RE: [Samba] installation question

[Blanchard, Michael]

Title: Message

If you're new to linux, I suggest you download the rpm from www.samba.org.  A redhat install typically expects samba in places where just running "./configure" without options will not place the files.  This isn't really the fault of samba or redhat, it's just "different".  If you use the redhat rpm, it will put everything where redhat likes it to go, even putting in the smb /etc/init.d/smb file in for you.  So I would delete your samba stuff and just get the rpm unless you HAVE to have something that's not compiled into the rpm, which is unlikely unless you're running LDAP or something, which would be amazing since you say you're new to linux. :)  So to wrap it up, RPM = good for beginners, .TAR.GZ = good if you're masochistic or need something not compiled in by default.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Dunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Samba] installation question

Hello,

I am new to linux and samba. I am interested in installing Samba-2.2.3a on our new file server for a more stable server and to save costs on Microsoft products. I have redhat 7.2 installed but haven’t been able to get Samba installed. I haven’t even been able to get past the first step (./configure) I put the samba directory underneath root and then cd source, from here I put in ./configure or just configure and it comes back stating that the file doesn’t exist. Well when I do a ls or dir I can clearly see that it does. I’m not sure where to go from here. Please point out the obvious, I’m sure it’s something simple I just don’t get.

I’m using KDE gui.

I appreciate the help!

Thanks,

 

Scott Dunn
USTC
IS Dept.
(530)899-4363
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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