samba 2.0.7.0.exe?? 1

[aixlurker]

hi,
i have the file downloaded from the bullfreeware site when i noticed that it has the extension '.exe'. has anyone successfully installed samba using the file? should there be special procedure when transferring the file from my win98 PC to the aix box? how should i transfer it, i'm planning to copy it to a CDR-W, then extract the file at the aix box?

has anyone happen to have a readme file for it so i could have an overview of the file?

 

[aixqueen]

This should help....download off IBM site
redbook on samba:

http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Red...25688500562954?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,samba

Yes the exe is the format.....make sure if you ftp you do it in binary mode.

From Bull Website...the install.txt
BASIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR .exe FILES ON AIX

This file describes how to install freeware and shareware utilities
for AIX v4 delivered in ".exe" files. These installation instructions
will use the example of the package lsof-3.68.0.0.exe.


1) Download the package required (check the README.txt for a
description of what each package contains).

2) Change the file modes so that the package is executable and,
as a non-root user, execute the package as shown in the
following example:
$ chmod +x lsof-3.68.0.0.exe
$ ./lsof-3.68.0.0.exe
Archive: ./lsof-3.68.0.0.exe
inflating: lsof-3.68.0.0.bff

3) Log in as root and use the following commands to install the bff file
# rm -f .toc
# smit install_latest

4) When smit asks for the "INPUT device / directory for software", type
in the name of the directory where the file is stored (or just
answer with . if the file is in the current directory), and then
type RETURN.

5) When the next set of menus are displayed, use F4 to generate a list
of packagesin the directory. Use F7 to select the LPP to install and
press RETURN to finish choosing. Keep the default values for all the
other choices, and press RETURN twice to start the install.

The LPP is now installed.
To use the utility the directory '/usr/local/bin' should be in your $PATH,
which can be changed for all the users in the file /etc/environment
The environmental variable "MANPATH" should also be created for all the
users by adding the following line to /etc/profile:

export MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/dt/man:


Some LPPs require additional modifications to the machine or to the
environment. Please refer to the README or INSTALL files delivered with the
LPPs.

To list all the files installed by the LPP, use the command
lslpp -f "freeware.lsof.*"

For example to find all the README files delivered by all the freeware
and shareware LPPs on the machine, use the command
lslpp -f "freeware*" "shareware*" | grep -i readme



WHAT ARE .exe FILES AND HOW ARE THEY GENERATED?

The packages on this server have been compressed using "zip", a
powerful freeware compression tool that uses the same compression
algorithm as "gzip", but uses the file format of PK-ZIP (a PC
compression tool).

The zip-files generated by the Unix tool "zip" are compatible with
pkzip zip-files.

To decompress (unzip) the .exe files on this server, no additional
tools are required. All the files are packaged as self-decompressing
zip-files. Simply copy the ".exe" file to your disk, set the file
modes to allow execution, and then execute the file to extract the
".bff" file it contains. This can (should?) be done without being
"root".

These .exe files are generated by concatenating a tool delivered in
the "unzip" package with the zip-file containing the .bff archive,
as follows
$ cat /usr/local/bin/unzipsfx lsof-3.68.0.0.zip > lsof-3.68.0.0.exe


WHAT ARE .bff FILES?

"bff" stands for "Backup File Format", which just means that the
file was created using the AIX "backup" tool and can be read using
AIX tool "restore".

Under AIX, the standard product packaging system uses the BFF
format. However additional information about the individual files
delivered in the product are included inside the BFF package. This
packaging is said to be an LPP. LPP means "Licensed Product Package",
but in the case of freeware the concepts of "license" and "product"
very different from what IBM planned in the beginning.

The freeware and shareware on the server

http://www-frec.bull.com/

and its mirrors

http://www.bull.de/,

http://ftp.univie.ac.at/aix/

and ftp://ftp.TU-Cottbus.De/aix/bull.mirror are packaged as LPPs.
Once the file on the server has been decompressed, it can be
installed using the standard AIX installation techniques.
The tool used to generate these LPPs is called "mklpp". It is
a collection of simple shell scripts plus a makefile, which can
be used to make an LPP with any name, but it is "optimized" to
package freeware and shareware tools.


HOW CAN I BE SURE THAT THE .bff FILE HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED?

AIX LPPs contain checksums for all files delivered in the LPP. These
checksums are automatically verified during the install. These
checksums are delivered with the LPP so it is possible, though
relatively complicated, to change the checksum to fit the a modified
LPP.

The best way to ensure that the LPP has not been modified would
be to generate a PGP fingerprint for each file and deliver it with
the LPP. Unfortunately this is not possible since the LPPs were
developed in France where PGP is illegal (still).

The next best way to verify that nothing has been modified is to
check the MD5 checksum. The MD5 checksums for all the EXE files
is in the file MD5.txt. These checksums were generated using the
"siggen" tool in the "tripwire" package.