Samuel Hathaway
2000-Oct-24 02:43 UTC
Samba Installation (Was: Re: same old multiple subnets problem... with a twist!)
Computer Solutions wrote:> Hi you seem pretty smart, let me ask you a question. First, if it means > anything I am a reasonably accomplished windows techie, I can fix about > anything, install anything and network anything in windoze. Now I have a > suse linux box vers 6.4, kernel 2. something whatevver is about 6 months old > or so. So now I want to install samba from a cd vers 2.07 or something onto > this to make a nice file server for a friends small office. It has an > 233mmx, 8 gig hd, 64 ram,3c905 nic card, everything seems to be ok and > hooked up to a dsl line via a local 8 port hub. So I typed makeinstall samba > and it seems to have compied some files to my hard drive. > So how do I run samba?? > I don't see anything to left click on my desktop, I can't find swat to set > things up. I have obviously missed something here and have both O'Reillys > Samba book and Sams teach yourself samba in 24 hours. Both the first > chapters talk about compiling?? with switches and so forth and I'm prettly > lost after that. I have the rpm on suse linux which is I guess a bit like > installshield in windoze, whatever. A few simple steps from you since yours > is up and running and I can probably figure this out. > thanks in advance > kevin brown > los angeles, caIf you send this message to samba@samba.org, it'll go to the mailing list. If you have RPM installed, you might have more luck finding an RPM of samba and installing that. That way it'll add the right commands to the start up sequence.
Gerald Carter
2000-Oct-24 14:39 UTC
Samba Installation (Was: Re: same old multiple subnets problem...with a twist!)
Computer Solutions wrote:> > Hi you seem pretty smart, let me ask you a question. First, > if it means anything I am a reasonably accomplished > windows techie, I can fix about anything, install > anything and network anything in windoze. Now I have a > suse linux box vers 6.4, kernel 2. something whatevver > is about 6 months old or so. So now I want to install samba > from a cd vers 2.07 or something onto this to make a nice > file server for a friends small office. It has an 233mmx, 8 > gig hd, 64 ram,3c905 nic card, everything seems to be ok and > hooked up to a dsl line via a local 8 port hub. So I > typed makeinstall samba and it seems to have compied some > files to my hard drive. > > So how do I run samba?? > > I don't see anything to left click on my desktop, I can't > find swat to set things up. I have obviously missed > something here and have both O'Reillys Samba book and Sams > teach yourself samba in 24 hours. Both the first chapters > talk about compiling?? with switches and so forth and > I'm prettly lost after that. I have the rpm on suse linux > which is I guess a bit like installshield in windoze, > whatever. A few simple steps from you since yours > is up and running and I can probably figure this out.Kevin, I'm not sure here but you talk about running 'make install' and also talk about RPMs. So I'm a little confused as to whether you used a binary distribution of Samba or a source distribution. Either way you should be able to pick up in Chapter 4 of the Sam's book for general installation and startup tips. Chapters 5 - 12 cover smb.conf configuarion (which is the same of course regardless of how you installed Samba). Let me know if you have specific questions. Cheers, jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /\ Gerald (Jerry) Carter Professional Services \/ http://www.valinux.com/ VA Linux Systems gcarter@valinux.com http://www.samba.org/ SAMBA Team jerry@samba.org http://www.plainjoe.org/ jerry@plainjoe.org "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home." - Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979 )