From: Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:02:20 +0000 (+0100) Subject: s4:howto.txt - add a notice about the upgrade possibilities and fix line spaces X-Git-Tag: samba-4.0.0alpha9~115 X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/samba.git/?p=ira%2Fwip.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=3d57da80e574f5f47effb41fd45361eec22f119e s4:howto.txt - add a notice about the upgrade possibilities and fix line spaces --- diff --git a/howto4.txt b/howto4.txt index 3ae5af18f30..50acf2306bc 100644 --- a/howto4.txt +++ b/howto4.txt @@ -70,12 +70,14 @@ configure above to change this. # make install - Step 4: provision Samba4 ------------------------ -The "provision" step sets up a basic user database. -Must be run as a user with permission to write to the install directory. +The "provision" step sets up a basic user database. Be warned that this +removes all preexisting database data (if any)! + +It must be run as a user with permission to write to the install directory +(typically "root"). :: @@ -86,6 +88,14 @@ Must be run as a user with permission to write to the install directory. 'YOURDOM' is the NT4 style domain name. 'YOUR.REALM' is your kerberos realm, which is typically your DNS domain name. +If you provisioned a more recent Samba4 system already you should be able to +use the procedures shown in "upgrading-samba4.txt" to upgrade it and keep all +data. + +When you are using Samba3 at the moment you could try the experimental script +"upgrade_from_s3" under the "scripting/bin" directory of the source +distribution (it isn't included in binary distributions yet). + Step 5: Create a simple smb.conf -------------------------------- @@ -97,7 +107,6 @@ example:: path = /data/test read only = no - Step 6: starting Samba4 ----------------------- @@ -117,7 +126,6 @@ they need to be stopped before starting samba from Samba 4. Make sure you put the bin and sbin directories from your new install in your $PATH. Make sure you run the right version! - Step 7: testing Samba4 ----------------------