I usually don't miss things BUT

[Laurent Blume]

Le 2016/04/19 14:47 +0200, Cmh a écrit:
> Laurent;
> 
> This is for a SPARC server btw. ....
> 
> 
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     bin          10K Apr 16 19:34
> /opt/csw/share/man/man8/nmbd.8
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     bin          14K Apr 16 19:34
> /opt/csw/share/man/man8/smbd.8
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     bin         3.1M Apr 16 19:35
> /opt/csw/sbin/sparcv8plus/nmbd
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     bin         9.0M Apr 16 19:35
> /opt/csw/sbin/sparcv8plus/smbd
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     bin         3.1M Apr 16 19:37
> /opt/csw/sbin/sparcv9/nmbd
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     bin         8.8M Apr 16 19:37
> /opt/csw/sbin/sparcv9/smbd
> -r-xr-xr-x  21 root     bin         9.8K Jan 22  2005 /opt/csw/sbin/nmbd
> -r-xr-xr-x  21 root     bin         9.8K Jan 22  2005 /opt/csw/sbin/smbd
> -r-xr-xr-x   1 root     root        9.8K Apr 18 06:33
> /opt/csw/sbin/nmbd-3.6.14
> -r-xr-xr-x   1 root     root        9.8K Apr 18 06:33
> /opt/csw/sbin/smbd-3.6.14
> 
> So I presume the actual binaries are the ones in /opt/csw/sbin/sparcv9

Yep. Read isaexec(3C) for details. Basically, the stub picks the best
binary available according to your system specs. The stub is shared by
many packages, hence the many hardlinks and the old age.

> I am sorry for all the questions ( I am in the fourth grader mind right
> now ) AND many thanks for all the gracious and quick answers.

You're welcome, and lucky, it wasn't that hard to update :)


Laurent