Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:39:03 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Default Samba port? Message-ID: <1321267143.51532.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BQLa9CRsTKX-4j3b=9TqSdASejTvvGsYr-WmqfbR8Y-s2Bz4Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <83F75606-8C2C-45E6-A408-FC11C7306A06@googlemail.com> <CA%2BQLa9CRsTKX-4j3b=9TqSdASejTvvGsYr-WmqfbR8Y-s2Bz4Q@mail.gmail.com>
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=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A=0AFrom: Robert Simmons <rsi= mmons0@gmail.com>=0ATo: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Sunday, Novem= ber 13, 2011 10:36 AM=0ASubject: Re: Default Samba port?=0A=0A=0AOn Sun, No= v 13, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Peter Harrison=0A<four.harrisons@googlemail.com> wro= te:=0A> Can anyone advise me the appropriate Samba port to install - the ha= ndbook refers to samba34, but I see samba35 and samba36 in in ports. This i= s for a home server, so I'm not necessarily looking for production standard= , but something that "just works" on RELEASE-8.2 amd64.=0A=0Asamba36 is the= current stable version.=A0 The other two are kept for=0Alegacy compatibili= ty.=A0 35 and 34 are the last version in those=0Abranches.=A0 Don't worry a= bout them.=A0 The handbook has not been updated=0Afor two major revisions o= f samba.=0A=0AThis is a comment for the others on the list, not directly at= you:=0Amaybe ports like this should have a directory samba that always poi= nts=0Ato the most recent stable version.=A0 Then the handbook would not nee= d=0Ato be updated to reflect version changes like this.=A0 It would only=0A= need to be updated if the actual instructions change or become=0Aoutdated?= =0A_______________________________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@free= bsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-qu= estions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@f= reebsd.org"=0A=0AI second the motion. Then when you do something like where= is samba, it=0Awon't come back empty and force you to search in /usr/ports = for the desired=0Aport directory.=0A=0AAs for the original question, I'd in= stall samba36, which is the latest port. The=0Aconfiguration is still the s= ame as previous releases so go for the latest one.=0A=0ASamba has some secu= rity issues but it rocks as a file server for *nix machines.=0AI've used it= with great success to allow M$ clients to share files. I do not use=0Ait f= or print services however, only file sharing.=0A
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