Steve <krippner@rincewind.beloit.edu> wrote:
S> David-

S> We're having the same problems with AIX 5.1 too. In the past we
S> experimented with getting OpenLDAP installed, to basically find that
S> it "cannot be done". I'm hoping to contact the Bull Freeware site to
S> get an explanation.

S> David Jones <dj@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<RkQKc.7776$K53.6433@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Today I downloaded and installed
>> http://www.bullfreeware.com/download...nv-1.9.1.0.bff
>> http://www.bullfreeware.com/download...ba-3.0.4.0.bff
>> on my up-to-date AIX 4.3.3 (4330-11) server.
>>
>> Neither smbd nor nbmd start. I do not think it is a path problem.
>>
>> $ export LIBPATH=/usr/local/lib:$LIBPATH
>>
>> $ smbd
>> exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program smbd because of the following errors:
>> 0509-150 Dependent module /usr/lib/libldap.a(libldap.so.2)
>> could not be loaded.
>> 0509-153 File /usr/lib/libldap.a is not an archive or
>> the file could not be read properly.
>>
>> $ nmbd
>> exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program nmbd because of the following errors:
>> 0509-150 Dependent module /usr/lib/libldap.a(libldap.so.2)
>> could not be loaded.
>> 0509-153 File /usr/lib/libldap.a is not an archive or
>> the file could not be read properly.
>>
>> $ ls -lt /usr/lib/libldap.a
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 ldap ldap 23 May 24 2003 /usr/lib/libldap.a
>> -> /usr/ldap/lib/libldap.a
>>
>> $ ls -lt /usr/ldap/lib/libldap.a
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 ldap ldap 465392 Feb 4 2000
>> /usr/ldap/lib/libldap.a
>>
>> Thank-you in advance for any help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> DJ

Have y'all tried installing the version (2.2.7) from the AIX Toolbox?
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/pro.../download.html

Many times they better handle shared libraries than those from the Bull site.

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Bela Gazdy, EUCLID/AIX Systems Support