Samba for eComStation (OS/2)

​Samba is a free implementation of the CIFS/SMB protocol for Unix, which allows LAN-Server style file and printer sharing among machines running Windows, Mac OS, Unix or ​eComStation (OS/2). The goal of this project is to port the Samba server and create Samba clients for eCS (OS/2) in order to replace the functionality of the outdated IBM-LAN-Requester/Peer/Server components.

Please, consider the pages of this wiki to be your online documentation for Samba for eCS (OS/2)!

Official Releases

In the tables below the latest GA (General Availability, stable) release is always marked as Bold

Additional software prerequisites

It is strongly recommended to install from the WPI packages.

kLibc 0.6.3 Library	​WPI	kLibc Runtime libraries required by all Samba related installations.
GCC 4 Core Libraries	​WPI	GCC 4 runtime libraries required by all Samba related installations.
kLibc 0.6.4x Library	​WPI	Extended kLibc Runtime library required by Samba Server installations.

Server

The eComStation (OS/2) server port is very fast and stable, and although still incomplete, very usable for daily work. It can be used to perform the following tasks:

• share files among eCS (OS/2), Windows, Mac OS and Unix machines, including extended attribute support.
• share printers among eCS (OS/2), Windows, Mac OS and Unix machines.

Samba 3.0.x based releases

Release date	State	Component	Version	Based upon	Package	Description
06th. July 2010	GA	Server core files	1.0.5	​Samba 3.0.37	​ZIP	Required to share files and printers, stable
13th. Aug. 2010	GA	Installation package	1.0.5	​Samba 3.0.37	​WPI	Required to share files and printers, stable, easy installation

Samba 3.3.x based releases

Release date	State	Component	Version	Based upon	Package	Description
15th. Aug. 2010	beta	Server core files	1.1.0	​Samba 3.3.13	​ZIP	Required to share files and printers

Samba 3.5.x based releases

Release date	Type	Component	Version	Based upon	Package	Description
none so far

Server Tools

The Server GUI Tools are also installed by default when you install a samba server with a !WarpIN package. They are not included in the Samba server zip files. The Server GUI Tools need the ​REXX libraries installed.

Release date	State	Component	Version	Based upon	Package	Description
14th. Mar. 2010	GA	SSCC	1.0.0	-	​ZIP	GUI Tool for server configuration and installation
14th. Mar. 2010	GA	SMBUsers	0.9.8	-	​ZIP	GUI Tool for user and group administration
06th. Mar. 2010	GA	SMBMon	0.9.26	-	​ZIP	GUI Tool for Samba status monitoring

Clients

The eComStation (OS/2) clients can be used to perform the following tasks:

• access shared files on servers running Samba (eCS (OS/2), Unix) or Windows (Server or Workstation; NT 4 or better), including extended attribute support.
• print on printer servers that provide SMB/CIFS services.

​Quick access to all client files

Netdrive based

​NetDrive for eComStation (OS/2) is required to be installed. NetDrive is a virtual filesystem driver, which is extensible with plugins for various filesystems. We provide a NetDrive plugin for Samba access.

Release date	State	Component	Version	Based upon	Package	Description
11th. May 2009	GA	Plugin	1.0	​Samba 3.0.34	​ZIP	Required to access shared files, deprecated
03rd. Nov 2010	GA	Plugin	1.5.3	​Samba 3.0.37	​ZIP	Required to access shared files stable
06th. July 2010	Beta 1	Plugin	1.6.0	​Samba 3.3.13	​ZIP	Required to access shared files (it's known to crash)
10th. Jan 2011	Beta 3	Plugin	2.0.0	​Samba 3.0.37	​ZIP	Required to access shared files, dir caching added

EVFS based

EVFS (eComStation Virtual Filesystem for SMB) is installed by default on eComstation version 2.0 GA or better (It was included in some eCS 2.0 RC as well). EVFS also makes use of the NetDrive plugin for Samba access.

