I have a new client that is running a fedora 4 system. Can i upgrade that box to centos 5 with a reasonable expectation of success or should i just back it up and do it from scratch? Also will the samba version in centos 5 natively support windows 7 clients? Links to tips and tricks are appreciated..:) Sincerely, William Warren
> I have a new client that is running a fedora 4 system. Can i upgrade > that box to centos 5 with a reasonable expectation of success or should > i just back it up and do it from scratch? Also will the samba version > in centos 5 natively support windows 7 clients?I would strongly suggest backing it up and building a fresh CentOS 5. Red Hat doesn't encourage you to upgrade from RHEL 4 to RHEL 5, I certainly wouldn't try it from Fedora 4. I do not have any Windows 7 systems connecting to my Samba servers, so I can not help you with that. Barry
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 4:48 PM, William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:> Also will the samba version > in centos 5 natively support windows 7 clients?You would need samba3 for Windows 7 support. Try the SerNet Samba 3 Repository. Please see http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories for more details. Akemi
William Warren wrote:> I have a new client that is running a fedora 4 system. Can i upgrade > that box to centos 5 with a reasonable expectation of success or should > i just back it up and do it from scratch? Also will the samba version > in centos 5 natively support windows 7 clients? > > Links to tips and tricks are appreciated..:) > > Sincerely, > William Warren >That's so far from "supported" that I wouldn't even know WHERE to begin... -- Corey / KB1JWQ