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-<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 37. Portability</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="samba-doc.html" title="SAMBA Project Documentation"><link rel="up" href="Appendixes.html" title="Part VI. Appendixes"><link rel="previous" href="compiling.html" title="Chapter 36. How to compile Samba"><link rel="next" href="Other-Clients.html" title="Chapter 38. Samba and other CIFS clients"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 37. Portability</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="compiling.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part VI. Appendixes</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Other-Clients.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="Portability"></a>Chapter 37. Portability</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jelmer</span> <span class="othername">R.</span> <span class="surname">Vernooij</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2962662">HPUX</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2962750">SCO UNIX</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2962780">DNIX</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2962953">RedHat Linux Rembrandt-II</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2962995">AIX</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2963002">Sequential Read Ahead</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2963029">Solaris</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2963036">Locking improvements</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#winbind-solaris9">Winbind on Solaris 9</a></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p>Samba works on a wide range of platforms but the interface all the
+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 37. Portability</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="SAMBA Project Documentation"><link rel="up" href="Appendixes.html" title="Part VI. Appendixes"><link rel="previous" href="compiling.html" title="Chapter 36. How to Compile Samba"><link rel="next" href="Other-Clients.html" title="Chapter 38. Samba and Other CIFS Clients"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 37. Portability</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="compiling.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part VI. Appendixes</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Other-Clients.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="Portability"></a>Chapter 37. Portability</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jelmer</span> <span class="othername">R.</span> <span class="surname">Vernooij</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2974513">HPUX</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2974600">SCO UNIX</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2974655">DNIX</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2974825">Red Hat Linux</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2974869">AIX</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2974876">Sequential Read Ahead</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2974902">Solaris</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="Portability.html#id2974909">Locking Improvements</a></dt><dt><a href="Portability.html#winbind-solaris9">Winbind on Solaris 9</a></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p>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.</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2962662"></a>HPUX</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
-HP's implementation of supplementary groups is, er, non-standard (for
-hysterical reasons). There are two group files, <tt class="filename">/etc/group</tt> and
+platform-specific information about compiling and using Samba.</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2974513"></a>HPUX</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+HP's implementation of supplementary groups is non-standard (for
+historical reasons). There are two group files, <tt class="filename">/etc/group</tt> and
<tt class="filename">/etc/logingroup</tt>; the system maps UIDs to numbers using the former, but
-initgroups() reads the latter. Most system admins who know the ropes
+initgroups() reads the latter. Most system admins who know the ropes
symlink <tt class="filename">/etc/group</tt> to <tt class="filename">/etc/logingroup</tt>
-(hard link doesn't work for reasons too stupid to go into here). initgroups() will complain if one of the
+(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 <tt class="filename">/etc/logingroup</tt> has what it considers to be an invalid
ID, which means outside the range <tt class="constant">[0..UID_MAX]</tt>, where <tt class="constant">UID_MAX</tt> is (I think)
-60000 currently on HP-UX. This precludes -2 and 65534, the usual <tt class="constant">nobody</tt>
+60000 currently on HP-UX. This precludes -2 and 65534, the usual <tt class="constant">nobody</tt>
GIDs.
</p><p>
-If you encounter this problem, make sure that the programs that are failing
-to initgroups() be run as users not in any groups with GIDs outside the
+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.
</p><p>This is documented in the HP manual pages under setgroups(2) and passwd(4).
</p><p>
-On HPUX 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.
-</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2962750"></a>SCO UNIX</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
-If you run an old version of SCO UNIX then you may need to get important
+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.
+</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2974600"></a>SCO UNIX</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+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.
+encounter corrupt data transfers using Samba.
</p><p>
The patch you need is UOD385 Connection Drivers SLS. It is available from
-SCO (<a href="ftp://ftp.sco.com/" target="_top">ftp.sco.com</a>, directory SLS,
+SCO (<ulink url="ftp://ftp.sco.com/">ftp.sco.com</ulink>, directory SLS,
files uod385a.Z and uod385a.ltr.Z).
