[Samba] Red Hat 7.1 installation

[Rolf Offermanns]

MarkG wrote:
> Please excuse what is probably a dumb question from a newbie.
> 
> I'm trying to upgrade to samba 2.2.7a.  When I attempt to install the 
> RPM, I get a series of about 50 errors all in this format:
> 
> <path><file name> from install of samba-2.2.7a conflicts with file from 
> package samba-2.0.7-36.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

There is an old samba version installed on your machine, so either 
uninstall it first:
rpm -e samba-2.0.7-36

or try an update:

rpm -Uvh samba-2.2.7a.rpm (or whatever the filename is)

HTH,
-Rolf