samba - Feb 2003 - Solaris binary distribution question /usr/local

HI! 
I am trying to configure the samba 2.2.7 binary from sunfreeware ( package 
for Solaris 7).  Is there any way to override the default install location 
of /usr/local/samba for the lock files?  I do not have access to 
/usr/local as it is NFS mounted and shared by all Solaris 7 boxes.  I can 
pkgadd to a different root path, and I can -s the config file to the 
install location, but I cannot find a way to get the lock files in 
anything other than /usr/local, so I cannot start the smbd daemon.  If I 
have to I'll build samba 2.2.7 on the box, but I thought I would ask here 
first.  Thanks for your help

Jim Berg

Solaris packages support both relocatable and non-relocatable files in 
the same package.  It sounds to me like in this package, the lock files 
are marked as non-relocatable.  You'd have to unspool the package with 
pkgtrans and try to modify the prototype file, changing the absolute 
paths to relative ones.  In my opinion, you'll be running samba much 
faster if you just build it from source.

Luck,

Aaron Bennett
UNIX Administrator
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Jim.W.Berg@gsk.com wrote:
>HI! 
>I am trying to configure the samba 2.2.7 binary from sunfreeware ( package 
>for Solaris 7).  Is there any way to override the default install location 
>of /usr/local/samba for the lock files?  I do not have access to 
>/usr/local as it is NFS mounted and shared by all Solaris 7 boxes.  I can 
>pkgadd to a different root path, and I can -s the config file to the 
>install location, but I cannot find a way to get the lock files in 
>anything other than /usr/local, so I cannot start the smbd daemon.  If I 
>have to I'll build samba 2.2.7 on the box, but I thought I would ask
here
>first.  Thanks for your help
>
>Jim Berg 
>  
>

Try setting the following parameters in smb.conf to override
the default locations

smb passwd file = 
log file = 
lock dir pid directory = 


Jim.W.Berg@gsk.com wrote:
> 
> HI!
> I am trying to configure the samba 2.2.7 binary from sunfreeware ( package
> for Solaris 7).  Is there any way to override the default install location
> of /usr/local/samba for the lock files?  I do not have access to
> /usr/local as it is NFS mounted and shared by all Solaris 7 boxes.  I can
> pkgadd to a different root path, and I can -s the config file to the
> install location, but I cannot find a way to get the lock files in
> anything other than /usr/local, so I cannot start the smbd daemon.  If I
> have to I'll build samba 2.2.7 on the box, but I thought I would ask
here
> first.  Thanks for your help
> 
> Jim Berg
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On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 Jim.W.Berg@gsk.com wrote:
> HI!
> I am trying to configure the samba 2.2.7 binary from sunfreeware ( package
> for Solaris 7).  Is there any way to override the default install location
> of /usr/local/samba for the lock files?  I do not have access to
> /usr/local as it is NFS mounted and shared by all Solaris 7 boxes.  I can
> pkgadd to a different root path, and I can -s the config file to the
> install location, but I cannot find a way to get the lock files in
> anything other than /usr/local, so I cannot start the smbd daemon.  If I
> have to I'll build samba 2.2.7 on the box, but I thought I would ask
here
> first.  Thanks for your help
man smb.conf, then /"lock directory"

In other words, in your smb.conf [globals] add:

	lock directory = /var/locks/samba

will change it to where you want.

- John T.
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