[Samba] Update Wiki for backup script

James lingpanda101 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 26 15:17:26 UTC 2015


On 10/26/2015 11:01 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 26/10/15 14:40, James wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>     I notice the script expects to have $PATH  include 
>> '/usr/local/samba/bin'. Script will fail if it can't find tdbbackup. 
>> It was obvious to me but others may stumble. Maybe someone could add 
>> under the 'About the samba_backup script' section.
>>
>> "/This requires that your whole samba installation is on one place 
>> (like /usr/local/samba/). This script assumes you have included 
>> 'usr/local/samba/bin' as part of your path variable for root./"
>>
>> The script will fail with mention of a status code. However looking 
>> through the script, I see no mention of what these codes mean. 
>> Thoughts? Thanks.
>>
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Backup_and_restore_an_Samba_AD_DC
>>
>>
>
> Hmm, if you read the Samba wiki, on:
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_a_Samba_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller 
>
>
> There is this:
>
>
>    Paths
>
> You should consider putting the directories "/usr/local/samba/bin/" 
> and "/usr/local/samba/sbin/" at the beginning of your $PATH variable:
>
> export PATH=/usr/local/samba/bin/:/usr/local/samba/sbin/:$PATH
>
> To permanently add this to your system or user configuration, see your 
> distributions documentation.
>
> It shouldn't be there, it should probably be at the bottom of this page:
>
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Build_Samba_from_source
>
> Rowland
>
>
I read that section. I did update my $PATH for my individual user 
account but not root. The script wouldn't run unless I also updated 
root's path as well.

-- 
-James




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