> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Chu [mailto:hhchu@strd.csam.com.my]
>
> Dear Samba Support Team,
Hmm.. I don't think they regard themselves as a support team..
maybe just a bunch of ppl who uses samba and hangs around this list
to be help and to help
> I'm trying to install samba-2.2.8a to my system,
> I have a few questions that need your advise:
>
> 1. Before we install samba, we have to run "./configure" to
configure
> samba forthe OS, what are the possible impacts of this configuration to
the system?
Nothing AFAIK. ./configure just determines whether all the needed
files/libraries
etc are in the system for a successful compile. (eg: it check if you have
gcc C
compiler )
>
> 2. Next comes the command "make" to create the binaries, do we
need to
> do this in every server that we want samba to be install? Since this step
> takes some
> time (approx. 1 hour),
> I would like to know is there any faster way to do the same stuff?
> (like copy the bin files ?)
Short answer : YES
Long answer : NO. No depending on which OS you're running on. Does it
support
RPM or DEB packaging etc. Then again, it depends on
architecture
i386/686/ppc/etc.
If you are using redhat, then why not use a pre-compiled
RPM?
I'm sure your vendor (RH if using RH) will have it
> 3. Can samba be installed in directory others than /usr/local/samba ?
> If yes, how to do it?
if you do a source compile, that's the default. If you use RPM, it's in
/usr/bin or /usr/sbin (i can't remember which)
You can pass parameters to the ./configure script.. eg: ./configure
--prefix=/usr/bin
check out the ./configure --help (I think there exists one like that)
>
> 4. Must samba be installed in server disk? How about external disk?
Don't understand the Q.
External disk as in a USB drive? Samba is just a program like ping.
It doesn't matter where you install it. So long as the system knows
how to search for it.
> Thanks again!!
You're welcomed
Cheers,
OW