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<title>Updating Samba-3</title>

<para>
It was a little difficult to select an appropriate title for this chapter.
From email messages on the Samba mailing lists it is clear that many people
consider the updating and upgrading of Samba to be a migration matter. Others
talk about migrating Samba servers when in fact the issue at hand is one of
installing a new Samba server to replace an older existing Samba server.
</para>

<para>
There has also been much talk about migration of Samba-3 from an smbpasswd
passdb backend to the use of the tdbsam or ldapsam facilities that are new
to Samba-3.
</para>

<para>
Clearly, there is not a great deal of clarity in the terminology that various
people apply to these modes by which Samba servers are updated. This is further 
highlighted by an email posting that included the following neat remark:
</para>

<blockquote><para>
I like the <quote>net rpc vampire</quote> on NT4, but that to my surprise does
not seem to work against a Samba PDC and, if addressed in the Samba to Samba
context in either book, I could not find it.
</para></blockquote>

<para>
So in response to the significant request for these situations to be better 
documented this chapter has now been added. Your contributions and documentation
of real-world experiences will be a most welcome addition to this chapter.
</para>

<sect1>
<title>Introduction</title>

<para>
A Windows network administrator explained in an email what changes he was
planning to make and and followed with the question: <quote>Anyone done this before?</quote>.
Many of us have upgraded and updated Samba without incident. Others have
experienced much pain and user frustration. So it is to be hoped that the
notes in this chapter will make a positive difference by assuring that
someone will be saved a lot of discomfort.
</para>

<para>
Before anyone commences an upgrade or an update of Samba the one cardinal
rule that must be observed is: Backup all Samba configuration files in
case it is necessary to revert to the old version. Even if you do not like
this precautionary step, users will punish an administrator who
fails to take adequate steps to avoid situations that may inflict lost
productivity on a user.
</para>

<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
of failure to take adequate precautions. So what is adequate? That is simple!
If data is lost during an upgrade or and update and it can not be restored
the precautions take were inadequate. If a backup was not needed, but was available,
precaution was on the side of the victor.
</para>

	<sect2>
	<title>Cautions and Notes</title>

	<para>
	Someone once said, <quote>It is good to be sorry, but better never to need to be!</quote>
	These are wise words of advice to those contemplating a Samba upgrade or update.
	</para>

	<para>
	This is as good a time as any to define the terms <constant>upgrade</constant> and
	<constant>update</constant>. The term <constant>upgrade</constant> is used to refer to
	the installation of a version of Samba that is a whole generation or more ahead of
	that which is installed. Generations are indicated by the first digit of the version
	number. So far Samba has been release in generations 1.x, 2.x, 3.x and currently 4.0
	is in development.
	</para>

	<para>
	The term <constant>update</constant> is used to refer to a minor version number installation
	in place of one of the same generation. For example, updating from Samba 3.0.10 to 3.0.14
	is an update. The move from Samba 2.0.7 to 3.0.14 is an upgrade.
	</para>

	<para>
	While the use of these terms is an exercise in semantics, what needs to be realized
	is that there are major functional differences between a Samba 2.x release and a Samba
	3.0.x release. Such differences may require a significantly different approach to
	solving the same networking challenge and generally requires careful review of the
	latest documentation to identify precisely how the new installation may need to be
	modified to preserve prior functionality.
	</para>

	<para>
	There is an old axiom that says, <quote>The greater the volume of the documentation
	the greater the risk that no-one will read it, but where there is no documentation
	no-one can read it!</quote>. While true, some documentation is an evil necessity.
	It is to be hoped that this update to the documentation will avoid both extremes.
	</para>

	<sect3>
	<title>Security Identifiers (SIDs)</title>

	<para>
	Before the days of Windows NT and OS/2 every Windows and DOS networking client
	that used the SMB protocols was an entirely autonomous entity. There was no concept
	of a security identifier for a machine or a user outside of the username, the
	machine name, and the workgroup name. In actual fact, these were not security identifies
	in the same context as the way that the SID is used since the development of
	Windows NT 3.10.
	</para>

	<para>
	Versions of Samba prior to 1.9 did not make use of a SID, instead they make exclusive use
	of the username that is embedded in the SessionSetUpAndX component of the connection
	setup process between a Windows client and an SMB/CIFS server. 
	</para>

	<para>
	Around November 1997 support was added to Samba-1.9 to handle the Windows security
	rpc based protocols that implemented support for Samba to store a machine SID. This
	information was stored in a file called <filename>MACHINE.SID.</filename>
	</para>

	<para>
	Within the life time of the early Samba 2.x series the machine SID information was
	relocated into a tdb file called <filename>secrets.tdb</filename>, which is where is
	is still located in Samba 3.0.x along with other information that pertains to the
	local machine and its role within a domain security context.
	</para>

