[Samba] Samba 2.2.8 compile failure - Solaris 8, SunCC, LDAP

[John H Terpstra]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Dallas N Antley wrote:

> My apologies if this isn't the correct posting address -- I didn't see
> an obvious "report problems here" on the website.  Some of the code
> modifications introduced between 2.2.7 and 2.2.8 don't appear to agree
> with Solaris, using Sun's CC, with the LDAP support code.  Note that
> I'm linking against the Solaris-bundled LDAP package (SUNWlldap).
>
> |% env CFLAGS="-xcg92 -xO4 -xspace" LDFLAGS="-s" ./configure	\
> |  --with-quotas --with-utmp --with-acl-support --with-winbind	\
> |  --with-pam --with-ldapsam --prefix=/opt/samba_2.2.8		\
> |  --mandir=/opt/samba_2.2.8/share/man				\
> |  --infodir=/opt/samba_2.2.8/share/info			\
> |  --sysconfdir=/opt/samba_2.2.8/share/conf			\
> |  --with-configdir=/opt/samba_2.2.8/share/conf			\
> |  --with-privatedir=/var/samba/private --with-piddir=/var/run	\
> |  --with-swatdir=/opt/samba_2.2.8/share/swat			\
> |  --localstatedir=/var/samba |& tee DEPOT.conf
> |% cc -V
> |cc: Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3 2001/05/15
> |usage: cc [ options] files.  Use 'cc -flags' for details
> |% uname -a
> |SunOS XXXX 5.8 Generic_108528-19 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
>
> While this worked fine for 2.2.7, using '--with-ldapsam' yields the
> following fatal error.
>
> |Compiling passdb/pdb_ldap.c
> |"passdb/pdb_ldap.c", line 276: undefined symbol: ldap_state
> |"passdb/pdb_ldap.c", line 276: undefined struct/union member: bind_dn
> |"passdb/pdb_ldap.c", line 276: left operand of "->" must be pointer to struct/union
> |"passdb/pdb_ldap.c", line 276: warning: improper pointer/integer combination: arg #1
> |"passdb/pdb_ldap.c", line 938: warning: argument #2 is incompatible with prototype:
> |        prototype: pointer to char : "include/proto.h", line 843
> |        argument : pointer to const char
> |cc: acomp failed for passdb/pdb_ldap.c
> |*** Error code 2
> |make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `passdb/pdb_ldap.o'

Is OpenLDAP installed on your system, with the development libraries?

>
> Re-configuring without '--with-ldapsam' allows the build to complete,
> albeit with a fair number more compiler warnings then with 2.2.7.
>
> Thanks much for any help you can provide.
>
> 				Dallas
>
> PS.  On a related note, it doesn't appear possible to build Samba with
>      support for more than one potential SAM source.  I'd like one
>      build to support both /etc/smbpasswd and LDAP-SAM, with config
>      file options specifying which source.  Did I miss some
>      compile-time option?  Thanks.

Samba-3.0.0 supports multiple password back-ends. See man smb.conf and
look for "passdb backend".

- John T.
-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org