Samba/VMS Version 2.2.4

[Michael D. Ober]

Got it.  We installed C 6.5 on Sunday and everything except SWAT compiled,
linked, and started.  SWAT didn't start properly and I suspect it's because
we aren't running a HTTP server on the system.  This isn't a big issue for
us, though as long as I can configure using smb.conf.  I haven't looked at
the smb.conf(5) man page yet.

Thanks,
Mike.

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel, Mark [mailto:mark.daniel at dsto.defence.gov.au]
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 5:07 PM
To: 'samba-vms at lists.samba.org'
Subject: RE: Samba/VMS Version 2.2.4


I believe the site to which you originally refered has a pre-build archive
available.  I built from source using Compaq C V6.5-001 on OpenVMS Alpha
V7.3 with Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.3 with only
one minor linker warning.  I also needed to add a SET NOON to INSTALL.COM
before the section that sets file permissions.

Perhaps someone else can answer the password query.

I am accessing the Samba/VMS file systems from Win2k and so are using
encrypted passwords stored in SMBPASSWD.DAT and changed/updated using a
user-level access to SWAT.

SWAT seems a very useful tool for configuring the essentials of a Samba
installation using a privileged login (especially for the likes of myself
that need a few basic services and have little experience).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael D. Ober [mailto:MDO at wakeassoc.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 7:58 AM
> To: 'Daniel, Mark'
> Subject: RE: Samba/VMS Version 2.2.4
> 
> 
> Our problem appears to be that we have an older version of 
> the C compiler
> installed.  We have 6.5, but haven't installed it yet.
> 
> By the way, can a Windows system change the VMS password via 
> the standard
> windows password changing dialog (i.e., password expiration)?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike Ober.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel, Mark [mailto:mark.daniel at dsto.defence.gov.au]
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 4:08 PM
> To: 'samba-vms at lists.samba.org'
> Subject: RE: Samba/VMS Version 2.2.4
> 
> 
> I have installed this without significant issues on three 
> different 7.3
> systems.
> 
> It is my first successful, (seems like) fully usable version 
> of Samba for
> VMS.
> 
> I'm very pleased with this distribution and will be feeding 
> back to the
> author shortly.
> 
> I could recommend it (but not in comparison with any other current
> distributions as I have no experience with these).
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael D. Ober [mailto:MDO at wakeassoc.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 5:31 AM
> > To: 'samba-vms at lists.samba.org'
> > Subject: FW: Samba/VMS Version 2.2.4
> > 
> > 
> > This was sent out on Monday.
> > 
> > Mike.
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jean-yves.collot at cofiroute.fr
> > > [mailto:jean-yves.collot at cofiroute.fr]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:02 AM
> > > To: Samba VMS
> > > Subject: Samba/VMS Version 2.2.4
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi.
> > > 
> > > For those of you that are interested, there is a new 
> > > distribution available
> > > for Samba/VMS 2.2.4
> > > 
> > > This kit can be downloaded in HTTP or anonymous FTP at
> > > www.pi-net.dyndns.org/anonymous/jyc/
> > > The kit is now separated in 2 files, one containing the 
> > > sources, and the
> > > other the object and object library files. You now can (and 
> > > must) link the
> > > EXE files on site even if you have no DECC compiler available 
> > > (or if your
> > > DECC compiler is out of date). The web page gives 
> instruction about
> > > installing Samba.
> > > 
> > > This kit fixes a number of problems that were 
> encountered, such as :
> > > - SWAT gived full access to the SMB.CONF file to everybody
> > > - the SMB.CONF file had to be in "stream" format. It did not 
> > > work with a
> > > standard VMS "variable record" format.
> > > - various fixes in the lock management and protections of the 
> > > .TDB files.
> > > Those files were sometimes corrupted.
> > > - Fix of NMBD unexpected exit when Samba configured with 
> > WINS support.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
>