[Samba] Samba 2.2.2, queries

[Martyn Ranyard]

If you have installed a binary version, then I assume you had a working 
pre-installed samba that came with your distribution of unix.

Various different versions of samba produced by vendors have different 
files in different places (e.g. smb.conf on Slackware 8.0 is in /etc/samba 
in v7.0 it is in /etc and in source versions it is usually in 
/usr/local/lib/samba) so it is advisable to use the package control system 
on your OS to remove old versions before installing new versions.  Also, I 
would reccommend you get the package for samba from the place you got the 
original, which in the case of a preinstalled version would be the 
installation media (cd, floppy, ftp etc.)

Hope this helps.

At 11:49 AM 1/30/02 +0000, Aslam Ghumra wrote:

>Hi
>
>I have recently downloaded the 2.2.2 version , binary format and also the 
>software depot.
>
>Already build - software deport
>Installation is fine a but when trying to run ./smbd -D , it drops out
>then I start ./nmbd -D.
>
>However when I start the nmbd, it errors saying that it is already running.
>
>When doing a ps -ef | grep mbd it shows nmbd running.
>
>After compiling the binaries
>The compilation is not without a few Warning messages, but it seems ok.
>When running ./smbd -D it drops again
>also running ./nmbd -D it also drops out.
>
>We have had a previous version of samba running on this machine,
>
>my main query is that do you a place where you keep archives of old 
>binaries, so that I can
>get the system working again.
>
>regards
>Aslam Ghumra  Product Services 
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