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On 6/21/10 11:24 PM, James Babiak wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Yeah, I built and installed Samba (the 3.0.24 version) and it works 
> fine. I have an external USB drive that I mount with my media on it 
> (music, movies, etc.) and share it on the network via samba. I 
> originally tried using nfsd, which Astlinux does *not* actually 
> support, even though there are variables for it to be enabled (which 
> don't work), so I went with samba instead. Works like a charm, no 
> issues. Is there a reason why you don't want to use the working, 
> albeit outdated, version?
>
> -James
>
> On 06/20/2010 11:46 AM, David Kerr wrote:
>> Is anyone using Samba on astlinux?  I found that the package is in 
>> the experimental list, so I turned it on and built.  It builds, but I 
>> noticed that it is version 3.0.24 which is way out-of-date (like 3 
>> years).  So I boldly went ahead and changed the version to 3.5.3 
>> which is current stable.  No surprise, it doesn't build.
>>
>> 1) The two patch files fail. Does anyone know what they were for and 
>> whether they are likely still needed?
>>
>> 2) removing the patches I then get to the following error...
>>
>> zcat /home/david/astlinux-0.7/dl/samba-3.5.3.tar.gz | tar -C 
>> /home/david/astlinux-0.7/build_i586  -xf -
>> toolchain/patch-kernel.sh `dirname 
>> /home/david/astlinux-0.7/build_i586/samba-3.5.3/source` 
>> package/samba/ samba\*.patch
>> touch /home/david/astlinux-0.7/build_i586/samba-3.5.3/source/.unpacked
>> touch: cannot touch 
>> `/home/david/astlinux-0.7/build_i586/samba-3.5.3/source/.unpacked': 
>> No such file or directory
>> make: *** 
>> [/home/david/astlinux-0.7/build_i586/samba-3.5.3/source/.unpacked] 
>> Error 1
>> Script done, file is build.log_
>>
>> there is no "source" directory. There is a "source3" and a "source4"
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions... or am I setting myself up for a long uphill climb 
>> and I should just stick with 3.0.24.
>>
>>
>> Alternatively, is NFS or AFP file sharing possible on astlinux?
>>
>> THanks
>> David


Use the source3 directory (this is CIFS v3, I believe).

CIFS v4 has certain features that are as yet unproven.

Jump on IRC some time and I'll try to walk you through it.