samba - Apr 2005 - FW: AIX and libldap.a

In the configure file I find: 
--with-ldap		LDAP support (default yes) 
What if I turn ldap off in that statement...
What would the repercussions be?
All I'm interested in doing is simple file sharing.
By the way, what's the opposite of --with? --without?
Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug VanLeuven [mailto:roamdad@sonic.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:57 PM
To: Roy Vickers
Cc: samba@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] AIX and libldap.a

Roy Vickers wrote:
>I'm trying to get Samba 3.0.4.0 to run on AIX 5.2 and I am fighting a
>"Dependent module libldap.a could not be loaded" bug. I have
IBM's version
>of LDAP installed but it doesn't have a libldap.a file. Is there a
version
>of Samba that will run on AIX 5.2 that doesn't use LDAP? Or are there
any
>ideas out there as to how I get the libldap.a loaded or pointed to IBM's
>LDAP?
>  
>
On my AIX 5.2 with ldap.client.rte 4.1.0.0 /usr/lib/libldap.a is a 
symbolic link to /usr/ldap/lib/libibmldapn.a.  Anything like that on 
your system?

I got tired of fighting the IBM software and installed openLDAP in it's 
own tree and point there using CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, and LIBS during 
configure.  When I was doing the development, IBM Kerberos didn't 
support rc4-hmac either (they might not still), so I installed MIT 
Kerberos 1.3.4 for the whole system.  I sort of remember there being an 
issue with the IBM Kerberos include files as well.

Afterwards, you can check that the paths to the libs are hard coded in 
the executable header with
"dump -H <program>"

I'll take this opportunity to vote for samba4 using it's own ldap and 
heimdal rolled into the distribution.

Regards, Doug

Roy Vickers wrote:
>In the configure file I find: 
>--with-ldap		LDAP support (default yes) 
>What if I turn ldap off in that statement...
>What would the repercussions be?
>All I'm interested in doing is simple file sharing.
>By the way, what's the opposite of --with? --without?
>Thanks
>  
>
As far as I know, no ldap or kerberos means no support for Active 
Directory "net ads".
In other words, you won't be able to join as a member server of a 2000 
or 2003 AD in native mode, but old fashioned NT40 "net rpc" commands 
ought to work with a NT40 PDC or 2000 in mixed mode.  Or just old peer 
to peer workgroup.  Maybe someone who's used samba3 "net rpc" or
"net
rap" will correct me if I'm wrong.

I never used no, but from configure --help
Optional Packages:
  --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
  --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
so my guess is
--with-ldap=no or --without-ldap

Regards, Doug