Re: [Samba] upgrading and moving to different servers
Adamiec, Larry wrote: To address your immediate concerns however, most of your old smb.conf should work. It's been a long time since I've worked with 2.2, but you may want to check to see if you have any .tdb files associated with your Samba 2.2 setup. If so, move that entire directory over to your new machine. So, on the new machine I can run ./configure -prefix=/opt/servers/samba then the make commands. Then I can move the smb.conf file from the old machine to the ne machine and copy the following files/directories from the old machine to the new machine: /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/brlock.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/locking.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/printing.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/ntprinters.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/ntforms.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/share_info.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/connections.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/messages.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/unexpected.tdb /opt/servers/samba/private/secrets.tdb That should be close to working. I wouldn't bother with the locks folder, just the private folder. However, I'd compare your smb.conf with the example smb.conf from your installation to see if there any significant differences. Also, with 100 users, I'd probably switch to using a tdb backend rather than smbpasswd, but that not essential. You can also try installing SWAT and using the wizard to help you set up your new server. I prefer using SWAT for most routine tasks in Samba. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
RE: [Samba] upgrading and moving to different servers
> > To address your immediate concerns however, most of your old smb.conf > should work. It's been a long time since I've worked with > 2.2, but you > may want to check to see if you have any .tdb files > associated with your > Samba 2.2 setup. If so, move that entire directory over to > your new machine. > So, on the new machine I can run ./configure -prefix=/opt/servers/samba then the make commands. Then I can move the smb.conf file from the old machine to the ne machine and copy the following files/directories from the old machine to the new machine: /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/brlock.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/locking.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/printing.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/ntprinters.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/ntforms.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/share_info.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/connections.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/messages.tdb /opt/servers/samba/var/locks/unexpected.tdb /opt/servers/samba/private/secrets.tdb -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] upgrading and moving to different servers
Adamiec, Larry wrote: Is it a domain controller, a member server, or stand-alone? stand-alone Do you have a domain? If so, you may want to consider making it a member server. Otherwise, you'll be stuck with your current situation of maintaining user accounts on your server (of course, this depends on you not using Windows XP/home on your workstations). If you can set it up as a member server, then you can grant access to domain accounts and/or groups. To address your immediate concerns however, most of your old smb.conf should work. It's been a long time since I've worked with 2.2, but you may want to check to see if you have any .tdb files associated with your Samba 2.2 setup. If so, move that entire directory over to your new machine. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
RE: [Samba] upgrading and moving to different servers
> > > Is it a domain controller, a member server, or stand-alone? stand-alone -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] upgrading and moving to different servers
Adamiec, Larry wrote: You haven't told us what role your server plays. This is an important item! :) We use Samba to allow multiple administrative assistants to cut and paste professors web pages from their Windows desktop machines to our Solaris web server. This saves the hassle of having people FTP files every time they want to update a web page. This is the reason we use Samba right now. Is it a domain controller, a member server, or stand-alone? I can't answer all of your questions, but you need to worry about transferring your security files as well. Samba 2.2.x used the smbpasswd file. Samba 3.x prefers (defaults) to using TDB, which is a lot faster if you have more than a few users. We do not have very many users (less than 100). -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
RE: [Samba] upgrading and moving to different servers
> > You haven't told us what role your server plays. This is an important > item! :) We use Samba to allow multiple administrative assistants to cut and paste professors web pages from their Windows desktop machines to our Solaris web server. This saves the hassle of having people FTP files every time they want to update a web page. This is the reason we use Samba right now. > > I can't answer all of your questions, but you need to worry about > transferring your security files as well. Samba 2.2.x used > the smbpasswd > file. Samba 3.x prefers (defaults) to using TDB, which is a > lot faster > if you have more than a few users. We do not have very many users (less than 100). -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] upgrading and moving to different servers
Adamiec, Larry wrote: I am currently running Version 2.2.8 on a Solaris 9 SPARC machine. I need to move my Samba server to a Solaris 10 SPARC machine. I would like to install Version 3.0.23a on the Solaris 10 machine from source. I need to install from source because I need to change the prefix from /usr/local/samba to /opt/servers/samba. Do I need to worry about other configuration options? Can I use my old smb.conf file? Should I just FTP my old version to the new machine and upgrade to Version 3.0.23a? Anything else I need to worry about? Thanks in advance. Larry You haven't told us what role your server plays. This is an important item! :) I can't answer all of your questions, but you need to worry about transferring your security files as well. Samba 2.2.x used the smbpasswd file. Samba 3.x prefers (defaults) to using TDB, which is a lot faster if you have more than a few users. I'd also start with the sample smb.conf and modify it to fit your configuration. You should be able to just copy your share information to the new file, but you may want to look closely in the global section for other options that may need changing. Samba 3 is much better in all roles than Samba 2.2 was. It integrates much better into a Windows domain and also makes a better domain controller. Check out the Samba Howto collection and/or Samba by example at www.samba.org to get a feel for how Samba 3 operates. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] upgrading and moving to different servers
I am currently running Version 2.2.8 on a Solaris 9 SPARC machine. I need to move my Samba server to a Solaris 10 SPARC machine. I would like to install Version 3.0.23a on the Solaris 10 machine from source. I need to install from source because I need to change the prefix from /usr/local/samba to /opt/servers/samba. Do I need to worry about other configuration options? Can I use my old smb.conf file? Should I just FTP my old version to the new machine and upgrade to Version 3.0.23a? Anything else I need to worry about? Thanks in advance. Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
