SAMBA - takes about 1 hour to install on a Solaris Intel machine - 166Mhz/64Mb
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Download SAMBA from http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/
in the sources area, just get "samba-latest.tar.gz" (1233677 bytes)
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gunzip and untar the file into /usr/local/Install/samba
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Edit source/Makefile (after making a backup copy of course !)
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make parameters that definately need to be changed :
cc=gcc
WORKGROUP=your workgroup name
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use the SUNOS5.4 section. It works fine.
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make
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make install
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cp /usr/local/Install/samba/samba-1.9.18p3/examples/simple/smb.conf to
/usr/local/samba/lib
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edit smb.conf
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mkdir /usr/local/spool/lp as mode 777
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mkdir /usr/local/samba/private
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cp /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd to /usr/local/samba/private
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modify NT's guest account to disable "Account Disabled" and add group guests
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run /usr/local/samba/bin/testparm | more - to check configuration
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./smbd -D to run smb server as a daemon
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./nmbd -D to run the netbios name daemon
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ps -ef | grep mbd for status of whether or not they stayed up
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./smbclient -L ntserver to see shares on the ntserver
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./smbclient -M ntserver to send a popup message to ntserver
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cp /usr/local/Install/samba/samba-1.9.18p3/examples/printing/smbprint.sysv
to /usr/local/samba/bin
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edit new smbprint.sysv and save as smbprint.
In the future, I will add some of the discoveries I have made along the way. I have setup Samba on MANY different Unix/Linux boxes as of late, and am quite well versed now. I will put up some of my better horror stories soon.