Hi all,

I am having a 4 MB flash based board.I have already ported linux on that board,Now i want use samba utility for my target board.The problem which i am facing is smbd and nmbd are having size of 4.7 MB,more than the flash of that x86 processor based board.

My questions are:

1> IS it possible to port samba on that board,if yes then how?
2> Is there any similar utility working in linux?

Please guide me for that.

Regards,
Ravi

Your question kind of answers itself. You say you have 4 MB available, which obviously can't fit 4.7 MB into it. That's it, nothing more to do. Either put more memory on your board, or leave something off.

You can run Samba without NMB, and connect via IP address instead of name, which might save you some space.

Sir,

Thanks for your inputs.I am looking to increase my flash space.
IS there any other utility like samba in linux?

Regards,
Ravi

No, there isn't. However, as I said earlier, NMB doesn't have to be running, for Samba to work, you will then have to connect via IP address, instead of name.

Sir,

I have taken an old version of samba i.e samba-2.0.5.The size of smbd is 750Kb.
Will there be any problems with version,as it is an old release of samba?


Regards,
Ravi

You probably will have security issues. You will need to read through the subsequent release notes and security bulletins to be certain. There may also be many features that weren't implemented in such an early version of samba.