Wait, stop!
While all of the following information is correct, I am having problems
with 3.0.23b. 3.0.23a works just fine. Before installing 3.0.23b, see the
thread "[Samba] 3.0.20 -> 3.0.23 SID/group error?? Won't connect."
>From: "David Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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.
>
>
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