RPM upgrade question

[Tom Diehl]

On Mon, 8 May 2000, Lee Howard wrote:

> I upgraded my samba package on my RedHat 6.1 installation via RPM.  I used
> the samba-2.0.7-20000425.i386.rpm file.  I had to first uninstall the
> packages:
> samba-common-2.0.5a-12
> samba-client-2.0.5a-12
> because of package dependencies.  I'm guessing, then, that the
> samba-2.0.7-20000425 package includes the files that had been included
> separately with the common and client packages.  Is this correct?
> Everything seems to be working as properly as before.

I did the same thing. No problems here.

> 
> Also, now when "/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start" is invoked, only:
>  [ O K ] smb services [ O K ]
> appears where before:
>  SMB services [ O K ]
>  NMB services [ O K ]
> both appeared.  What are the NMB services, and does the new smb services
> include them?

Mine still starts nmb. I forget what it is but it is in the docs.

> 
> I updated the package because I am having trouble with multi-user
> Quickbooks 99 using a samba share to store the data files.  I get
> permission errors regardless of the permission settings.  I haven't tested
> it yet to see if the error continues with the new package, but does anybody
> know of this from experience?

Are you and I the only 2 people in the whole world that want to do this??
I just installed 2.0.7 a week or 2 ago and have not had the time to test 
Quickbooks. If you get to it b4 I do please let me know what you find.

If we are trying to do the impossible would someone please tell us? 

TIA,

......Tom			"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
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