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authorJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>1998-11-11 21:08:56 +0000
committerJeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>1998-11-11 21:08:56 +0000
commit1d6dc49331274946d6f4ed85b26fe1a31f25df37 (patch)
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downloadsamba-1d6dc49331274946d6f4ed85b26fe1a31f25df37.tar.gz
Updated Manifest for 2.0.
Jeremy. (This used to be commit fea0d80fb5a9ca0c2a5d9e85c64d3e05036bad70)
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (C) 1997 - Samba-Team
+Copyright (C) 1997-1998 - Samba-Team
The Samba package you have just unpacked contains the following:
@@ -7,21 +7,29 @@ Directory Notes:
docs (Samba Documentation):
--------------------------------------
- The Samba documentation for 1.9.17 has had some of its content
- updated and a new structure has been put in place. However, since
- this is all rather new the documentation format of previous
- versions will remain in place.
+ The Samba documentation for the 2.0 release has had all the man pages
+ converted to YODL source format. Because of this the man pages
+ are now available in both traditional man page format (in
+ the doc/manpages directory) and in HTML format (in the
+ docs/htmldocs directory).
+
+ The text documentation files have been moved into a
+ docs/textdocs directory and are in the (slow) process
+ of being converted to YODL source format to allow them
+ to be easily converted to HTML/SGML.
+
+ Note in particular two files - docs/textdocs/<your OS>_INSTALL.txt
+ and docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt.
- Note in particular two files - <your OS>_INSTALL.txt and DIAGNOSIS.txt
There is the potential for there to be many *INSTALL.txt files, one
for each OS that Samba supports. However we are moving all this into
the new structure. For now, most people will be using UNIX_INSTALL.txt.
- You pay close attention to all the files with a
- .txt extension. Most problems can be solved by reference to the
+ Please pay close attention to all the files with a .txt extension
+ in the docs/textdocs directory. Most problems can be solved by reference to the
two files mentioned.
- The new documentation can be accessed starting from Samba-meta-FAQ.html,
+ The FAQ documentation can be accessed starting from Samba-meta-FAQ.html,
in the docs/faq directory. This is incomplete, but to quote from the
abstract, it:
@@ -42,7 +50,9 @@ examples (Example configuration files):
packaging (Only for those wishing to build binary distributions):
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Currently support is included only for RedHat Linux. We hope that
+ Currently support is included for the following Linux Distributions :
+ Pacfic HiTech, RedHat and SuSE. In addition, packaging support is
+ available for SGI and Solaris systems. We hope that
other Unix OS vendors will contribute their binary distribution
packaging control files - and we hope to make their binary packages
available on the master ftp site under:
@@ -52,12 +62,23 @@ packaging (Only for those wishing to build binary distributions):
source (The official Samba source files - expect more of these!):
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
To build your own binary files you will need a suitable ansi C
- compiler. Also, you must edit the enclosed "Makefile" as required
- for your operating system platform. Then just run:
- a) make
- b) make install
- then
- c) set up your configuration files.
+ compiler.
+
+ For Samba 2.0 the GNU autoconf system has been adopted. In
+ order to build a default Samba for your platform cd into
+ the source/ directory and then type :
+
+ ./configure
+
+ followed by :
+
+ make
+
+ To install the binaries built by the above type :
+
+ make install
+
+ then set up your configuration files.
NOTE: OS Vendors who provide Samba binary packages will generally
integrate all Samba files into their preferred directory locations.