[Samba] Compiling and Configuring Samba for Mandrival

[David Rankin]

Wait, stop!

    While all of the following information is correct, I am having problems
with 3.0.23b. 3.0.23a works just fine. Before installing 3.0.23b, see the
thread "[Samba] 3.0.20 -> 3.0.23 SID/group error?? Won't connect."


>From: "David Rankin" <drankin at cox-internet.com>
> Mates,
>
>     Since nobody is building binaries for mandriva, I thought I would
share
> a quick cheat sheet for those who want to compile from source to update
10.2
> from 3.20 to 3.23. Here goes:
>
> 1.    Download samba-3.0.23b.tar.gz to your local machine (a given...)
>
> 2.    Unzip it:  tar xzvf samba-3.0.23b.tar.gz
>
> 3.    Change to the source directory:  cd samba-3.0.23b/source/
>
> 4.    Make sure you are root:  su root (enter root password)
>
> 5.    run:  ./autogen.sh
>        see
>
(http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/compiling.html)
>
> 6.    Now you need to configure the makefile. This is simple, the only
pain
> in the butt is making sure you have the right configure parameters for
> Mandriva to keep the various pieces of samba from being scattered all over
> your disto. (i.e. smb.conf in /usr/lib ???)
>
>        simply run:
>
>
./configure --prefix=/usr --infodir=/usr/share --mandir=/usr/share --with-co
> nfigdir=/etc/samba
>
>        and the pieces will get placed in the right places.
>
> 7.    run:  make
>
> 8.    run:  make install
>        (this completes the install)
>
> 9.    now restart samba:  /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart
>
> 10.  You should be up and running with the new samba release! If samba
fails
> to start and you are in a panic, simply issue:
>
>         make revert
>
> and then
>
>         /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart
>
> and your old version of samba will be restored! (it really works)
>
>     That's it, hope it helps some other poor Mandrival user. If I missed a
> step, it is only because it is late.....
>
>

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