[Samba] Request for help!

[Bradley W. Langhorst]

I recommend you build your own rpm 
there is a script in the source package that makes that easy.

As an aside - i also recommend you upgrade your server to close security
holes.

brad
On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 15:50, Slawomir Orlowski (Cympak) wrote:
> Hello! 
> 
> I have samba rpm's installed on my RedHat 6.1: 
> 
> samba-2.0.5a-12 
> 
> samba-client-2.0.5a-12 
> 
> samba-common-2.0.5a-12 
> 
> So fat it was working great with our LAN ( WIN98 PC's ). 
> 
> But we are going to buy new PC which will come with Win XP. 
> 
> In some book I have found that samba 2.2.1a package would be required, after downloading 
> 
> samba-2.2.1a-4.i386.rpm 
> 
> samba-client-2.2.1a-4.i386.rpm 
> 
> samba-common-2.2.1a-4.i386.rpm it turned out that libc.so.6 is required and this comes with 7.x RedHat. 
> 
> Later I have found on page: 
> 
> http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/redhat/RPMS/6.2/ 
> 
> rpm: samba-2.2.3a-20020206.i386.rpm 
> 
> what is this? samba so fat consisted from 3 separate rpm. 
> 
> When I was checking dependencies  "rpm -i --test samba.... "of this package it did not require libc.so.6 but was in collision with my previous samba. 
> 
> I'm a little confused what is this exactly? 
> 
> Should I uninstall previous samba to install this? 
> 
> Is this rpm containing previous 3 rpm's? 
> 
> And maybe the most important question do I have to update samba to make it work with XP clients. 
> 
> If yes, is there available any version of samba for RedHat 6.1 which would work with XP clients. 
> 
> I would really appreciate any help from You.
> 
> best regards
> Slawomir Orlowski