[Samba] 3.0.10 to 3.0.20 transition problems ...

[John H Terpstra]

On Friday 09 December 2005 11:45, rodrigo at dgf.uchile.cl wrote:
> Dear all..
>  I moved my samba server to a new linux box (faster, bigger, etc..),
> and I moved from Mandrake 10.1 to 10.3 (mdk 2006).. I just copy my old
> configuration file to the new linux box. The new linux's distribution
> comes with samba 3.0.20... ( In my WinXP's clients I didn't change
> anything). Of course, it doesn't work.. My clients can't connect to the
> new samba server... I have been googling the problem, reading
> documentation, FAQ's, etc, etc, etc... and nothing... I'm new in samba
> world, And my first configuration works fine, but this one, have been
> painful
>
> Does exist big differences from 3.0.11 to 3.0.20 ??

Please follow the Upgrading/Updating chapter (chapter 8) of the official Samba 
documentation "Samba-3 by Example". You can obtain this in printed book form 
from Amazon.Com, or in PDF from:

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-ByExample.pdf

> Does exist a configuration problem in my old smb.conf  file ?

You smb.conf looks OK, but:

1. did you migrate the domain SID?
2. did you migrate the tdb files correctly?
3. did you preserve the UIDs/GIDs in the migration?

Please follow the documentation. If you still have a problem contact me.

- John T.

> I'm getting a little bit crazy..
> Rodrigo
> --------------
> old smb.conf
> --------------
> [global]
>         workgroup = LGI_GROUP
>         netbios name = lgi
>         mangling method = hash2
>         server string = Servidor Samba LGI
>         passdb backend = smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd
>         username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>         log level = 1
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         max log size = 4096
>         security = user
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
>         domain logons = yes
>         preferred master = yes
>         domain master = yes
>         dns proxy = no
>         hosts allow = 172.17.71.0/24 127.
>         interfaces = eth0 lo
>         load printers = yes
>         printcap name = cups
>
> [homes]
>         comment = Directorio Raiz
>         valid users = %S
>         invalid users = root, daemon
>         read only = no
>         browseable = no
>         writable = yes
>         follow symlinks = No
> -----

-- 
John H Terpstra
Samba-Team Member
Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668

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The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, 2 Ed., ISBN: 0131882228
Samba-3 by Example, 2 Ed., ISBN: 0131882221X
Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971
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