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9 <pubdate> 22 May 2001 </pubdate>
10 <pubdate> 18 March 2003 </pubdate>
11 <pubdate> June 2005 </pubdate>
14 <title>How to Compile Samba</title>
17 You can obtain the Samba source file from the
18 <ulink url="http://samba.org/">Samba Web site</ulink>. To obtain a development version,
19 you can download Samba from Subversion or using <command>rsync</command>.
23 <title>Access Samba Source Code via Subversion</title>
27 <title>Introduction</title>
30 <indexterm><primary>Subversion</primary></indexterm>
31 Samba is developed in an open environment. Developers use a
32 Subversion to <quote>checkin</quote> (also known as
33 <quote>commit</quote>) new source code. Samba's various Subversion branches can
34 be accessed via anonymous Subversion using the instructions
35 detailed in this chapter.
39 This chapter is a modified version of the instructions found at the
40 <ulink noescape="1" url="http://samba.org/samba/subversion.html">Samba</ulink> Web site.
46 <title>Subversion Access to samba.org</title>
49 The machine samba.org runs a publicly accessible Subversion
50 repository for access to the source code of several packages,
51 including Samba, rsync, distcc, ccache, and jitterbug. There are two main ways
52 of accessing the Subversion server on this host.
56 <title>Access via ViewCVS</title>
60 <indexterm><primary>SVN</primary><secondary>web</secondary></indexterm>
61 You can access the source code via your favorite WWW browser. This allows you to access
62 the contents of individual files in the repository and also to look at the revision
63 history and commit logs of individual files. You can also ask for a diff
64 listing between any two versions on the repository.
69 <ulink noescape="1" url="http://viewcvs.samba.org/">http://viewcvs.samba.org/</ulink>.
74 <title>Access via Subversion</title>
77 <indexterm><primary>Subversion</primary></indexterm>
78 You can also access the source code via a normal Subversion client. This gives you much more control over what
79 you can do with the repository and allows you to check out whole source trees and keep them up to date via
80 normal Subversion commands. This is the preferred method of access if you are a developer and not just a
84 <para>In order to be able to download the Samba sources off Subversion, you need
85 a Subversion client. Your distribution might include one, or you can download the
86 sources from <ulink noescape="1" url="http://subversion.tigris.org/">http://subversion.tigris.org/</ulink>.
90 To gain access via anonymous Subversion, use the following steps.
94 <title>Retrieving Samba using Subversion</title>
98 Install a recent copy of Subversion. All you really need is a
99 copy of the Subversion client binary.
107 <userinput>svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/trunk samba</userinput>.
112 This will create a directory called <filename>samba</filename> containing the
113 latest Samba source code (usually the branch that is going to be the next major release). This
114 currently corresponds to the 3.1 development tree.
118 Subversion branches other then trunk can be obtained by adding branches/BRANCH_NAME to the URL you check
119 out. A list of branch names can be found on the <quote>Development</quote> page of the Samba Web site. A
120 common request is to obtain the latest 3.0 release code. This could be done by using the following command:
122 <userinput>svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_3_0 samba_3</userinput>.
129 Whenever you want to merge in the latest code changes, use the following command from within the Samba
132 <userinput>svn update</userinput>
144 <title>Accessing the Samba Sources via rsync and ftp</title>
148 <indexterm><primary>rsync</primary></indexterm>
149 <indexterm><primary>ftp</primary></indexterm>
150 <parameter>pserver.samba.org</parameter> also exports unpacked copies of most parts of the Subversion tree
151 at the Samba <ulink noescape="1" url="ftp://pserver.samba.org/pub/unpacked">pserver</ulink> location and also
152 via anonymous rsync at the Samba <ulink noescape="1"
153 url="rsync://pserver.samba.org/ftp/unpacked/">rsync</ulink> server location. I recommend using rsync rather
154 than ftp, because rsync is capable of compressing data streams, but it is also more useful than FTP because
155 during a partial update it will transfer only the data that is missing plus a small overhead. See <ulink
156 noescape="1" url="http://rsync.samba.org/">the rsync home page</ulink> for more info on rsync.
160 The disadvantage of the unpacked trees is that they do not support automatic
161 merging of local changes as Subversion does. <command>rsync</command> access is most convenient
162 for an initial install.
167 <title>Verifying Samba's PGP Signature</title>
170 <indexterm><primary>GPG</primary></indexterm>
171 <indexterm><primary>PGP</primary></indexterm>
172 It is strongly recommended that you verify the PGP signature for any source file before
173 installing it. Even if you're not downloading from a mirror site, verifying PGP signatures
174 should be a standard reflex. Many people today use the GNU GPG tool set in place of PGP.
