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Subject: Re: [Samba] AIX and DFS
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 09:05:27AM -0600, Peacock, Joshua wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6330
>>>     
>>>       
>> Heh, too much going on for my aging brain...
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Miguel sent me the following bug report which states its fixed in 
>>> 3.3.5
>>>
>>> Does this mean it needs to be compiled with an option to define 
>>> HAVE_BROKEN_READLINK?
>>>     
>>>       
>> It should have figured that out itself if it is indeed fixed in 3.3.5.
>> Can you post your config.log file somewhere?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Volker
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