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..... -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/415 - Release Date: 8/9/06 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba