Samba 2.2.3 On 11.00 question

[Larry Scheetz]

I have downloaded samba-2.2.3a-sd-11.00.depot.gz. I gunzipped then swinstall on this. I am reading through man pages and I am really not catching on here.

I cant find out how to run this or create a smb.conf. It is referring to directories as in /usr/local/samba or /etc/ and there is nothing like that. Everything I see is under /opt/samba and that is it.

Does anyone know of a good doc or something to get me started?

Thanks

[John Poff · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I'd suggest going to http://www.samba.org and looking under the Documentation section. Also, Samba typically ships with some pretty good docs, so look under your /opt/samba directory and see if you got a docs directory. I haven't installed it from the depot so I don't know if it comes with the docs, but I've compiled the source plenty of times and it ships with the source.

There are some good books at the bookstores for Samba also. I got the SAMS "Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" book a couple of years ago and it was pretty good.

JP

[MEYER_8]

I did install it too and got it running.
The smb.conf is in the /etc/opt/samba directory
In the /opt/samba/examples you get an smb.conf.default file on which you can base your config.

You need to start deamons smbd and nmbd.

I'm still going through the test phase using Samba.

[Darren Prior]

Hi Larry,

One of the best resources for learning/configuring Samba is the O'Reilly Using Samba book.

You may also appreciate the CIFS/9000 product (freely available on software.hp.com and the application cds.) It's HP's Samba product (the latest version is based on Samba 2.2.3a) and has some scripts to help you configure it.

CIFS/9000 also includes an online version of the O'Reilly book, as well as SWAT (a web-based GUI for the smb.conf.)

regards,

Darren.

[Balaji N]

Hi,
Would suggest you to try CIFS Client / CIFS Server which are HP's product.

The configuration file, smb.conf is in /etc/opt/samba.

Refer www.samba.org for more info. Also, have seen a couple of pdf's along with the installation which gives you a good lot of info on the same.

Regards
Balaji

[Uncle Liew]

Hi Larry,

First of all, remove existing installation of SAMBA.

NOTE: Try not to install the SAMBA version from the Public Domain Software.

Download Official HP B8725AA CIFS/9000 Server 2.2b (Version: A.01.08.01) from:

ftp://software.hp.com/dist/swdepot/downloads/3596095541/B8725AA_A.01.08.01_HP-UX_B.11.00_32+64.depot

Ftp the .depot file in "BINARY" mode from your PC to the HP Server :/tmp

Issue command to install:
swinstall -s /tmp/B8725AA_A.01.08.01_HP-UX_B.11.00_32+64.depot

Attached is cifs.pdf (From HP Response Center South East Asia)

Please read page 8-12: Introduction to CIFS

You should able to startup your CIFS in a while.