[Samba] Ubuntu Bionic Samba 4.9.13 and 4.10.8 packages online now (amd64/i386)

James Atwell james.atwell365 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 10 13:47:29 UTC 2019


On 9/10/2019 3:23 AM, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
> On 10/09/2019 08:08, L.P.H. van Belle via samba wrote:
>> Hai,
>>
>> Well, not exactly, if you coming from source builds.
>>
>> In that case is suggest.
>>
>> Pick a repo line matching your self compiled samba.
>> If thats a 4.9, choose the 4.9 repo line to add to 
>> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/van-belle.list file.
>>
>> Stop the self compiled samba version.
>> Disable starting the selfcompiled samba.
>> Reboot you server to make sure nothing has openfiles, or check this 
>> manualy.
>>
>> Copy the data from compiled to the matching /var/{cache,lib}/samba 
>> folders
>> Copy the smb.conf to /etc/samba/smb.conf
>>
>> Fix any paths in configs so it matches the packaged version.
>> Removed, or better, move any leftover, out of the way to a other folder.
>>
>> Now you should be able to start samba with the old data.
>> And please do verify above steps, i might have missed one.
>>
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Louis
>
>
> The other (hopefully) easier way, would be to create a new computer, 
> install Louis's Samba packages on that and join it to the domain, then 
> demote the old DCs.
>
> Rowland
>
>
>
Louis and Rowland,


     I'm sorry for not being clear the first time. I have a dead(HD 
failure) DC that I need to replace. I have a new(different IP, different 
hostname) server ready to take it's place. I usually just compile from 
source, but figured I would have a go at using Loui's repo. Thanks.




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