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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>2005-04-14 00:22:42 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:46:27 -0500
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@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ fails to take adequate steps to avoid situations that may inflict lost
productivity on a user.
</para>
+<warning><para>
+Samba makes it possible to upgrade and update configuration files, but it
+is not possible to downgrade the configuration files. Please ensure that
+all configuration and control files are backed up to permit a down-grade
+in the rare event that this may be necessary.
+</para></warning>
+
+
<para>
It is prudent also to backup all data files on the server before attempting
to perform a major upgrade. Many administrators have experienced the consequences
@@ -297,7 +305,7 @@ Num local groups: 0
</sect3>
- <sect3>
+ <sect3 id="sbeug1">
<title>Location of config files</title>
<para>
@@ -399,7 +407,7 @@ Samba-2.x could be compiled with LDAP support.
the following procedure can be followed:
</para>
- <procedure>
+ <procedure id="sbeug2">
<step><para>
Stop Samba. This can be done using the appropriate system tool
that is particular for each operating system or by executing the
@@ -413,28 +421,78 @@ Samba-2.x could be compiled with LDAP support.
</para></step>
<step><para>
- Find the location of the
+ Find the location of the <filename>smbpasswd</filename> file -
+ back it up to a safe location.
+ </para></step>
+
+ <step><para>
+ Find the location of the <filename>secrets.tdb</filename> file -
+ back it up to a safe location.
</para></step>
<step><para>
+ Find the location of the lock directory. This is the directory
+ in which Samba stores all its tdb control files. The default
+ location used by the Samba Team is in
+ <filename>/usr/local/samba/var/locks</filename> directory,
+ but on Linux systems the old location was under the
+ <filename>/var/cache/samba</filename> directory, however the
+ Linux Standards Base specified location is now under the
+ <filename>/var/lib/samba</filename> directory. Copy all the
+ tdb files to a safe location.
</para></step>
<step><para>
+ It is now safe to ugrade the Samba installation. On Linux systems
+ it is not necessary to remove the Samba RPMs becasue a simple
+ upgrade installation will automatically remove the old files.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ On systems that do not support a reliable package management system
+ it is advisable either to delete the Samba old installation , or to
+ move it out of the way by renaming the directories that contain the
+ Samab binary files.
</para></step>
<step><para>
+ When the Samba upgrade has been installed the first step that should
+ be completed is to identify the new target locations for the control
+ files. Follow the steps shown in <link linend="sbeug1"/> to locate
+ the correct directories to which each control file must be moved.
</para></step>
<step><para>
+ Do not change the hostname.
</para></step>
<step><para>
+ Do not change the workgroup name.
</para></step>
<step><para>
+ Execute the <command>testparm</command> to validate the smb.conf file.
+ This process will flag any parameters that are no longer supported.
+ It will also flag configuration settings that may be in conflict.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ One solution that may be used to clean up and to update the &smb.conf;
+ file involves renaming it to <filename>smb.conf.master</filename> and
+ then executing the following:
+<screen>
+&rootprompt; cd /etc/samba
+&rootprompt; testparm -s smb.conf.master &gt; smb.conf
+</screen>
+ The resulting &smb.conf; file will be stripped of all comments
+ and will be stripped of all non-conforming configuration settings.
</para></step>
<step><para>
+ It is now safe to start Samba using the appropriate system tool.
+ Alternately, it is possible to just execute <command>nmbd, smbd</command>
+ and <command>winbindd</command> for the command line while logged in
+ as the 'root' user.
</para></step>
</procedure>
@@ -445,6 +503,106 @@ Samba-2.x could be compiled with LDAP support.
<title>Samba-2.x with LDAP support</title>
<para>
+ Samba version 2.x could be compiled for use either with, or without, LDAP.
+ The LDAP control settings in the &smb.conf; file in this old version are
+ completely different (and less complete) than they are with Samba-3. This
+ means that after migrating the control files it will be necessary to reconfigure
+ the LDAP settings entirely.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Follow the procedure outlined in <link linkend="sbeug2"/> to affect a migration
+ of all files to the correct locations.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The Samba SAM schema required for Samba-3 is significantly different from that
+ used with Samba 2.x. This means that the LDAP directory will need to be updated
+ using the procedure outlined in the Samba WHATSNEW.txt file that accompanies
+ all releases of Samba-3. This information is repeated here directly from this
+ file:
+<screen>
+######################################################################
+LDAP
+####
+
+This section outlines the new features affecting Samba / LDAP
+integration.
+
+New Schema
+----------
+
+A new object class (sambaSamAccount) has been introduced to replace
+the old sambaAccount. This change aids us in the renaming of
+attributes to prevent clashes with attributes from other vendors.
+There is a conversion script (examples/LDAP/convertSambaAccount) to
+modify and LDIF file to the new schema.
+
+Example:
+
+ $ ldapsearch .... -b "ou=people,dc=..." > sambaAcct.ldif
+ $ convertSambaAccount --sid=<Domain SID> \
+ --input=sambaAcct.ldif --output=sambaSamAcct.ldif \
+ --changetype=[modify|add]
+
+The <DOM SID> can be obtained by running 'net getlocalsid
+<DOMAINNAME>' on the Samba PDC as root. The changetype determines
+the format of the generated LDIF output--either create new entries
+or modify existing entries.
+
+The old sambaAccount schema may still be used by specifying the
+"ldapsam_compat" passdb backend. However, the sambaAccount and
+associated attributes have been moved to the historical section of
+the schema file and must be uncommented before use if needed.
+The 2.2 object class declaration for a sambaAccount has not changed
+in the 3.0 samba.schema file.
+
+Other new object classes and their uses include:
+
+ * sambaDomain - domain information used to allocate rids
+ for users and groups as necessary. The attributes are added
+ in 'ldap suffix' directory entry automatically if
+ an idmap uid/gid range has been set and the 'ldapsam'
+ passdb backend has been selected.
+
+ * sambaGroupMapping - an object representing the
+ relationship between a posixGroup and a Windows
+ group/SID. These entries are stored in the 'ldap
+ group suffix' and managed by the 'net groupmap' command.
+
+ * sambaUnixIdPool - created in the 'ldap idmap suffix' entry
+ automatically and contains the next available 'idmap uid' and
+ 'idmap gid'
+
+ * sambaIdmapEntry - object storing a mapping between a
+ SID and a UNIX uid/gid. These objects are created by the
+ idmap_ldap module as needed.
+
+ * sambaSidEntry - object representing a SID alone, as a Structural
+ class on which to build the sambaIdmapEntry.
+
+
+New Suffix for Searching
+------------------------
+
+The following new smb.conf parameters have been added to aid in directing
+certain LDAP queries when 'passdb backend = ldapsam://...' has been
+specified.
+
+ * ldap suffix - used to search for user and computer accounts
+ * ldap user suffix - used to store user accounts
+ * ldap machine suffix - used to store machine trust accounts
+ * ldap group suffix - location of posixGroup/sambaGroupMapping entries
+ * ldap idmap suffix - location of sambaIdmapEntry objects
+
+If an 'ldap suffix' is defined, it will be appended to all of the
+remaining sub-suffix parameters. In this case, the order of the suffix
+listings in smb.conf is important. Always place the 'ldap suffix' first
+in the list.
+
+Due to a limitation in Samba's smb.conf parsing, you should not surround
+the DN's with quotation marks.
+</screen>
</para>
</sect2>