samba - Oct 2001 - Binaries

Hi, I've been trying to download your 'binaries' for AIX Samba and I
find
that the 'binary' package is a single 'exe' file which - of
course - doesn't
work on AIX.  There's no instructions as to what to do with it so I tried
looking into it with Winzip and I see theres a file with a 'bff'
extension.
I'm not familiar with this file format.  I'd love to try Samba but due
to
these problems I can't.  Have you any advice or a 'better' website
than
www.samba.org which actually tells me what do do with the downloaded file?
I also tried to do it with 'source-code' downloads; the one from Iceland
didn't want to untar and when I got one of the others I found that I needed
ANOTHER piece of software called a gcc to compile it!  Surely it would be a
good idea to package this with your files so that installation can actually
take place?

Best wishes
Dean



Dean Lloyd Pickersgill
Unix Systems Administrator
Shell Information Technology International B.V.
Postbus 1027, 2260 BA Leidschendam, Nederland

Tel: +31 4178
Email: 
Internet: http://www.shell.com

Follow these steps below

1) chmod +x binary_file.exe
2) ./binary_file.exe
3) rm -f .toc
4) smit install_latest (type this command from the current directory where
the inflated file is stored)
5) Under Input Device, just type .
6) Press F4 to list the available binaries to install
7) Press Spacebar to select the binary and Enter to install

Hope you have a great time using Samba...

          Regards,

          Daniel Tan
          7469188 Ext 652
          MIS Department
          ShopNSave Pte Ltd

----- Original Message -----
From: Pickersgill, Dean L SITI-ISES-56 <Dean.D.Pickersgill@is.shell.com>
To: <samba@samba.org>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 5:17 PM
Subject: Binaries

> Hi, I've been trying to download your 'binaries' for AIX Samba
and I find
> that the 'binary' package is a single 'exe' file which - of
course -
doesn't
> work on AIX.  There's no instructions as to what to do with it so I
tried
> looking into it with Winzip and I see theres a file with a 'bff'
extension.
> I'm not familiar with this file format.  I'd love to try Samba but
due to
> these problems I can't.  Have you any advice or a 'better'
website than
> www.samba.org which actually tells me what do do with the downloaded file?
> I also tried to do it with 'source-code' downloads; the one from
Iceland
> didn't want to untar and when I got one of the others I found that I
needed
> ANOTHER piece of software called a gcc to compile it!  Surely it would be
a
> good idea to package this with your files so that installation can
actually
> take place?
>
> Best wishes
> Dean
>
>
>
> Dean Lloyd Pickersgill
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Shell Information Technology International B.V.
> Postbus 1027, 2260 BA Leidschendam, Nederland
>
> Tel: +31 4178
> Email:
> Internet: http://www.shell.com
>
>
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