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- Samba 1.9.15p8 for OS/2 : REQUIRES emx 0.9b.
-
-
- Please read the file README, which contains general information about
- the configuration and use of Samba.
-
-
- Notes specific to OS/2 port:
- ============================
-
- Filenames have been shortened to 8.3 in case anyone is using FAT.
- Files affected are:
- smb.conf -> smb.cfg smbclient -> smbclnt.exe
- smbstatus -> smbstat.exe nmblookup -> nmblook.exe
-
- As I only use HPFS, I can't guarantee this will work on FAT systems,
- although I have tried to stick to 8.3 filenames. I have noticed some
- temporary files being created with long filenames by smbd when I tried
- printing (which does not work yet anyway). nmbd will not be able to
- create browse lists on FAT systems, as it uses temporary files with
- long file names.
-
- smb.cfg should be in the directory smbd is started from. The path to
- smb.cfg is a compile time option, so if you are compiling from source
- you can set this to an absolute path to remove this restriction.
-
- User home directories not supported. This doesn't make much sense on
- OS/2. I haven't actually disabled anything, so if you try setting
- this up, behaivour is undefined.
-
- Password support is incomplete (I have found a crypt() routine, but
- lack of passwd file support in the EMX libraries make support difficult
- without major changes).
-
- Printing does not appear to be working. OS/2's lpq gives output in a
- different format than the versions of lpq already supported by samba.
- This will be easy to accomodate, but there is not much point until I can
- get lpr working properly.
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- Source is available from the Samba WWW site :
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- http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/
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- EMX 0.9b is available from hobbes.nmsu.edu, ftp.cdrom.com, ftp.leo.org and
- other OS/2 FTP sites. emxrt.zip contains the required libraries.
-
- Bugs:
- =====
-
- Known problems:
- ===============
-
- Printing does not work. I have tried using REXX scripts with path info
- built in, and watched the processes startup properly but nothing comes
- out of the printer (remote via lpr in this case).
- If you can get it going, please let me know how you did it.
-
- The output from OS/2's lpq.exe is not understood by smbd, so all querys
- about the print queue say it is empty. Printing doesn't work anyway,
- so I have not attempted to fix this yet.
-
- Temporary files are created with long filenames (when printing, and updating
- browse list)
-
- Bug reports for the OS/2 port should be sent to Jason Rumney <jasonr@pec.co.nz>.
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- Change log:
- ===========
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- Changes from release 1 to release 2.
-
- nmblookup (nmblook.exe) is included, and works.
-
- An attempt at password support was made using the gnuufc crypt routines,
- but then I found that a lot of functions in the EMX libraries to do with
- passwd files don't actually do anything.
-
- Browse lists should now work if you use HPFS and set your lock directory
- to an absolute pathname.
-