I'm running FC3, kernel 2.6.9-1.667, with the KDE desktop. This came with
Samba v 3.0.11-fc3 bundled. I've since installed v 3.0.14a. I'm also
extremely new to Linux, so please bear with me.
My questions are very basic. The FC3-bundled samba is in /etc/samba, and
the "upgrade" went into /usr/local/samba. To get SWAT to work, I had
to
copy the smb.conf that's in /etc/samba into /usr/local/samba/lib. However,
this latter version is not read by the networking functionality, or by
CUPS--only when I used KDE's samba editor to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf was I
able to see my Linux box from my Windows machines (running Win2k) or get
printing to work. I have 2 samba versions installed, but my system is
still using only the older version.
So: How do I point SWAT at the etc/samba version? How do I get my system
to use the newer version in its different location? More optimally, how do
I control the installation destination directory, so that I can install
future versions (including reinstalling 3.0.14a) into /etc/samba?
Thanks for your help.
Eric Hines
If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own life, then you are
like a mouse trying to argue with owls. You think their ways are wrong.
They think you are dinner.
--Anonymous
On Sunday 17 April 2005 09:41, Eric Hines wrote:> I'm running FC3, kernel 2.6.9-1.667, with the KDE desktop. This came with > Samba v 3.0.11-fc3 bundled. I've since installed v 3.0.14a. I'm also > extremely new to Linux, so please bear with me. > > My questions are very basic. The FC3-bundled samba is in /etc/samba, and > the "upgrade" went into /usr/local/samba. To get SWAT to work, I had to > copy the smb.conf that's in /etc/samba into /usr/local/samba/lib. However, > this latter version is not read by the networking functionality, or by > CUPS--only when I used KDE's samba editor to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf was I > able to see my Linux box from my Windows machines (running Win2k) or get > printing to work. I have 2 samba versions installed, but my system is > still using only the older version. > > So: How do I point SWAT at the etc/samba version? How do I get my system > to use the newer version in its different location? More optimally, how do > I control the installation destination directory, so that I can install > future versions (including reinstalling 3.0.14a) into /etc/samba? > > Thanks for your help.I believe you will find what you need in Chapter 8 of the currently-being-revised edition of my book "Samba-3 by Example" (a.k.a. Samba-Guide) from: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-Guide.pdf Cheers, John T. -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production.
> I'm running FC3, kernel 2.6.9-1.667, with the KDE desktop. This came > with Samba v 3.0.11-fc3 bundled. I've since installed v 3.0.14a. I'm > also extremely new to Linux, so please bear with me.Where did you get your upgrade version?? It sounds like you installed from source, which in an RPM distro is not the best way to do things. I won't get into a long discussion on it, but if you're on a rpm box, use an rpm till you know what you're doing. If you installed from source, (if you remember running make install) there should be a make option to back it out, like make uninstall. You can build a rpm, which will put the files in all the right places in your machine with the script at <sourcedir>/packaging/Fedora/makerpms.sh I believe.> > My questions are very basic. The FC3-bundled samba is in /etc/samba, > and the "upgrade" went into /usr/local/samba. To get SWAT to work, I > had to copy the smb.conf that's in /etc/samba into > /usr/local/samba/lib. However, this latter version is not read by the > networking functionality, or by CUPS--only when I used KDE's samba > editor to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf was I able to see my Linux box from > my Windows machines (running Win2k) or get printing to work. I have 2 > samba versions installed, but my system is still using only the older > version. > > So: How do I point SWAT at the etc/samba version? How do I get my > system to use the newer version in its different location? More > optimally, how do I control the installation destination directory, so > that I can install future versions (including reinstalling 3.0.14a) > into /etc/samba? > > Thanks for your help. > > Eric Hines > > If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own life, then you > are like a mouse trying to argue with owls. You think their ways are > wrong. They think you are dinner. > --Anonymous >-- Paul Gienger Office: 701-281-1884 Applied Engineering Inc. Systems Architect Fax: 701-281-1322 URL: www.ae-solutions.com mailto: pgienger@ae-solutions.com