samba - Apr 2003 - Upgrade Samba 2.2.6 to 2.2.8 by novice

Hi,

I would like to install SWAT to administer Samba on my Mandrake 9.0 server.
The Swat file is ver 2.2.8 while my Samba is version 2.2.6. The installation
aborts because of version differences.

I have tried to upgrade Samba to version 2.2.8 but run into other problems
with dependencies. Am I correct in thinking that I have to uninstall Samba
first and then re-install the later version? And if so what files would I
need to save to retain my current information, users etc?

Thanks,

John

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> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:44:46 +1000
> From: "John" <johnvan@ansonic.com.au>
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> Subject: [Samba] Upgrade Samba 2.2.6 to 2.2.8 by novice
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> Hi,
>
> I would like to install SWAT to administer Samba on my Mandrake 9.0
server.
> The Swat file is ver 2.2.8 while my Samba is version 2.2.6. The
installation
> aborts because of version differences.
>
Well, then you are behind on updates, current version in security
updates is something like 2.2.7a-9.2mdk or so.

Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon to find an update source. Run
MandrakeUpdate or 'urpmi --auto-select' to actually install the updates.

Either way, use:
# urpmi samba-swat
to install it.

BTW, I really dislike SWAT, if you can run GUI stuff on your server, try
 this first:
http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/9.0/ksambaplugin-0.4.2-1mdk.i586.rpm
(it's in contrib in 9.1)
> I have tried to upgrade Samba to version 2.2.8 but run into other problems
> with dependencies. Am I correct in thinking that I have to uninstall Samba
> first and then re-install the later version? And if so what files would I
> need to save to retain my current information, users etc?
See the binary_packages/Mandrake on the samba FTP mirrors, read the
README.txt for better instructions. If you are using rpm manually to
install rpm's, you're wasting your time.

Regards,
Buchan

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