This sounds like a good approach. I'll try it out.
Thanks,
Siddharth

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote:

> I forgot to say to do those steps on a test machine.
> On May 3, 2012 7:09 AM, "Jeremiah Bess" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Best way to find out is to run lsmod, and pipe it's output to a file,
>> then install samba and get it running. Then run lsmod again and compare the
>> output with diff.
>> On May 3, 2012 3:44 AM, "siddharth chandra" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>     Can someone please let me know whether a samba server requires
>>> kernel support(any kind of kernel module). I want to install samba server
>>> on a linux machine that will not allow any kind of modifications to the
>>> kernel(It doesn't even have kernel module support).
>>> I've used a test machine (debian squeeze) with custom Linux
>>> kernel(3.3.4). I've removed anything that I could find using smb, cifs.
>>> Even after doing so the samba server works fine and I am able to share
>>> folders.
>>> Even lsmod doesn't show anything related to smb/cifs.
>>> Does this mean Samba does not require any changes to the kernel?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Siddharth
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users
>>> Group.
>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected]
>>> To unsubscribe, send email to
>>> [email protected]
>>> For more options, visit our group at
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
>>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri
>>> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor
>>> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
>>>
>>  --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users
> Group.
> To post a message, send email to [email protected]
> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
> For more options, visit our group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri
> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor
> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
>

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group.
To post a message, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
For more options, visit our group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri
Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or 
http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)

Reply via email to