[Samba] Re-Installing samba on new hard drive

[Dale Schroeder]

On 05/12/2010 8:13 AM, Leandro Tracchia wrote:
> I'm currently running samba as a primary domain controller on Ubuntu
> 8.04. I am going to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 onto a new hard
> drive and install that distribution's samba package. This will replace
> my current installation. I don't plan on changing the configuration
> file (smb.conf). The configuration file from my current samba
> installation will be copied to the new installation.
>    
Familiarize yourself with the changes between your old version of Samba 
and the new:
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/
> How will my Window clients that are joined to the current domain handle this?
> Will they have to re-join the "new" domain, even though its not a new
> domain since its the same configuration file?
>    
Start here:
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/upgrades.html#id2600749

Retain the same SID.
Perhaps, copy /var/lib/samba.
There are other variables, depending upon your particular configuration.

Dale