From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 14 10:39:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5332F106566B for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:39:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm7-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm7-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.91.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26D1A8FC14 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.91.61] by nm7.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Nov 2011 10:39:04 -0000 Received: from [98.139.91.29] by tm1.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Nov 2011 10:39:04 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1029.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Nov 2011 10:39:04 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 625162.65977.bm@omp1029.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 56459 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Nov 2011 10:39:04 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1321267144; bh=/ukR82wtOExLPrgcdSZPwnxNiTrdARm/FQGb/OYXWIE=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=juARaC00LQIY1DcVVLvxCO/SYfoQiQJlTCwggR7HgO9ayFofR5JIr3m5YMDE9vl33ESZix0PSvUjDEc++hGZroNpAwAKFl7sT5rIpp9ULHwT3fGYMEgSeIQTPEfQhXvm4blJbUP82msy4CzyrdM+o1U5eKfId0W02FiaQmVSgk4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=smzSjYq7h7UonLeHO9wjLKw5H9pxRERF0MGD7gZWmCSjeXjC9iyle58Pi2gDQHc6EltwJC1/zPMnaaz9+goABkn2P1G97z/8/z/sT+bp+2qVU4U4l/14sCtJgEqAtLQFNh0cl8YdersfzV8eqhUCbVR2KsUKXJQ1Iv/l1wBhrdk=; X-YMail-OSG: Zoolm2QVM1m.vDWgzKQVBYUqn9kyWdbruUhDaGIq_uuHkOl nq58In3bqURC3iCi07gzS77_UJEe3QMq5sYJCs53dsOAcYIlUAIlHkAPpsQm zCeBXbFx1msOukOIlgH1ZVCengl3WwAIypo9XUWgo8OllgfqS45uTzAbDUc_ T8OdYmVurARJ51AQws2A.Z4eJtNFscvk1bIL4gSdW5RViJcsjh47of.kKH3N yT4LnJVzGRZtdKK79WzzwK8v5nCA47L3xzUYAL3hkuerDbKcbCl4vG1TxANX umfBX8N9PAx2n6e0rH.JwzJ5u5okfto2.ypqc4rBAdFViKKMZxER4wx8j6jc xrrzPDfWc7Mmw5vwqIwkI2SBxExf2epNTz6ZgONrqZYSrn88uAKyzsDdu8pm 0.9BPKvVwUFNIaXuQgdmnWYyutmzW7SEvLIX2BNrd4I3VcVp9qE9PSxHmS27 YI.qkfpTm Received: from [98.203.44.66] by web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:39:03 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.325013 References: <83F75606-8C2C-45E6-A408-FC11C7306A06@googlemail.com> Message-ID: <1321267143.51532.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:39:03 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Default Samba port? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill Tillman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:39:05 -0000 =0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A=0AFrom: Robert Simmons =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 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