[Samba] Compiling Samba 3.0.4, err w/ krb5

Tom Skeren tms3 at fskklaw.com
Thu Jul 22 14:48:48 GMT 2004


Greg Folkert wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 07:46, Poulson, Shawn wrote:
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>>I don't care for being patronized.  I had a question, and I get this
>>condescending reply.  Thanks, but no thanks.
>>    
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>I wasn't patronizing you. It was not condescending. It was a polite
>reminder to ask good questions. You think it is a simple question you
>asked, it is not.
>
>I could have given you the standard tirade that people asking your kind
>of bad questions get on the mailing lists I am on that are technical in
>nature, but not Windows in nature.
>
>You see, many people that have been long using Unix, Linux or *BSD,
>understand how to ask good questions, yet it seems from my perspective
>and many others that people coming or 95% of the time being in a
>"Windows"[tm] world, ask questions that are not quite as complete.
>
>Therefore when dealing with a heavy technical group such as the samba
>mailing list, where traceback stacks are commonly referred to or the
>error logs say "Read the Bugs Appendix" others typically known what the
>heck they are talking about.
>
>Please, think about including details of the system(s) you are dealing
>with. Then and only then can someone with the knowledge you are *ASKING
>FOR* can make a proper response to your problem. Being snide and asking
>stupid questions are not garnering you any goodwill.
>
>Thank you my dear for really hitting this idea home for me, without your
>ability to dig deeper, the message would not have come across as well.
>
>Now, that we are past the pleasantries, What kind of a system are you
>running, is it Linux, *BSD or Commercial Unix? If so, What version and
>possibly which Distro are you using? Have you searched for a prebuilt
>Binary that may fit your needs?
>
I asked for OS info yesterday too.  Had a similar problem with Hemdial 
on FreeBSD.  Got a mile long configure line in a text file that works 
like a charm on clean install....That means no attempt to install MIT 
krb5 ;-).  Willing to send it if it's a FreeB box.

>
>Please cut the pleasantries and just answer the questions. This is NOT
>SAP you are dealing with here, Deary.
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