I've just done a update of Samba from 2.2.4 to 2.2.6. After installing everything it says some files were modified, ie smb.conf, and gives you the option to view the changes. It removed all my shared folders, removed settings from 'global' and changed lines for cups and other bits and pieces. Some changes are highlighted in green and the ones it removes are in red with '-' stuck in front of them. I'm not sure if anything happens if you just click on ok after the update and don't see what's been changed. So be warned, if everything stops working after an update then check your smb.conf file Mr Smiley ( not smiling )
Buchan Milne
2002-Nov-05 15:47 UTC
[Samba] Warning when updating Samba via mandrake update
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1> Message: 19 > From: Ken Walker <ken.walker@textiles.umist.ac.uk> > To: "'samba@lists.samba.org'" <samba@lists.samba.org> > Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:16:53 -0000 > Subject: [Samba] Warning when updating Samba via mandrake update > > I've just done a update of Samba from 2.2.4 to 2.2.6.Not with MandrakeUpdate, unless you have screwed up your update configuration. There is only an update to 2.2.6 that went out late yesterday, and only applies to 9.0, which originally shipped with 2.2.6pre2. There should be no update for 2.2.5 or earlier, since you would be running on something earlier than Mandrake 9.0, in which case you should be using the RPMs for Mandrake 8.x which are available from two sites: http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/samba http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~staburet/samba These RPMs have been submitted to the samba team, and should have been available on the samba ftp mirrors, but I think Gerry ran out of time ...> > After installing everything it says some files were modified, ie smb.conf, > and gives you the option to view the changes.No, it warns you that yuo have changed the supplied default config, and should show you what has changed in the default config, and the option to update your config to take these changes into account. Unfortunately these updates haven't arrived on our mirror yet, so I can't test it right now.> > It removed all my shared folders, removed settings from 'global' andchanged> lines for cups and other bits and pieces.Did it actually remove things without input from you, or did it just show you what differed between yours and the supplied default?> Some changes are highlighted in > green and the ones it removes are in red with '-' stuck in front of them. >Standard diff-type output.> I'm not sure if anything happens if you just click on ok after the update > and don't see what's been changed.If you just click ok, it *should not* change anything, assuming then that you don't want any of the added features added to your smb.conf.> > So be warned, if everything stops working after an update then check your > smb.conf file >Maybe it would be better to back up your configs, specifically when doing updates. We commit our configs to cvs whenever we change them, so we can't lose them.> Mr Smiley ( not smiling )Did something break? FYI, the fact that you see a dialog is a feature, otherwise you would have the old config as you had set it up kept in place, and a /etc/samba/smb.conf.rpmnew added, which has the new default config. You would then manually have to use etc-update to get any new entries in your smb.conf. In fact, you don't get the dialog if you update via urpmi (which is what we do here): # urpmi.update updates # urpmi --auto-select --auto --update Regards, Buchan - -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE9x+fWrJK6UGDSBKcRArmpAKC5vzVeQ8PqwBoKP9u8NxGtztpjdwCffXBu OaBUN1BGLzrLRHG08RSuMr0=qbyp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----