Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:31:00 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Ganael Laplanche <ganael.laplanche@martymac.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] Likewise-open preliminary port Message-ID: <20110624083100.GA26944@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <201106211009.32633.ganael.laplanche@martymac.org> References: <201106211009.32633.ganael.laplanche@martymac.org>
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--AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:09:23AM +0200, Ganael Laplanche wrote: > Hi everyone, >=20 > Over the past few weeks, I've been working on a Likewise-open [1] port an= d am=20 > starting to get something useable. >=20 > Technically speaking, the port builds fine on x86 and amd64 platforms (gc= c- > only ATM) and is able to use libraries from the ports tree instead of the= ones=20 > bundled in the source tarball. >=20 > Basic functionality has been tested : with a local account database (SQLi= te),=20 > I was able to retrieve account information through nsswitch as well as=20 > authenticate a user on sshd through PAM. The CIFS server also works : a l= ocal=20 > Likewise user is able to connect to it. >=20 > Anyway, I am not a Likewise expert and there are still several -important= -=20 > tests to perform : > - Try to join an Active Directory server and use it as an authentication= =20 > source, instead of the local SQLite DB > - Play with client-side commands (lwio-copy, lwio-fuse-mount) ; I could n= ot=20 > get them work (see below) but I may have missed something > - Try advanced CIFS server configurations >=20 > Here are also remaining tasks that have to be done before the port can hi= t the=20 > tree : > - Write a rc.d startup script (probably a wrapper to the provided init.d= =20 > scripts) > - Fix build with clang > - Try to build with Heimdal (?) >=20 > I would be pleased to get feedback from you... any help or comment is wel= come=20 > ! Have you tried asking Likewise for the ports they appear to be using internally to build packages for FreeBSD? While the normal Likewise install location in /opt/likewise is non-standard, I suspect most likewise users hardcode it in their scripts. I know I do. It seems generally useful to ease the upgrade path from a likewise-open port to likewise-enterprise. -- Brooks --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFOBEtEXY6L6fI4GtQRAkw2AJ9HKsbgJL1jEd4PAPkqi6qHHv1QoACg0Hyv fOLNgKADJMBs4SSIOuMq5Ss= =8qNC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA--
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