# make install
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Step 4: provision Samba4
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-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").
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'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
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path = /data/test
read only = no
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Step 6: starting Samba4
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Make sure you put the bin and sbin directories from your new install
in your $PATH. Make sure you run the right version!
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Step 7: testing Samba4
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