[Samba] Switching to 64 bit version in existing DC server.

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 14:31:58 +0200
Virgo Pärna via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> 	Are samba data files compatible between 32 bit and 64  bit
> versions? So that I could safely uninstall 32 bit version (leaving
> existing data and configuration) and reinstall as 64 bit version?
> 

Not sure I fully understand this, surely if you are going to install a
64bit version of Samba, it will be on a 64bit OS ?

All you need to do is backup the data and the smb.conf on a Unix domain
member, install the new 64bit OS, install the Samba packages, replace
the smb.conf with your backed up copy, restore the data and away you go.

Rowland