Posts: 6 Location: Stanley, KS USA Joined: 11.07.07
Posted on November 05 2008 06:20
I'm trying to get CIFS running on an Alpha with OpenVMS 8.3. I've tried both the 1.0 and the 1.1 distributions.
First problem is I can't find the CRTL on the ECO ftp site. There is an ACRTL, but I'm thinking that is not the same. So if anyone can help me find the CRTL needed for CIFS and OpenVMS 8.3, I think that may be a a big bit part of the problem...
So, here's my symptom...
It installs ok. It starts up ok, but I can not get it to authenticate against the PDC or use guest.
Most of the utilities in the samba$root:[bin.alpha] folder crash when I try to run them. That's why I think this may be the CRTL problem.
I just need to share one folder that is read/write to everyone.
So, I setup SMB.CONF to make this a member server. I can browse and see the Alpha machines Samba... banner from a Windows XP workstation when browse through network neighborhood.
When I click on it, it prompts me for a login name and password but I can't go anywhere past that.
I don't want the user to have to authenticate each time, so a guest access with one folder that is read/writeable would be perfect.
Or if I can get it to authenticate against the Windows 2003 based PDC, that would be fine as well.
Can anyone provide some insight in how to setup smb.conf to do this? And can someone point me in the direction of the correct CRTL for 8.3?
malmberg August 04 2022 No more VAX hobbyist licenses.
Community licenses for Alpha/IA64/X86_64 VMS Software Inc.
Commercial VMS software licenses for VAX available from HPE.
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I had a hobbyist account here but can longer access the site.
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Asking here just in case anyone is still listening.
MarkRLV September 17 2021 At one time, didn't this web site have a job board? I would love to use my legacy skills one last time in my career.
malmberg January 18 2021 New Hobbyist PAKs for VAX/VMS are no longer available according to reports. Only commercial licenses are reported to be for sale from HPE
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