Release date	State	Component	Version	Based upon	Package	Description
11th. May 2009	GA	Plugin	1.0	​Samba 3.0.34	​ZIP	Required to access shared files, deprecated
03rd. Nov 2010	GA	Plugin	1.5.3 GA	​Samba 3.0.37	​ZIP	Required to access shared files, stable, supercedes ​eComStation 2.0
06th. July 2010	Beta 1	Plugin	1.6.0	​Samba 3.3.13	​ZIP	Required to access shared files (it's known to crash)
10th. Jan 2011	Beta 3	Plugin	2.0.0	​Samba 3.0.37	​ZIP	Required to access shared files, dir caching added

Client Tools and GUI

Release date	State	Component	Version	Based upon	Package	Description
01th. Sept. 2009	GA	EVFSGUI	1.3.7	-	​Link	Setup and manage connections, deprecated.
13th. Aug. 2010	GA	EVFSGUI	2.0.6	Plugin 1.5.x or 2.x.beta1	​ZIP	Setup and manage connections
26th. Dec. 2010	Beta 2	EVFSGUI	2.1	Plugin 1.5.x or 2.x.beta1	​ZIP	Setup and manage connections, on-the-fly browsing
08th. June 2010	GA	Commandline utilities	1.0.5	​Samba 3.0.37	​ZIP	Required by EVFSGUI Ver. 2.x
07th. July 2010	GA	Commandline utilities	1.1.0	​Samba 3.3.13	​ZIP	Required by EVFSGUI Ver. 2.x
30th. Mar. 2010	GA	Port driver	1.0.1	​Samba 3.3.12	​ZIP	Required to print to shared printers or CIFS/SMB based printer servers

Note: EVFSGUI also can be used together with NetDrive in order to manage SMB/CIFS connections. This makes sense, as EVFSGUI provides functionality for SMB/CIFS connections not found in the NetDrive GUI. For other connection types you will however still need the NetDrive GUI.

Updating eComstation with EVFS

In order to update eComStation with an installed EVFS, you will need the following packages:

• from the section "EVFS based" client a plugin package plus
• from the section "Client Tools and GUI" an EVFSGUI package plus
• from the section "Client Tools and GUI" a Commandline utilities package

or take this ​2.0.6 level WPI package

Note: The Samba Client WPI that comes with eComStation 2.0 GA is on 2.0.4 level.

Interim Releases

Herwig Bauernfeind sometimes provides interim releases and test builds of Samba server, clients, GUI tools and scripts on his ​Samba for eCS (OS/2) page.

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Here is our ever growing collection of useful Samba for eCS (OS/2) Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.

More Information

• How to setup Samba
• Useful Samba scripts and utilities
• Samba was tested with these clients
• Currently known Samba issues (open Tickets)
• Samba Development Progress
• Samba links collection
• Samba 3.x/4.x scratchpad
• Samba for eCS (OS/2) code maintenance

Reporting Bugs

Reporting bugs and requesting new features is done through the ticket system. You can view existing tickets, add comments to them and create new tickets using the corresponding buttons at the top of every page. If you want to submit a new bug or request a feature, please use the Search function first to make sure there is no ticket for this task already created.

Anonymous access to the ticket system has been restricted due to multiple attacks of stupid spammers we've been suffering from during the last month. In order to create a new ticket or comment the existing one, you need to login with your Netlabs login id. If you do not have a login id, you can request one at ​http://www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml. We are sorry for inconvenience, but at the present time this is the only way to avoid extremely annoying spam.

Mailinglist

• ​http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.samba.user

Credits

• Silvan Scherrer (aka diver), current code maintenance, recent core fixes and additions
• Herwig Bauernfeind (aka HerwigB), testing, EVFSGUI 2.x, Samba GUI tools, scripts, WPI packages
• Vitali Pelenyov (aka sunlover), provides Samba Client caching
• Paul Smedley (aka Smedles), provided Samba 3.0.24 port, groundwork for current port
• Yuri Dario (aka Paperino), provided workable locking code and other important fixes
• Alex Taylor (aka AlexT), provided historic EVFSGUI 1.x, fixes for 2.x
• Nikolay Kolosov (aka nickk), provided historic Samba 3.0.9 port
• and all we missed

Thanks for testing!

Screenshots

• coming soon