175 GPG can substitute for PGP.
180 With that said, go ahead and download the following files:
184 &prompt;<userinput>wget http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-3.0.20.tar.asc</userinput>
185 &prompt;<userinput>wget http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-pubkey.asc</userinput>
190 <indexterm><primary>PGP</primary></indexterm>
191 The first file is the PGP signature for the Samba source file; the other is the Samba public
192 PGP key itself. Import the public PGP key with:
194 &prompt;<userinput>gpg --import samba-pubkey.asc</userinput>
196 and verify the Samba source code integrity with:
198 &prompt;<userinput>gzip -d samba-3.0.20.tar.gz</userinput>
199 &prompt;<userinput>gpg --verify samba-3.0.20.tar.asc</userinput>
204 If you receive a message like, <quote>Good signature from Samba Distribution Verification Key...,</quote>
205 then all is well. The warnings about trust relationships can be ignored. An
206 example of what you would not want to see would be:
208 gpg: BAD signature from <quote>Samba Distribution Verification Key</quote>
215 <title>Building the Binaries</title>
218 <indexterm><primary>autogen.sh</primary></indexterm>
219 <indexterm><primary>configure</primary></indexterm>
220 After the source tarball has been unpacked, the next step involves
221 configuration to match Samba to your operating system platform.
222 If your source directory does not contain the <command>configure</command> script,
223 it is necessary to build it before you can continue. Building of
224 the configure script requires the correct version of the autoconf
225 tool kit. Where the necessary version of autoconf is present,
226 the configure script can be generated by executing the following
227 (please note that in Samba 3.4.x, the directory is called source3 instead
230 &rootprompt; cd samba-3.0.20/source
231 &rootprompt; ./autogen.sh
237 <indexterm><primary>configure</primary></indexterm>
238 To build the binaries, run the program <userinput>./configure
239 </userinput> in the source directory. This should automatically
240 configure Samba for your operating system. If you have unusual
241 needs, then you may wish to first run:
243 &rootprompt;<userinput>./configure --help</userinput>
248 This will help you to see what special options can be enabled. Now execute
249 <userinput>./configure</userinput> with any arguments it might need:
251 &rootprompt;<userinput>./configure <replaceable>[... arguments ...]</replaceable></userinput>
256 <indexterm><primary>make</primary></indexterm>
257 Execute the following create the binaries:
259 &rootprompt; <userinput>make</userinput>
261 Once it is successfully compiled, you can execute the command shown here to
262 install the binaries and manual pages:
264 &rootprompt; <userinput>make install</userinput>
269 Some people prefer to install binary files and man pages separately. If this is
270 your wish, the binary files can be installed by executing:
272 &rootprompt; <userinput>make installbin</userinput>
274 The man pages can be installed using this command:
276 &rootprompt; <userinput>make installman</userinput>
281 Note that if you are upgrading from a previous version of Samba the old
282 versions of the binaries will be renamed with an <quote>.old</quote> extension.
283 You can go back to the previous version by executing:
285 &rootprompt; <userinput>make revert</userinput>
287 As you can see from this, building and installing Samba does not need to
293 <title>Compiling Samba with Active Directory Support</title>
296 In order to compile Samba with ADS support, you need to have installed
303 The MIT or Heimdal Kerberos development libraries
304 (either install from the sources or use a package).
308 The OpenLDAP development libraries.
314 If your Kerberos libraries are in a nonstandard location, then
315 remember to add the configure option
316 <option>--with-krb5=<replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option>.
320 After you run configure, make sure that the
321 <filename>include/config.h</filename> it generates contain lines like this:
329 If it does not, configure did not find your KRB5 libraries or
330 your LDAP libraries. Look in <filename>config.log</filename> to figure
335 <title>Installing the Required Packages for Debian</title>
337 <para>On Debian, you need to install the following packages:</para>
340 <listitem><para>libkrb5-dev</para></listitem>
341 <listitem><para>krb5-user</para></listitem>
347 <title>Installing the Required Packages for Red Hat Linux</title>
349 <para>On Red Hat Linux, this means you should have at least: </para>
352 <listitem><para>krb5-workstation (for kinit)</para></listitem>
353 <listitem><para>krb5-libs (for linking with)</para></listitem>
354 <listitem><para>krb5-devel (because you are compiling from source)</para></listitem>
358 <para>in addition to the standard development environment.</para>
360 <para>If these files are not installed on your system, you should check the installation
361 CDs to find which has them and install the files using your tool of choice. If in doubt
362 about what tool to use, refer to the Red Hat Linux documentation.</para>
367 <title>SuSE Linux Package Requirements</title>
370 SuSE Linux installs Heimdal packages that may be required to allow you to build
371 binary packages. You should verify that the development libraries have been installed on
376 SuSE Linux Samba RPMs support Kerberos. Please refer to the documentation for
377 your SuSE Linux system for information regarding SuSE Linux specific configuration.
378 Additionally, SuSE is very active in the maintenance of Samba packages that provide
379 the maximum capabilities that are available. You should consider using SuSE-provided
380 packages where they are available.
389 <sect1 id="startingSamba">
390 <title>Starting the &smbd; &nmbd; and &winbindd;</title>
394 <indexterm><primary>inetd</primary></indexterm>
395 You must choose to start &smbd;, &winbindd; and &nmbd; either as daemons or from
396 <application>inetd</application>. Don't try to do both! Either you can put
397 them in <filename> inetd.conf</filename> and have them started on demand by
398 <application>inetd</application> or <application>xinetd</application>, or you
399 can start them as daemons either from the command-line or in
400 <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>. See the man pages for details on the
401 command line options. Take particular care to read the bit about what user
402 you need to have to start Samba. In many cases, you must be root.
