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Haunter

Haunter

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I am a linux first time user and like the system so far but have run into problems. I downloaded a tar.gz file and attempted to install the program according to the readme file in the tar file. I am using red hat 7.2.

This is the situation.

#./configure
works fine
#make
works fine
make install
I get an error that ginstall is not found and installation aborted.

Can you explain and help plz.

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Hi,

Is that an old package ? ginstall was once in the gnu fileutils package but its now just called install. You should be able to get away with making a symbolic link from ginstall to install (as root) :

# cd /usr/bin
# ln -s install ginstall

Then try again....

Hope this helps



 
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Actually it is the Ksamba package that I just downloaded of that site. I assume it is pretty current.

I did as you said and did not receive any installation errors this time but now it says that the executable program does not exits.

I wonder if I need an update. In actuality I was trying to get Linux and WinXP talking using samba and this was my first crack at a solution. If you have a better Idea just let me know. I have a book on order from amazon but it has not arrived.

I am a Windows user trying to convert to Linux
 
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Hi,

Did the Ksamba actually compile cleanly ? Also, if it did and the executable is not in your PATH then you'd have to specify the full PATH at the command line. On my Suse system its in /opt/kde/bin/ksamba but I just tried to compile on Redhat and it gave all manner of errors at the 'make' stage. Try :

$ locate ksamba

Otherwise, the main gui for samba is called swat (samba web admin too) and on redhat you would need to install the redhat samba-swat rpm. After that you do as root :

# /sbin/chkconfig swat on

then go to in your browser and login as root. By default, it only works from 'localhost' but, if you need to, you can change that by editing the /etc/xinetd.d/swat config file and changing the line that says :

only_from = localhost

Other than swat, the main other one is webmin which is also a web based admin tool but much more wide ranging that swat as it supports all manner of linux services and not just samba. See --> .

Hope this helps
 
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