glfs/server/other/samba/samba-exp.xml

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<title>Installation command explanations</title>

<para><screen><userinput>mkdir -p /etc/samba/private
mkdir -p /var/cache/samba</userinput></screen>
Directories needed for proper operation of the smbd and nmbd daemons.</para>

<para><userinput>--prefix=/usr</userinput> : Sets the prefix for almost all the file paths to /usr.</para>

<para><userinput>--sysconfdir=/etc</userinput> : Sets the configuration file directory to avoid the default of /usr/etc.</para>

<para><userinput>--localstatedir=/var</userinput> : Sets the variable data directory to avoid the default of /usr/var.</para>

<para><userinput>--with-fhs</userinput> : Assigns all other file paths in a manner compliant with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.</para>

<para><userinput>--with-smbmount</userinput> : Orders the creation of an extra binary for use by the mount command so that mounting remote SMB (windows) shares becomes no more complex than mounting remote NFS shares.</para>

<para><userinput>rm -rf /usr/private</userinput> : Removes a directory erroneously created by source/scripts/installbin.sh during the make install.</para>

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