406 The main advantage of starting &smbd; and &nmbd; using the recommended daemon method
407 is that they will respond slightly more quickly to an initial connection request.
411 <title>Starting from inetd.conf</title>
413 <indexterm><primary>inetd</primary></indexterm>
416 <para>The following will be different if
417 you use NIS, NIS+, or LDAP to distribute services maps.</para>
420 <para>Look at your <filename>/etc/services</filename>.
421 What is defined at port 139/tcp? If nothing is defined,
422 then add a line like this:</para>
424 <para><programlisting>netbios-ssn 139/tcp</programlisting></para>
426 <para>Similarly for 137/udp, you should have an entry like:</para>
428 <para><programlisting>netbios-ns 137/udp</programlisting></para>
431 Next, edit your <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> and add two lines like this:
433 netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd smbd
434 netbios-ns dgram udp wait root /usr/local/samba/sbin/nmbd nmbd
438 <indexterm><primary>/etc/inetd.conf</primary></indexterm>
440 The exact syntax of <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>
441 varies between UNIXes. Look at the other entries in inetd.conf
446 <indexterm><primary>xinetd</primary></indexterm>
447 Some distributions use xinetd instead of inetd. Consult the
448 xinetd manual for configuration information.
451 <note><para>Some UNIXes already have entries like netbios_ns
452 (note the underscore) in <filename>/etc/services</filename>.
453 You must edit <filename>/etc/services</filename> or
454 <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> to make them consistent.
458 <indexterm><primary>ifconfig</primary></indexterm>
459 On many systems you may need to use the
460 <smbconfoption name="interfaces"/> option in &smb.conf; to specify
461 the IP address and netmask of your interfaces. Run
462 <application>ifconfig</application> as root if you do
463 not know what the broadcast is for your net. &nmbd; tries
464 to determine it at runtime, but fails on some UNIXes.
468 Many UNIXes only accept around five parameters on the command
469 line in <filename>inetd.conf</filename>. This means you shouldn't
470 use spaces between the options and arguments, or you should use
471 a script and start the script from <command>inetd</command>.
475 Restart <application>inetd</application>, perhaps just send it a HUP,
477 <indexterm><primary>killall</primary></indexterm>
479 &rootprompt;<userinput>killall -HUP inetd</userinput>
486 <title>Alternative: Starting &smbd; as a Daemon</title>
489 <indexterm><primary>daemon</primary></indexterm>
490 <indexterm><primary>startsmb</primary></indexterm>
491 To start the server as a daemon, you should create a script something
492 like this one, perhaps calling it <filename>startsmb</filename>.
495 <para><programlisting>
497 /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D
498 /usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd -D
499 /usr/local/samba/sbin/nmbd -D
500 </programlisting></para>
503 Make it executable with <command>chmod +x startsmb</command>.
507 You can then run <command>startsmb</command> by hand or execute
508 it from <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>.
512 To kill it, send a kill signal to the processes &nmbd; and &smbd;.
516 If you use the SVR4-style init system, you may like to look at the
517 <filename>examples/svr4-startup</filename> script to make Samba fit
522 <title>Starting Samba for Red Hat Linux</title>
525 Red Hat Linux has not always included all Samba components in the standard installation.
526 So versions of Red Hat Linux do not install the winbind utility, even though it is present
527 on the installation CDROM media. Check to see if the <command>winbindd</command> is present
530 &rootprompt; ls /usr/sbin/winbindd
533 This means that the appropriate RPM package was installed. The following response means
534 that it is not installed:
536 /bin/ls: /usr/sbin/winbind: No such file or directory
538 In this case, it should be installed if you intend to use <command>winbindd</command>. Search
539 the CDROM installation media for the samba-winbind RPM and install it following Red Hat
544 The process for starting Samba will now be outlined. Be sure to configure Samba's &smb.conf;
545 file before starting Samba. When configured, start Samba by executing:
547 &rootprompt; service smb start
548 &rootprompt; service winbind start
550 These steps will start &nmbd;, &smbd; and &winbindd;.
554 To ensure that these services will be automatically restarted when the system is rebooted
557 &rootprompt; chkconfig smb on
558 &rootprompt; chkconfig winbind on
560 Samba will be started automatically at every system reboot.
566 <title>Starting Samba for Novell SUSE Linux</title>
569 Novell SUSE Linux products automatically install all essential Samba components in a default installation.
570 Configure your &smb.conf; file, then execute the following to start Samba:
572 &rootprompt; rcnmb start
573 &rootprompt; rcsmb start
574 &rootprompt; rcwinbind start
576 Now execute these commands so that Samba will be started automatically following a system
579 &rootprompt; chkconfig nmb on
580 &rootprompt; chkconfig smb on
581 &rootprompt; chkconfig winbind on
583 The Samba services will now be started automatically following a system reboot.