[Samba] Samba Compiled From Source, Where Are The SystemD Unit Files?
Dachshund Digital
dachshund-digital at dc.rr.com
Tue Mar 23 17:16:33 UTC 2021
Figured that might be the case, I copied the Debian 10 unit files for
smbd and nmbd, make the applicable changes, then discovered that smbd is
is failing after compile, make, make test, make install all successful
(on Pi 4 native, not a cross compile). So am a bit surprised.
Environment is Raspberry Pi OS 32bit for ARMv7 HF. Is there any thing
special that needs to be done for Pi devices when compiling from
source? Beyond the obvious required packages before compile? Would
have expected ./configure to throw a fit if there was something special
needed specific for Pi? Unfortunately, the Debian 10 buster variant of
Raspberry Pi OS only has a Samba 4.9 version level and even the yet to
be released (as stable) Raspberry Pi OS based on Bullseye only has 4.12
included. So I guess the package maintainers are a bit behind the curve
given 4.14 is available as stable. What started be down this path was
the need for profiling support, which is not included by default in the
Debian 10 packages.
-DD
On 03/23/2021 08:49, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
> On 23/03/2021 15:32, Dachshund Digital via samba wrote:
>> I am doing 'make install' step as I write this question. Via Google,
>> I only seem to find examples of the unit files for control/support AD
>> features, but no example for how smbd, nmbd, etc., unit files should
>> be staged, or created? Even the SambaWiki and Samba.org seem to
>> ignore this subject? Am I just not finding such? This should be
>> pretty straight-forward right?
>>
>> -DD
>>
>>
>
> Samba does not supply systemd service files, this is left to package
> maintainers. The easiest way would be to use your distro's files,
> possibly modified for your PREFIX.
>
> Rowland
>
>
>
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