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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.xml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 90cb8e2d4b..0000000000 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/Portability.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,243 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="Portability"> -<chapterinfo> - &author.jelmer; - &author.jht; - <!-- Some other people as well, but there were no author names in the text files this file is based on--> -</chapterinfo> - -<title>Portability</title> - -<para>Samba works on a wide range of platforms but the interface all the -platforms provide is not always compatible. This chapter contains -platform-specific information about compiling and using Samba.</para> - -<sect1> -<title>HPUX</title> - -<para> -HP's implementation of supplementary groups is non-standard (for -historical reasons). There are two group files, <filename>/etc/group</filename> and -<filename>/etc/logingroup</filename>; the system maps UIDs to numbers using the former, but -initgroups() reads the latter. Most system admins who know the ropes -symlink <filename>/etc/group</filename> to <filename>/etc/logingroup</filename> -(hard link does not work for reasons too obtuse to go into here). initgroups() will complain if one of the -groups you're in in <filename>/etc/logingroup</filename> has what it considers to be an invalid -ID, which means outside the range <constant>[0..UID_MAX]</constant>, where <constant>UID_MAX</constant> is (I think) -60000 currently on HP-UX. This precludes -2 and 65534, the usual <constant>nobody</constant> -GIDs. -</para> - -<para> -If you encounter this problem, make sure the programs that are failing -to initgroups() are run as users, not in any groups with GIDs outside the -allowed range. -</para> - -<para>This is documented in the HP manual pages under setgroups(2) and passwd(4). -</para> - -<para> -On HP-UX you must use gcc or the HP ANSI compiler. The free compiler -that comes with HP-UX is not ANSI compliant and cannot compile Samba. -</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>SCO UNIX</title> - -<para> -If you run an old version of SCO UNIX, you may need to get important -TCP/IP patches for Samba to work correctly. Without the patch, you may -encounter corrupt data transfers using Samba. -</para> - -<para> -The patch you need is UOD385 Connection Drivers SLS. It is available from -SCO (<ulink noescape="1" url="ftp://ftp.sco.com/">ftp.sco.com</ulink>, directory SLS, -files uod385a.Z and uod385a.ltr.Z). -</para> - -<para> -The information provided here refers to an old version of SCO UNIX. If you require -binaries for more recent SCO UNIX products, please contact SCO to obtain packages that are -ready to install. You should also verify with SCO that your platform is up-to-date for the -binary packages you will install. This is important if you wish to avoid data corruption -problems with your installation. To build Samba for SCO UNIX products may -require significant patching of Samba source code. It is much easier to obtain binary -packages directly from SCO. -</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>DNIX</title> - -<para> -DNIX has a problem with seteuid() and setegid(). These routines are -needed for Samba to work correctly, but they were left out of the DNIX -C library for some reason. -</para> - -<para> -For this reason Samba by default defines the macro NO_EID in the DNIX -section of includes.h. This works around the problem in a limited way, -but it is far from ideal, and some things still will not work right. -</para> - -<para> -To fix the problem properly, you need to assemble the following two -functions and then either add them to your C library or link them into -Samba. Put the following in the file <filename>setegid.s</filename>: -</para> - -<para><programlisting> - .globl _setegid -_setegid: - moveq #47,d0 - movl #100,a0 - moveq #1,d1 - movl 4(sp),a1 - trap #9 - bccs 1$ - jmp cerror -1$: - clrl d0 - rts -</programlisting></para> - -<para> -Put this in the file <filename>seteuid.s</filename>: -</para> - -<para><programlisting> - .globl _seteuid -_seteuid: - moveq #47,d0 - movl #100,a0 - moveq #0,d1 - movl 4(sp),a1 - trap #9 - bccs 1$ - jmp cerror -1$: - clrl d0 - rts -</programlisting></para> - -<para> -After creating the above files, you then assemble them using -</para> - -<screen> -&prompt;<userinput>as seteuid.s</userinput> -&prompt;<userinput>as setegid.s</userinput> -</screen> - -<para> -that should produce the files <filename>seteuid.o</filename> and -<filename>setegid.o</filename> -</para> - -<para> -Then you need to add these to the LIBSM line in the DNIX section of -the Samba Makefile. Your LIBSM line will then look something like this: -</para> - -<para><programlisting> -LIBSM = setegid.o seteuid.o -ln -</programlisting></para> - -<para> -You should then remove the line: -</para> - -<para><programlisting> -#define NO_EID -</programlisting></para> - -<para>from the DNIX section of <filename>includes.h</filename>.</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Red Hat Linux</title> - -<para> -By default during installation, some versions of Red Hat Linux add an -entry to <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> as follows: -<programlisting> - 127.0.0.1 loopback "hostname"."domainname" -</programlisting> -</para> - -<para> -This causes Samba to loop back onto the loopback interface. -The result is that Samba fails to communicate correctly with -the world and therefore may fail to correctly negotiate who -is the master browse list holder and who is the master browser. -</para> - -<para> -Corrective Action: Delete the entry after the word "loopback" -in the line starting 127.0.0.1. -</para> -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>AIX</title> -<sect2> -<title>Sequential Read Ahead</title> -<!-- From an email by William Jojo <jojowil@hvcc.edu> --> -<para> -Disabling Sequential Read Ahead using <userinput>vmtune -r 0</userinput> improves -Samba performance significantly. -</para> -</sect2> -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Solaris</title> - -<sect2> -<title>Locking Improvements</title> - -<para>Some people have been experiencing problems with F_SETLKW64/fcntl -when running Samba on Solaris. The built-in file locking mechanism was -not scalable. Performance would degrade to the point where processes would -get into loops of trying to lock a file. It would try a lock, then fail, -then try again. The lock attempt was failing before the grant was -occurring. So the visible manifestation of this would be a handful of -processes stealing all of the CPU, and when they were trussed they would -be stuck if F_SETLKW64 loops. -</para> - -<para> -Sun released patches for Solaris 2.6, 8, and 9. The patch for Solaris 7 -has not been released yet. -</para> - -<para> -The patch revision for 2.6 is 105181-34, for 8 is 108528-19 and for 9 is 112233-04. -</para> - -<para> -After the install of these patches, it is recommended to reconfigure -and rebuild Samba. -</para> - -<para>Thanks to Joe Meslovich for reporting this.</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="winbind-solaris9"> -<title>Winbind on Solaris 9</title> -<para> -Nsswitch on Solaris 9 refuses to use the Winbind NSS module. This behavior -is fixed by Sun in patch 113476-05, which as of March 2003, is not in any -roll-up packages. -</para> -</sect2> -</sect1> - -</chapter> |