On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 11:01 -0400, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > First of all, please do not top post. > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:52, Rob Townley<rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> what rpm did you use for this install? > >>> > >>> He did not use an rpm so he is on his on. He used the source tarball. > >> > >> one would wonder why > > > > Why? IIRC, I think the term is .... ready for this .... *Open Source * > > > > Further, the samba project has added a great deal more than what is in > > the standard RPMs. > > However, if you are using an *enterprise* distro, it usually means you > want to use well tested and stable versions of packages. If you want > cutting edge versions, you should probably go with Fedora or Ubuntu. > If you want to install from source, you should probably go with > Gentoo. > > But more to the point, if you install software from source, you can't > expect to go to the CentOS mailing lists and ask for help. In this > specific case, the OP should either uninstall Samba from source and > install the CentOS RPMs, in which case the mailing list would be able > to help him, or should go to the Samba website and mailing lists > asking for help instead. > > In this specific case, it's clear he doesn't know what he is doing and > how to fix a fairly simple problem, in which case I expect him to find > other problems just after this one is fixed, not to mention that he > will probably not be able to update and keep his versions current, > applying security patches, etc., so I think he would be better off by > uninstalling his source build and installing the CentOS RPMs instead, > in which case the experience should be smoother and, while it would > still require some skills, those would be simpler than the ones > required when building and maintaining from source yourself. > > HTH, > Filipe --- Could not have said it any better...:-) John