Misadventures Installing SAMBA 2.2 on
OS X Server 10.04 (includes Apple's SAMBA v2.0.9)
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First you might ask, why try this at all? Like most system administrators, I hate the idea of maintaining multiple user lists across multiple servers, and I hoped that by making my OS X Server box a Primary Domain Controller (PDC), I could rid my network of Windows servers that don't share user lists through NetInfo (someone please let me know if you discover how to do it through LDAP). I failed at doing this, although the info I acquired may prove useful to others. I ended up figuring out a good way to import the user lists into NT and OS X from an Excel file that can be exported into a batch file. Email me if you want a copy.

The SAMBA included with OS X 10.0.3 and below is v2.0.7. SAMBA gets updated to v2.0.9 with OS X 10.0.4, but this version of SAMBA still can't act as a PDC, nor can it be configured with the SAMBA Web Administration Tool (SWAT). After I installed SAMBA 2.2 over the OS X version I was thrilled to be able to use SWAT because it offers so many more options than the OS X Server Admin Application. BUT, if you use any of these options, or even edit smb.conf directly, your changes get erased and all the work you put into smb.conf is overwritten by a default version.

Eventually even SAMBA 2.2 itself got mysteriously erased and replaced with version 2.0.7. SWAT will also stop working. Either NetInfo or ServerAdmin must be responsible for this. I didn't want to mess with them.

Since my Mac OS thought I already had everything updated, I could no longer use Software Update to get back to SAMBA version 2.0.9 (included with Server Update 10.0.4), AND other problems appeared that prevented me from launching apps unless I logged in as root. I basically hosed my system and had to reinstall from scratch.

Note that this version of SAMBA runs fine on Mac OS X Consumer (not server), but Apple told me OS X Consumer is limited to 10 simultaneous AFP clients. I haven't verified this to be true - it may merely be a licensing issue - but more than 10 users don't work with classic Mac OS unless you install AppleShare IP.

If you are ambitious enough to continue where I left off, this information may be helpful to you. I would begin by disabling the Server Admin SAMBA module (***** see below right). The reason I didn't do this is because I wanted Server Admin to create SAMBA shares for me automatically to match my Mac OS user shares. As I mentioned, I ended up using a Windows NT PDC after all this work :-(.
 

