[Samba] Samba Compiled From Source, Where Are The SystemD Unit Files?

[Norbert Hanke]

That creates unit files and "make install" copies them below
/usr/local/samba/lib/systemd . Halfway there.

 > find /usr/local/samba/lib/systemd -ls
    653938      4 drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         4096 Mar  6 01:42
/usr/local/samba/lib/systemd
    653939      4 drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         4096 Mar  6 01:42
/usr/local/samba/lib/systemd/system
    653941      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          456 Mar  6 01:01
/usr/local/samba/lib/systemd/system/nmb.service
    653942      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          437 Mar  6 01:01
/usr/local/samba/lib/systemd/system/winbind.service
    653943      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          458 Mar  6 01:01
/usr/local/samba/lib/systemd/system/samba.service
    653940      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          502 Mar  6 01:01
/usr/local/samba/lib/systemd/system/smb.service

On 23.03.2021 18:27, Dachshund Digital via samba wrote:
> Oh, and... I missed this option last night apparently ./configure
> --systemd-install-services just does not do this by default, thinking
> this may generate the unit files?
>
> -DD
>
> On 03/23/2021 10:16, Dachshund Digital via samba wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>