-</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2962780"></a>DNIX</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+</p><p>
+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.
+</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2974655"></a>DNIX</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
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.
</p><p>
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, some things still won't work right.
+but it is far from ideal, and some things still will not work right.
</p><p>
-To fix the problem properly you need to assemble the following two
+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.
-</p><p>
-put this in the file <tt class="filename">setegid.s</tt>:
+Samba. Put the following in the file <tt class="filename">setegid.s</tt>:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
.globl _setegid
_setegid:
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ _setegid:
clrl d0
rts
</pre><p>
-put this in the file <tt class="filename">seteuid.s</tt>:
+Put this in the file <tt class="filename">seteuid.s</tt>:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
.globl _seteuid
_seteuid:
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ _seteuid:
clrl d0
rts
</pre><p>
-after creating the above files you then assemble them using
+After creating the above files, you then assemble them using
</p><pre class="screen">
<tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>as seteuid.s</tt></b>
<tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>as setegid.s</tt></b>
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@ after creating the above files you then assemble them using
that should produce the files <tt class="filename">seteuid.o</tt> and
<tt class="filename">setegid.o</tt>
</p><p>
-then you need to add these to the LIBSM line in the DNIX section of
+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:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
LIBSM = setegid.o seteuid.o -ln
@@ -87,25 +92,25 @@ LIBSM = setegid.o seteuid.o -ln
You should then remove the line:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
#define NO_EID
-</pre><p>from the DNIX section of <tt class="filename">includes.h</tt></p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2962953"></a>RedHat Linux Rembrandt-II</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
-By default RedHat Rembrandt-II during installation adds an
+</pre><p>from the DNIX section of <tt class="filename">includes.h</tt>.</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2974825"></a>Red Hat Linux</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+By default during installation, some versions of Red Hat Linux add an
entry to <tt class="filename">/etc/hosts</tt> as follows:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
- 127.0.0.1 loopback &quot;hostname&quot;.&quot;domainname&quot;
+ 127.0.0.1 loopback "hostname"."domainname"
</pre><p>
</p><p>
This causes Samba to loop back onto the loopback interface.
The result is that Samba fails to communicate correctly with
-the world and therefor may fail to correctly negotiate who
+the world and therefore may fail to correctly negotiate who
is the master browse list holder and who is the master browser.
</p><p>
-Corrective Action: Delete the entry after the word loopback
- in the line starting 127.0.0.1
-</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2962995"></a>AIX</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2963002"></a>Sequential Read Ahead</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+Corrective Action: Delete the entry after the word "loopback"
+in the line starting 127.0.0.1.
+</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2974869"></a>AIX</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2974876"></a>Sequential Read Ahead</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
Disabling Sequential Read Ahead using <b class="userinput"><tt>vmtune -r 0</tt></b> improves
Samba performance significantly.
-</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2963029"></a>Solaris</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2963036"></a>Locking improvements</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>Some people have been experiencing problems with F_SETLKW64/fcntl
-when running Samba on Solaris. The built in file locking mechanism was
+</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2974902"></a>Solaris</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2974909"></a>Locking Improvements</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>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
@@ -116,13 +121,12 @@ be stuck if F_SETLKW64 loops.
Sun released patches for Solaris 2.6, 8, and 9. The patch for Solaris 7
has not been released yet.
</p><p>
-The patch revision for 2.6 is 105181-34
-for 8 is 108528-19 and for 9 is 112233-04
+The patch revision for 2.6 is 105181-34, for 8 is 108528-19 and for 9 is 112233-04.
</p><p>
-After the install of these patches it is recommended to reconfigure
-and rebuild samba.
-</p><p>Thanks to Joe Meslovich for reporting</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="winbind-solaris9"></a>Winbind on Solaris 9</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
-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
+After the install of these patches, it is recommended to reconfigure
+and rebuild Samba.
+</p><p>Thanks to Joe Meslovich for reporting this.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="winbind-solaris9"></a>Winbind on Solaris 9</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+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.
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