samba - May 2021 - How to update Samba changing installation paths

I have several Samba AD DCs, most of them installed with Sernet packages, 
while some others with Samba compiled with the default options (that is, 
in /usr/local/).

I want to update the Sernet installations replacing them with the compiled 
version, but I'd like to move them to have Samba in the same path on all 
my servers. How can I achieve this? Is it sufficient to uninstall the 
Sernet package, move smb.conf in /usr/local/samba/etc/, all the content of 
/var/lib/samba/private/ in /usr/local/samba/private/ and then install the 
compiled version with the default options?

Thanks,

Antonio


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On 31/05/2021 09:35, Antonio Trogu via samba wrote:
> I have several Samba AD DCs, most of them installed with Sernet 
> packages, while some others with Samba compiled with the default 
> options (that is, in /usr/local/).
>
> I want to update the Sernet installations replacing them with the 
> compiled version, but I'd like to move them to have Samba in the same 
> path on all my servers. How can I achieve this? Is it sufficient to 
> uninstall the Sernet package, move smb.conf in /usr/local/samba/etc/, 
> all the content of /var/lib/samba/private/ in 
> /usr/local/samba/private/ and then install the compiled version with 
> the default options?
>
Just demote the DC, remove the Samba packages and then install Samba 
into /usr/local and rejoin as a new DC.

Can I ask why you appear to be going in the opposite direction to most 
users ? Normally it is changing from self compiled Samba to packages.

Rowland