Samba4 developer howto
-----------------------
+======================
tridge@samba.org, December 2004
+A more up to date version of this howto can be found in the wiki
+at http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO.
This is a very basic document on how to setup a simple Samba4
server. This is aimed at developers who are already familiar with
Samba3 and wish to participate in Samba4 development. This is not
aimed at production use of Samba4.
+.. contents::
Step 1: download Samba4
-----------------------
There are 2 methods of doing this:
- method 1: "rsync -avz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/samba4 ."
+ method 1: "rsync -avz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/samba_4_0_test/ samba4"
- method 2: "svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0 samba4"
+ method 2: "git clone git://git.samba.org/samba.git samba4; cd samba4; git checkout v4-0-test; cd .."
both methods will create a directory called "samba4" in the current
-directory. If you don't have rsync or svn then install one of them.
+directory. If you don't have rsync or git then install one of them.
Since only released versions of Samba contain a pregenerated configure script,
-you will have to generate it by hand:
+you will have to generate it by hand::
$ cd samba4/source
$ ./autogen.sh
-Note that the above rsync command will give you a checked out svn
-repository. So if you also have svn you can update it to the latest
-version at some future date using:
+Note that the above rsync command will give you a checked out git
+repository. So if you also have git you can update it to the latest
+version at some future date using::
$ cd samba4
- $ svn up
+ $ git pull origin v4-0-test
Step 2: compile Samba4
----------------------
-Run this:
+Recommended optional development libraries:
+- acl and xattr development libraries
+- gnutls
+- readline
+
+Run this::
$ cd samba4/source
$ ./configure
Run this as a user who have permission to write to the install
directory (defaults to /usr/local/samba). Use --prefix option to
configure above to change this.
+
+::
# make install
Step 4: provision Samba4
------------------------
-The "provision" step sets up a basic user database. Make sure your smbscript
-binary is installed in a directory listed in your PATH environment variable.
-It is presumed it's available just like any other commands from your shell.
+The "provision" step sets up a basic user database.
Must be run as a user with permission to write to the install directory.
+::
+
# cd source
- # ./setup/provision --realm=YOUR.REALM --domain=YOURDOM --adminpass=SOMEPASSWORD
+ # bin/smbpython ./setup/provision --realm=YOUR.REALM --domain=YOURDOM \
+ # --adminpass=SOMEPASSWORD --server-role='domain controller'
+
+REMINDER: Use the path to smbpython, as the provision command
+ will not work with the system python.
'YOURDOM' is the NT4 style domain name. 'YOUR.REALM' is your kerberos
realm, which is typically your DNS domain name.
The provisioning will create a very simple smb.conf with no shares by
default. You will need to update it to add at least one share. For
-example:
+example::
[test]
path = /data/test
-----------------------
The simplest is to just run "smbd", but as a developer you may find
-the following more useful:
+the following more useful::
# smbd -i -M single
Step 7: testing Samba4
----------------------
-try these commands:
+try these commands::
- $ smbclient //localhost/test -Uadministrator%SOMEPASSWORD
- or
- $ ./script/tests/test_posix.sh //localhost/test administrator SOMEPASSWORD
+ $ smbclient //localhost/test -Uadministrator%SOMEPASSWORD
+
+or::
+
+ $ ./script/tests/test_posix.sh //localhost/test administrator SOMEPASSWORD
NOTE about filesystem support
supports both the "user" and "system" xattr namespaces.
If you run Linux with a 2.6 kernel and ext3 this means you need to
-include the option "user_xattr" in your /etc/fstab. For example:
+include the option "user_xattr" in your /etc/fstab. For example::
-/dev/hda3 /home ext3 user_xattr 1 1
+ /dev/hda3 /home ext3 user_xattr 1 1
You also need to compile your kernel with the XATTR and SECURITY
-options for your filesystem. For ext3 that means you need:
+options for your filesystem. For ext3 that means you need::
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY=y
If you are running a Linux 2.6 kernel with CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC
-defined you can check this with the following command:
+defined you can check this with the following command::
$ zgrep CONFIG_EXT3_FS /proc/config.gz
If you don't have a filesystem with xattr support, then you can
-simulate it by using the option:
+simulate it by using the option::
posix:eadb = /usr/local/samba/eadb.tdb
-----------------------
To test your filesystem support, install the 'attr' package and run
-the following 4 commands as root:
+the following 4 commands as root::
# touch test.txt
# setfattr -n user.test -v test test.txt
# getfattr -d test.txt
# getfattr -n security.test -d test.txt
-You should see output like this:
+You should see output like this::
# file: test.txt
user.test="test"
-
+
# file: test.txt
security.test="test2"
If you get any "Operation not permitted" errors then it probably means
you didn't try the test as root.
-
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+ vim: ft=rest
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