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...ons. (This is the variable name for linux, solaris, netbsd, irix, ...) the variable is called SHLIB_PATH on HP-UX, LIB_PATH on AIX and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH on darwin.) 2) Add a line with the folder containing your samba libs to /etc/ld.so.conf (or a dedicated file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/samba_foo.conf which has to be included in /etc/ld.so.conf) 3) build your binaries with an rpath: LDFLAGS="-Wl,-R,/your/samba/library/path" ./configure ... (This is for Linux, Solaris, AIX and some others. You might have to work it out for your platform.) Hope this helps! K...