samba - Jul 2000 - Samba Install

I am looking at installing Samba for use on a production server. I already
have it installed on two systems (version 2.0.6), but do not have installed
to the point of getting the best performance out of it with what is
available. So my question is, what should I (or should I not) install? What
version of Samba that is out is the best? I am aware of Samba 2.0.7 is at
least decent, is it the latest stable? I am looking to do an install to take
advantage of the capabilities of Samba and am running on a network with
WinNT4,Win'9x, and a Win2k test system. I have not had any problems with
2.0.6 except with the Win2k system, but from what has been discussed on the
Samba lists it seems most of these problems will be aleviated by 2.0.7.
Thank you.

Ben M.

Using LIBS = -ldl -lnsl -lpam
Compiling smbd/server.c
egcs: cannot specify -o with -c or -S and multiple compilations
make: *** [smbd/server.o] Error 1

Ok, I determinate the Problem!

VMWare was running!

Flo

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I am interested in using your Samba software to interface a Unix server with our
Windows NT workstations. The problem being is that I have very little experience
with Unix and have no idea how to install the Samba program. I have downloaded
the software but am unfamiliar with the file system/installation process. You
have to forgive me, I am used to the ease of DOS and Windows commands. Would you
be able to point me in the right direction as to how to install this software or
to someone/somewhere else I can learn about this.

I would really appreciate your assistance

Darryl Chalmers
Vintage Inns
Systems Department
(905) 468-2195 Ext. 7462
dbchalmers@hotmail.com
 

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Try checking out this tutorial from IBM...

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tutorials/samba/

It is aimed at setting up the system to do domain logons, but it also has a
section on how to obtain the software, and it is fairly easy to follow.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darryl Chalmers 
  To: samba@samba.org 
  Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 7:42 PM
  Subject: [Samba] Samba Install


  I am interested in using your Samba software to interface a Unix server with
our Windows NT workstations. The problem being is that I have very little
experience with Unix and have no idea how to install the Samba program. I have
downloaded the software but am unfamiliar with the file system/installation
process. You have to forgive me, I am used to the ease of DOS and Windows
commands. Would you be able to point me in the right direction as to how to
install this software or to someone/somewhere else I can learn about this.

  I would really appreciate your assistance

  Darryl Chalmers
  Vintage Inns
  Systems Department
  (905) 468-2195 Ext. 7462
  dbchalmers@hotmail.com


  "The information contained in this e-mail is confidential 
  and intended only for the addressee(s).
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>  I am interested in using your Samba software to interface a Unix server
with our Windows NT workstations.  
 
It does this rather well, as you've probably heard, and why you've come
across this list...
 
 
 >  The problem being is that I have very little experience with Unix and
have no idea how to install the Samba program.  
 
The documentation on the samba website ( www.samba.org
<http://www.samba.org> ) is a great place to start, also check out some of
the 
excellent books available, personally I'd recommend "Using Samba"
by Richard
Sharpe, Tim Potter & Jim Morris,
for a newbie to Samba it will point you in the right direction, and you
won't have to worry about trying to think of
the right question to ask to get the answer you need.
 
> I have downloaded the software but am unfamiliar with the file
system/installation process.  
> You have to forgive me, I am used to the ease of DOS and Windows commands.
> Would you be able to point me in the right direction as to how to install
this software  
> or to someone/somewhere else I can learn about this. 
 
Cast your mind back to the days when you first started with DOS/Windows.
Would you have
referred to "the ease of DOS and Windows commands" back then?  I
don't think
so.  
Trust me, Linux seems complicated in comparison, and in some ways probably
is, however if
you commit yourself to learning the basics the rewards you get for it will
be a hundredfold 
compared to the Windows server environment.
 
(if you think I'm stretching things a little, I speak from experience, until
2.5 yrs ago I had nothing
to do with Linux/Samba or anything Unix based, I looked after NT/Novell
servers.  Then I discovered
Samba in pretty much the same way you did, and now 9 out of our 11 sites run
Samba PDCs with
the other 2 in the process of being migrated from NT4....we have had nothing
but positive response
from userland about the newfound stability and speed of their networks....)
 
Regards
 
 
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