Locking prevents install on Slackware

Peter Hicks pwh at poggs.co.uk
Mon Jan 14 07:20:16 GMT 2002


Hi Jeffrey

I'm running Samba 2.2 on Slackware 8, and have had no problems at all. What is
the exact message you're getting, and what parameters are you passing to
./configure?


Peter.


On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Wu, Jeffrey wrote:

> In attempting to install Samba on a Slackware implementation with a
> 400MB ext2fs partition, the configure script refused to proceed because
> the locking support would create an unsafe implementation of Samba.  Has
> anyone run across this before, and if so, is it an issue with the
> limitations of Slackware or can I add packages to allow Samba to load?
> (The objective is to provide domain authentication and print services,
> not file sharing, so a disk filled to near the usable capacity would not
> be an issue.)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jeffrey A. Wu (mailto:jwu at claritasconsulting.com)
> Claritás, LLC (http://www.claritasconsulting.com)
>
>
>





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