[Samba] Samba Upgrade...

[Christian Merrill]

Brent Smith wrote:

> Sorry if this is a dup.  I sent right before I subscribed to the list,
> so I'm not sure if it made it.
>
>
> I have just taken over a redhat system with Samba 3.0.0 configured
> with security = user, and domain logins enabled. I've included the
> smb.conf at the end of this message.
>
> I would like to upgrade to 3.0.10 for a numbers of reasons, one
> being security and one being that password changes don't work
> from workstation machines because of the Windows KB828741
> patch.  What I want to know, is if I should expect any
> incompatibilities between versions or if my existing config
> files will work with the new version?  This is a mission
> critical system, so I really don't want to upgrade unless
> there are going to be very minimal issues.
>
> Will a simple rpm -Uvh ./samba-3.0.10-1_rh9.i386.rpm put me
> in the clear?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Here is some information about the system:
>
> ----- OLD RPM PACKAGE -----
> $ rpm -qi samba
> Name        : samba                        Relocations: /usr
> Version     : 3.0.0                             Vendor: (none)
> Release     : 2                             Build Date: Thu 09 Oct 
> 2003 05:12:20 PM PDT
> Install date: Sat 11 Oct 2003 10:41:04 PM PDT      Build Host: *removed*
> Group       : Networking                    Source RPM: 
> samba-3.0.0-2.src.rpm
> Size        : 46416163                         License: GNU GPL version 2
> Packager    : Gerald Carter [Samba-Team] <jerry at samba.org>
> Summary     : Samba SMB client and server
>
> ----- NEW RPM PACKAGE -----
> $ rpm -qpi ./samba-3.0.10-1_rh9.i386.rpm
> Name        : samba                        Relocations: /usr
> Version     : 3.0.10                            Vendor: Samba Team
> Release     : 1                             Build Date: Wed 15 Dec 
> 2004 02:04:19 PM PST
> Install date: (not installed)               Build Host: rh9
> Group       : Networking                    Source RPM: 
> samba-3.0.10-1.src.rpm
> Size        : 45453218                         License: GNU GPL version 2
> Packager    : Gerald Carter [Samba-Team] <jerry at samba.org>
> Summary     : Samba SMB client and server
>
> ----- smb.conf file -----
> [global]
>         netbios name = *removed*
>         workgroup = *removed*
>         preferred master = yes
>         domain master = yes
>         wins support = yes
>         os level = 85
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>         interfaces = eth0
>         hosts allow = *removed*
>         invalid users =  bin daemon adm sync shutdown
>         logon path =
>         logon drive = U:
>         logon script = logon-%G.bat
>         add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -s 
> /bin/false -c 'Machine Account' -M %u
>         admin users = @smbadmin
>         printer admin = @smbadmin
>         domain logons = Yes
>         min protocol = NT1
>
> [homes]
>         comment = User Directory
>         path = /usr/export/home/%U
>         read only = NO
>         browseable = NO
> #       only user = %S
>
> [netlogon]
>         comment = Network Logon Service
>         path = /etc/samba/netlogon
>         guest ok = yes
>         browseable = no
>
> [print$]
>         path = /var/samba/printers
>         write list = @smbadmin
>         guest ok = yes
>
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /tmp
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = yes
>         printing = lprng
>         browseable = No
>
If you are going from a Red Hat supplied Samba release to one released 
by samba.org various things will be in different places.  /etc/samba/ 
will remain the same however and your config files should translate 
over.  Also keep in mind that Red Hat has split it's Samba package into 
three groups (samba, samba-client, samba-common).  My advice is to 
remove all of your existing samba packages (backing up your config files 
of course) and then doing a clean install if this is the case.

Christian