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

OK - I got Samba to work.
I downloaded the openldap RPM package from IBM's site and installed it.
It installed the software in /usr/opt/freeware/...
In /usr/lib, there is a libldap.a -> /usr/ldap/lib/libibmldap.a
I removed the link and created a new one.
ln -s /usr/opt/freeware/lib/libldap.a libldap.a in /usr/lib.
Now it works.