SAMBA v2.2 (Installer v2.1 for OS X Consumer)SAMBA v2.0.9 (Bundled with OS X Server 10.0.4)
File Locations: From my PowerBook G3 (OS X Consumer 10.0.4). 
/Library/StartupItems/SAMBA/SAMBA
                            StartupParameters.plist
/usr/local/samba/bin/convert_smbpasswd
                     make_printerdef
                     make_smbcodepage
                     make_unicodemap
                     nmbd
                     nmblookup
                     rpcclient
                     smbcacls
                     smbclient
                     smbcontrol
                     smbd (the SAMBA Daemon)
                     smbpasswd
                     smbspool
                     smbstatus
                     smbtar
                     swat
                     testparm
                     testprns
/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf (SAMBA config. file)
/usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/codepage.437
                               codepage.737
                               codepage.775
                               codepage.850
                               codepage.852
                               codepage.857
                               codepage.861
                               codepage.866
                               codepage.932
                               codepage.936
                               codepage.949
                               codepage.950
                               codepage.1251
                               unicode_map.437
                               unicode_map.737
                               unicode_map.775
                               unicode_map.850
                               unicode_map.852
                               unicode_map.857
                               unicode_map.861
                               unicode_map.866
                               unicode_map.932
                               unicode_map.936
                               unicode_map.949
                               unicode_map.950
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-1
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-2
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-5
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-7
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-9
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-13
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-15
                               unicode_map.KOI8-R
/usr/local/samba/man/man1/findsmb.1
                          make_smbcodepage.1
                          make_unicodemap.1
                          nmblookup.1
                          rpcclient.1
                          smbcacls.1
                          smbclient.1
                          smbcontrol.1
                          smbrun.1
                          smbsh.1
                          smbstatus.1
                          smbtar.1
                          testparm.1
                          testprns.1
                          wbinfo.1
/usr/local/samba/man/man5/lmhosts.5
                          smb.conf.5
                          smbpasswd.5
/usr/local/samba/man/man7/samba.7
/usr/local/samba/man/man8/nmbd.8
                          smbd.8
                          smbmnt.8
                          smbmount.8
                          smbpasswd.8
                          smbspool.8
                          smbumount.8
                          swat.8
                          winbindd.8
/usr/local/samba/private/MACHINE.SID
                         secrets.tdb
/usr/local/samba/removesamba
/usr/local/samba/swat/help/*
                      images/*
                      include/*
                      using_samba/*
* HTML documentation and web administration. 
Files not listed.
/usr/local/samba/var/locks/brlock.tdb
                           browse.dat
                           connections.tdb
                           locking.tdb
                           messages.tdb
                           nmbd.pid
                           ntdrivers.tdb
                           printing.tdb
                           share_info.tdb
                           SHARE_MEM_FILE
                           SHARE_MEM_FILE.processes
                           smbd.pid
                           STATUS..LCK
                           unexpected.tdb
/usr/local/samba/var/log.nmb
                     log.nmbd
                     log.smb
                     log.smbd
File Locations: "virgin" configuration - Windows service never started on OS X Server G4.
/usr/local/samba/bin/addtosmbpass
                     convert_smbpasswd
                     make_printerdef
                     make_smbcodepage
                     make_unicodemap
                     nmbd
                     nmblookup
                     rpcclient
                     smbclient
                     smbd (the SAMBA Daemon)
                     smbpasswd
                     smbspool
                     smbstatus
                     smbtar
                     swat
                     testparm
                     testprns
/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf (SAMBA config. file)
/usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/codepage.437
                               codepage.737
                               codepage.775
                               codepage.850
                               codepage.852
                               codepage.857
                               codepage.861
                               codepage.866
                               codepage.932
                               codepage.936
                               codepage.949
                               codepage.950
                               codepage.1251
                               unicode_map.437
                               unicode_map.737
                               unicode_map.850
                               unicode_map.852
                               unicode_map.861
                               unicode_map.866
                               unicode_map.932
                               unicode_map.936
                               unicode_map.949
                               unicode_map.950
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-1
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-2
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-5
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-7
                               unicode_map.ISO8859-9
                               unicode_map.KOI8-R
/usr/local/samba/private/	(looks empty)
/usr/local/samba/swat/help/*
                      images/*
                      include/*
                      using_samba/*
* HTML documentation and web administration. 
Files not listed.
SWAT does not work on OSXSX 
(i.e. localhost:901 not found)
/usr/local/samba/var/
(empty by default - this is where log files go)
/usr/share/man/man1/make_smbcodepage.1
                    smbclient.1
                    smbrun.1
                    smbsh.1
                    smbstatus.1
                    smbtar.1
/usr/share/man/man5/smb.conf.5
                    smbpasswd.5
/usr/share/man/man8/smbd.8
                    smbmnt.8
                    smbmount.8
                    smbpasswd.8
                    smbspool.8
                    smbumount.8
/usr/local/share/" " (this path contains aliases
to the /usr/share/man/* files above)

-->> Lookie Here!!
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SMBDefines.framework/...
  ...Headers/ (alias to version A dir. below)
  ...PrivateHeaders/ (alias to ?? - undefined)
  ...Resources/ (alias to version A dir. below)
  ...SMBDefines (alias to version A file below)
  ...Versions/A/Headers/SMBAttributes.h
                        SMBEvents.h
                        SMBPreferences.h
                        SMBServerControl.h
  ...Versions/A/Resources/Info-macos.plist
                          version.plist
  ...Versions/A/SMBDefines
  ...Versions/Current (alias to version A dir. above)
 /System/Library/ServerAdmin/Apache.rasplug
                             AppleFileServices.rasplug
                             DHCP.rasplug
                             DNS.rasplug
                             FTP.rasplug
                             IPFilter.rasplug
                             LogView.rasplug
                             MM.rasplug
                             MailX.rasplug
                             NFS.rasplug
                             Print.rasplug
                             Privileges.rasplug
                             SLP.rasplug
                             Samba.rasplug *****
                             ServerInfo.rasplug
                             UsersGroups.rasplug
There may be more files I haven't found yet.

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