[Samba] Upgrading system on file server

[Gaiseric Vandal]

The samba private directory may hold saved passwords used by samba to 
authenticate with LDAP.  the lock directory will hold various TBD 
files.  Some of them are caching files.  Some of the them may store 
group map information (that should be in LDAP) or idmap allocations (if 
winbind allocated unix uid's and gid's for samba accounts.)

I don't know what the Samba vers are with Suse 9.3 vs 11.3.   But you 
should definately plan on needing several hours to work out things that 
break.   I found that when going from Samba 3.0x. to 3.4.x.



On 03/17/2011 02:25 PM, Bayardo Rivas - Open Soluciones wrote:
> I am using LDAP, we still auth with  /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
>
> We need to upgrade Suse, we were upgrading only Samba but now it's a 
> must to upgrade Suse for other reasons.
>
> Why do i have to backup "private" and "lock" directories??
>
> Bayardo.
>
>
>
> El 17/03/2011 12:16 p.m., Gaiseric Vandal escribió:
>> You should build a 2nd box with Suse 11.3-  you can configure it as a 
>> DC either in same or test domain to make sure it works OK.  If you 
>> have LDAP as a backend, configure a BDC is possible.
>>
>> Is the purpose of the upgrade to upgrade Suse or to upgrade Samba?  
>> if you just want to upgrade samba you may wish to compile from source?
>>
>> Run testparm -v to see the location of your private directory and 
>> locks directory.  make sure those directories are backed up.
>>
>> I would also backup /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file  (maybe the 
>> whole /etc directory.)
>>
>>
>> On 03/17/2011 01:45 PM, Bayardo Rivas - Open Soluciones wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have an old version of Suse runing a Samba. I will upgrade this 
>>> box from Suse 9.3 -> Suse 11.3. I know that there are a lot of risk 
>>> but my top fear is about Samba. This is a production server and 
>>> network users authenticate with this server. We do not have roaming 
>>> profile, but I know that if I install from scratch I lose my domain, 
>>> SID number changes and I have to reconfigure all the clients and 
>>> this is not an option.
>>>
>>> So, I will try  to upgrade the box with the installation disks, but 
>>> if I get problems and I am forced to install from scratch, what do I 
>>> have to do to keep my domain working and don't lose the conection 
>>> between the domain and clients and keep it transparent for clients?/
>>>
>>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>>>
>>> Bayardo
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