2010/1/25 John Drescher <dresche...@gmail.com>: > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Joe <j...@freakyacres.com> wrote: >> I'm about to install 3.4.5 over 3.0.4 on an old FreeBSD 5.2.1 server from >> source. The server is backed up to tape. >> >> Could I make life easier by backing up some files by hand to another >> directory? >> >> In theory should "make install" be all I have to do? (yes I ran configure >> and make) >> >> Will the old smb.conf need modified? >> > > Yes definitely. You are going ahead 6 years of development. > > Normally you are supposed to take a look at the change logs between > versions to determine what parameters have been changed or removed but > that would be very painful for that type of move. > > I would run > > testparm > > before starting samba and fix any thing it complains about.
Would it also help to run "testparm -sv" with the old version and then again after the upgrade to see what defaults have changed? Or would there be too many differences? -- Michael Wood <esiot...@gmail.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba