I notice that packages seem to come in three basic flavors: Usr, Root, and Kernel.
Can someone explain what the precise differences are? I assume that "Usr" is a userland package, "Root" requires root privileges, and "Kernel" is a kernel module. But I want to confirm that. And, in the case of Samba, there are several packages available and I'm not sure which one to pick: system SUNWsmbar samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX (Root) system SUNWsmbau samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX (Usr) system SUNWsmbfskr SMB/CIFS File System client support (Kernel) system SUNWsmbfsr SMB/CIFS File System client support (Root) system SUNWsmbfsu SMB/CIFS File System client support (Usr) system SUNWsmbskr SMB Server (Kernel) system SUNWsmbsr SMB Server (Root) system SUNWsmbsu SMB Server (Usr) SUNWsmbar and SUNWsmbau aren't found in Package Manager, so I won't mess with those (they did get installed with the distro CD, so perhaps they're on that CD ?). But the others ... Are these three for just plain old Samba servers? system SUNWsmbskr SMB Server (Kernel) system SUNWsmbsr SMB Server (Root) system SUNWsmbsu SMB Server (Usr) A Samba server with more support than the three labeled "SMB Server"? system SUNWsmbar samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX (Root) system SUNWsmbau samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX (Usr) Samba and CIFS clients (I assume): system SUNWsmbfskr SMB/CIFS File System client support (Kernel) system SUNWsmbfsr SMB/CIFS File System client support (Root) system SUNWsmbfsu SMB/CIFS File System client support (Usr) My gut tells me to go with Kernel modules. What do you think? Cheers, Richard http://wiki.cognitiongroup.biz/moin.cgi/CategoryOpenSolaris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
