What distributions are compatible with DCOM for Linux?
No distribution contains all of the required software packages. However, SuSE Linux 5.2 almost meets the minimum requirements. DCOM for Linux on SuSE Linux 5.3 seems to have worked on one in-house system but not on another. You only need to install an update of the linuxthreads package. Although 5.2 and 5.3 contain GNU software that’s slightly older than SDK requirements, I haven’t experienced any problems with GNU stuff, but I program in C, not C++. Your mileage may vary. Alas, DCOM for Linux does not work with distributions based on glibc 2.x such as RedHat. According to Software AG, this is because of bugs in glibc 2.x. 3.0 Installing DCOM for Linux Installing DCOM for Linux is somewhat difficult for newbies. Generally the documentation is pretty good. For me, the most difficult part was understanding how to modify the dcomconfig file. So here’s a diff that might help. Two lines were edited. In place of “yournode.yourdomain.com” use the ip address of your primary NT server. My NT se
