samba - Feb 1998 - SAMBA digest 1586

David A. De Graaf wrote:
> Let me share my idiotic mistake with the world...
> 
> The new samba-1.9.18p2 (and p1) has introduced a new impediment to
> compilation, at least on my older Dell UNIX system.  The 'make'
> command yields:
[..snip..]
> Using LIBS =  -lsocket -lnsl -lc -L/usr/ucblib -lucb    
> Compiling util.c
> -o would overwrite util.o
> make: *** [util.o] Error 1
> 
> This nonsensical error message is impossible to comprehend.
> If util.o did exist, I would want it overwritten!
> But it doesn't exist!  So why stop???
I ran into the same thing on Unixware 2.1.2 using the native C compiler.
 My solotion, which I posted on this list awhile back was as follows:

Here's a semi-brain-dead patch to the Makefile that will make samba
compile on UnixWare 2.1.2.  Perhaps someone could come up with something
more reasonable that's also portable.  Not beimg much of a Makefile
hacker myself, I'm happy to have something that simply works for me.
Probably I could avoid all this by just using gcc and GNU make, but I
don't have them installed (yet).

I also got some warnings about arguments mismatched to function
prototypes, but I haven't looked into that yet.

Hope this is of some use to somebody.
-- Steve Cameron

*** Makefile.orig	Wed Jan  7 17:06:28 1998
--- Makefile	Thu Jan  8 10:13:19 1998
***************
*** 722,728 ****
  
  .c.o: $(INCLUDES)
  	@echo Compiling $*.c
! 	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $(srcdir)$*.c -o $(srcdir)$*.o
  
  smbd: $(SMBDOBJ) $(ARCFOUR_OBJ)
  	@echo Linking smbd
--- 722,731 ----
  
  .c.o: $(INCLUDES)
  	@echo Compiling $*.c
! 	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $(srcdir)$*.c
! 	cp "`basename $*.o`" zzz.o
! 	cp zzz.o $(srcdir)$*.o
! 	
  
  smbd: $(SMBDOBJ) $(ARCFOUR_OBJ)
  	@echo Linking smbd

> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:41:13 +0100
> We are using samba-1.9.18p2 on unix boxes (Linux,Sun,AIX) for connection
> with our NT 4.0 clients.On NT client are only two users - root and
> student with mandatory profile.
> Student is a standard user and in his autostart folder is a small qbasic
> programm. So after NT Login there is another SAMBA login where student
> will be asked for his unix username and password and then connected with
> winapps, public and his home. It is possible to configure different
> windows application in such way that all preferences etc are saved on
> H:\- unix home connected with samba. On unix side we are using Netscape
> for our email.
yes there is but it requires some at-login registry hacks.

I'm using samba as our primary NOS here at Emory & Henry. All our users
use
netscape 3.02 or 4.04 communicator.
Many use netscape messenger some use eudora.

All you do is set the registry/ini files so that they point to the H:\
drive.

I'll give you some examples

set all your client workstations to one user profile under communicator 4.04
called default then make this registry additon
these lines are going to broken up so just bear with me.
delete the following values after making the initial default user: 
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Netscape\Netscape
Navigator\Users\Default","EmailAddr"
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Netscape\Netscape
Navigator\Users\Default","UserName"

Additionally read the prefs.js file that is stored (by default in the
netscape profile homedir)

Check out all the settings in HKLM\Software\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\Users
in the registry.

for win 3.11 users check the netscape.ini settings in the winroot dir and
the drive where all netscape binaries are stored.


additionally look at:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\User Shell Folders
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell Folders

this sets default locations like start menu buttons and startup files and My
Documents dir etc etc etc.


I would also suggest using KIX as your logon script processor:
http://netnet.net/~swilson/kix/

Hope this helps.

I've gotten our systems laid out so every thing is , by default, stored on
the users H:\ Drive.

good luck.


-sv
Seth Vidal
Emory & Henry College
Emory, VA




> 
> Does anybody know if it is possible to configure Netscape in such a way
> that 
> ALL netscape preferences and options (most important is email address)
> will be saved on samba home ?
>