[Samba] samba-tool question

[Rowland Penny]

On 01/11/13 10:21, lux-integ wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I compile samba 4.0.9 and 4.1.0 on a computer with these:-
> --cpu -amd64 3 cres
> --os blfs linux 64 bit gcc-4.8.1 linux-3.10.17 glibc-2.17
>
> I have followed the samba4 wikis  where most refer to a samna-tool (am
> adminstrative tool  I presumed   in the ~/bin (or  ~/sbin) directory of   the
> samba4 install prefix.  I did an ls for  in the bin and sbin directories  of
> the samba4 installations  ( see below )
>
> #---------------------------------------
> linteg [ /usr  ]# ls bin/samba*
> bin/samba-regedit
> linteg [ /usr  ]# ls bin/smb*
> bin/smbcacls   bin/smbclient4  bin/smbcquotas  bin/smbpasswd  bin/smbstatus
> bin/smbtar      bin/smbtree
> bin/smbclient  bin/smbcontrol  bin/smbget      bin/smbspool   bin/smbta-util
> bin/smbtorture
> linteg [ /usr  ]#
>
> #---------------------------------------
>
> and I cannot find samba-tool. I also did a search of the installation prefix
> without avail.
> BUT when  I did a search of the samba build-tree I found a python-script of
> the name 'samba-tool' (which clearly was not installed ).
>
> I would accordinglly like to know the following:-
>
> --A --have I made a mistake in my compilation and installation of
> samba-{4.1.0/4.0.9} -and if so what is it ?  OR
> --B-- is samba-tool now redundant   and the samba4-wikiis  out of date ?
> --C-- whatever ?
>
> advice will be appreciated.
>
> sincerely
> luxInteg
If you did the basic './configure' , 'make' , 'make install' without 
supplying the prefix, the path to samba-tool is probably 
/usr/local/samba/bin/samba-tool

Rowland