samba - Mar 1999 - Newbie question - AIX binaries

This is as "rookie" as you can get.  I would like to install and
config Samba on
my AIX 4.2.1 box, so that its printers and files are visible to my PC's on
my
Novell network.  The PC's are NT4.0 workstations.

I will admit right now that I am completely unfamiliar with Samba, and I'm
having difficulties finding what I need.  I have tried going to several sites
and downloading samba to install.  Unfortunately, all I can seem to find is
source code, and I do not have (and would prefer not to buy if I don't have
to)
a C compiler.

I did look at one site that said it had binaries, but when I downloaded the
files, I didn't see anything that looked like an executable.

Could someone please point me in the right direction (basically tell me exactly
where to get an AIX 4.2.1 executable, and how to install it)?  Sorry to sound so
helpless.  If I could just get to the point of having the software installed,
I'd gladly spend the time to research and learn how to configure it.   The
documentation I have seen looks great...but only helps one you have the software
installed!!!

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Pattee Bender
Uniform Color Company

At 07:06 5/03/99 +1100, Pattee M Bender wrote:
>I will admit right now that I am completely unfamiliar with Samba, and
I'm
>having difficulties finding what I need.  I have tried going to several
sites
>and downloading samba to install.  Unfortunately, all I can seem to find is
>source code, and I do not have (and would prefer not to buy if I don't
have >to) a C compiler.

Check out the IBM RS/6000|AIX pages, as they have links to various
repositories of files. On some of these you will find a copy of GCC, the
GNU C compiler. You will need to play with it a bit to get it to work (it
requires that you go thru an install procedure that may seem a little
tedious).
>I did look at one site that said it had binaries, but when I downloaded the
>files, I didn't see anything that looked like an executable.
You might want to look through the source files, as they have some docs in
there that might be relevant to installing the executables (eg: INSTALL, etc)

Ive found that AIX can be very picky with software compiled on other
versions of AIX... tho most of it should be fine.

Stuart Young - sgy@amc.com.au - cefiar@amarok.glasswings.com.au
(aka Cefiar) - http://amarok.glasswings.com.au/

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