[Samba] samba newbie having trouble configuring samba on RH7.3...

[Joel Hammer]

To enable swat, you have to edit inetd.conf or its equivalent in xinetd. I
don't use Redhat so I cannot be much more specific.

Joel


On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 10:06:54AM -0400, marvc wrote:
> Tori
> Thanks for the mini tutorial on getting started with samba, it helped a
> great deal as I was able to compile and install after locating
> ./configure in the source directory. 
> 
> Not to sound like a lazy ungrateful peasant but I'm unable to log in to
> swat by typing http://localhost:901. Am I missing something here? I'm
> currently trying to locate an updated doc for 2.2.8a that covers setting
> up the swat tool and creating the shares. This is for my home network so
> I'm not tryiing to do anything fancy; just create a few folders for some
> files I'll be adding to my linux web server. 
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+marvc=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+marvc=bellsouth.net at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
> Tori Williamson
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:54 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] samba newbie having trouble configuring samba on
> RH7.3...
> 
> 
> Marv,
> 
> You do need to run configure for a source tarball... you just haven't
> found the config script yet. :-) In the samba-2.2.8a directory, go into
> the directory labeled "source". You'll find the configure script there.
> 
> My advice is, if this is the first time installing Samba, run your
> install
> thusly:
> 
> #samba-2.2.8a > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/samba #samba-2.2.8a >
> make #samba-2.2.8a > make install
> 
> The reason I suggest setting the prefix as /usr/local/samba and no other
> config options, is that this will put samba in a singular space and
> allow you time to monkey with it in a closed directory. Then when your
> comfortable with samba and it's files and configurations, you can wipe
> the /usr/local/samba dir (thus trashing ALL of the files) and run the
> configure with WHATEVER path your heart desires.
> 
> My advice is something like this install:
> 
> #samba-2.2.8a >
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --configdir=/etc/samba
> --what-ever-other-config-op tions-you-want #samba-2.2.8a > make
> #samba-2.2.8a > find /* > samba1 #samba-2.2.8a > make install
> #samba-2.2.8a > find /* > samba2 #samba-2.2.8a > diff samba1 samba2 >
> samba-installed
> 
> Why the two find and diff statements? Well, you'll see that I offer /usr
> as the prefix dir, you'r files will be scattered. Doing a find before
> AND after the install and diffing the two find files will create a file
> (called
> samba-installed) with the locations of all the samba files. quite handy.
> 
> If you don't feel comfortable with that, and want an easier way to
> manage the install (and if necessary the UNinstall) of Samba, you can
> download the latest samba SRPM file from Samba.org here:
> http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/RedHat/SRPMS/samba-2.2.8a
> -1.s
> rc.rpm
> 
> Just install rpm-build from the 7.3 RPMS, and after downloading the
> src.rpm,
> run:
> #dir > rpm -ivh samba-2.2.8a-1.src.rpm
> then change to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS and edit the samba.spec file to
> make the config changes you want. Then: #SPECS > rpm -bb samba.spec This
> will place the samba-common, samba-client, samba-server & samba-swat
> RPMS in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 and you can install the latest samba
> version from samba.org via RPM.
> 
> Lastly, I offer up the suggestion of obtaining "Using Samba" from
> O'Reilly & Assc. A VERY handy book for samba admins of any level. And
> the latest edition covers Samba 3. You can also do a google search for
> "samba redhat HOWTO"
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Tori
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "marvc" <marvc at bellsouth.net>
> To: "'Joel Hammer'" <Joel at HammersHome.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [Samba] samba newbie having trouble configuring samba on
> RH7.3...
> 
> 
> > I downloaded the samba-latest.tar from the downloads page and you're 
> > right it doesn't look as though I have to configure it. I'm just 
> > unsure of what it is I need to do to next.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel at HammersHome.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:38 PM
> > To: marvc; samba at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] samba newbie having trouble configuring samba on 
> > RH7.3...
> >
> > What type of file did you download?
> > Maybe its all set to run? Maybe you don't have to configure it? Joel
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 08:52:31PM -0400, marvc wrote:
> > > I just downloaded Samba ver2.2.8a onto my RH server and I'm unsure
> on
> > > how to properly configure samba. I've seen documentation online for
> > the
> > > older versions which contain instructions for running ./configure,
> > make,
> > > and make install. I don't see ./configure in my samba-2.2.8a
> directory
> > > so I'm clueless on what to do next. Can anyone assist with this?
> > >
> > > TIA
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