	<para>
	There are two types of SID, those pertaining to the machine itself and the domain to
	which it may belong, and those pertaining to users and groups within the security
	context of the local machine (in the case of stand-alone servers (SAS) and domain member
	servers (DMS).
	</para>

	<para>
	When the Samba <command>smbd</command> daemon is first started, if the <filename>secrets.tdb</filename>
	file does not exist it is created at the first client connection attempt. If this file does
	exist, <command>smbd</command> checks that there is a machine SID (if it is a domain controller
	it searches for the domain SID). If <command>smbd</command> does not find one for the current
	name of the machine or for the current name of the workgroup a new SID will be generated and
	then written to the <filename>secrets.tdb</filename> file. The SID is generated in a non-determinative
	manner. This means that each time it is generated for a particular combination of machine name
	(hostname) and domain name (workgroup) it will be different.
	</para>

	<para>
	The SID is the key used by MS Windows networking for all networking operations. This means
	that when the machine or domain SID changes all security encoded objects such as profiles
	and ACLs may become unusable.
	</para>

	<note><para>
	It is of paramount importance that the machine and domain SID must be backed up so that in
	the event of a change of hostname (machine name) or domain name (workgroup) the SID can
	be restored to its previous value.
	</para></note>

	<para>
	The local machine SID can be backed up using this procedure (Samba-3):
<screen>
&rootprompt; net getlocalsid > /etc/samba/my-local-SID
</screen>
	The contents of the file <filename>/etc/samba/my-local-SID</filename> will be:
<screen>
SID for domain FRODO is: S-1-5-21-726309263-4128913605-1168186429
</screen>
	This SID can be restored by executing:
<screen>
&rootprompt; net setlocalsid S-1-5-21-726309263-4128913605-1168186429
</screen>
	</para>

	<para>
	Samba 1.9.x stored the machine SID in the the file <filename>/etc/MACHINE.SID</filename>
	from which it can be recovered and stored into the <filename>secrets.tdb</filename> file
	using the procedure shown above.
	</para>

	<para>
	Where the <filename>secrets.tdb</filename> file exists and a version of Samba 2.x or later
	has been used there is no specific need to go through this update process.
	</para>

	<para>
	In the course of the Samba 2.0.x series the <command>smbpasswd</command> was modified to
	permit the domain SID to be captured to the <filename>secrets.tdb</filename> file by executing:
<screen>
&rootprompt; smbpasswd -S PDC -Uadministrator%password
</screen>
	</para>

	<para>
	The release of the Samba 2.2.x series permitted the SID to be obtained by executing:
<screen>
&rootprompt; smbpasswd -S PDC -Uadministrator%password
</screen>
	From which the SID could be copied to a file and then it could be written to the
	<filename>secrets.tdb</filename> file by executing:
<screen>
&rootprompt; smbpasswd -W S-1-5-21-726309263-4128913605-1168186429
</screen>
	</para>

	<para>
	Domain security information, that includes the domain SID, can be obtained from Samba-2.2.x
	systems by executing:
<screen>
&rootprompt; rpcclient lsaquery -Uroot%password
</screen>
	This can also be done with Samba-3 by executing:
<screen>
&rootprompt; net rpc info -Uroot%password
Domain Name: MIDEARTH
Domain SID: S-1-5-21-726309263-4128913605-1168186429
Sequence number: 1113415916
Num users: 4237
Num domain groups: 86
Num local groups: 0
</screen>
	It is a very good practice to store this SID information in a safely kept file, just in
	case it is ever needed at a later date.
	</para>

	<para>
	Take note that the domain SID is used extensively in Samba. Where LDAP is used for the
	<parameter>passdb backend</parameter>, all user, group, and trust accounts are encoded
	with the domain SID. This means that if the domain SID changes for any reason the entire
	Samba environment can become broken thus requiring extensive corrective action is the 
	original SID can not be restored. Fortunately, it can be recovered from a dump of the
	LDAP database. A dump of the LDAP directory database can be obtained by executing:
<screen>
&rootprompt; slapcat -v -l filename.ldif
</screen>
	</para>

	<para>
	When the domain SID has changed roaming profiles will cease to be functional. The recovery
	of roaming profiles will necessitate resetting of the domain portion of the user SID
	that owns the profile. This is encoded in the <filename>NTUser.DAT</filename> and can be
	updated using the Samba <command>profiles</command> utility. Please be aware that not all
	Linux distributions of the Samba RPMs do include this essential utility. Please do not
	complain to the Samba Team if this utility is missing, that is an issue that must be
	addressed to the creator of the RPM package. The Samba Team do their best to make
	available all the tools needed to manage a Samba based Windows networking environment.
	</para>

	</sect3>

	<sect3>
	<title>Change of hostname</title>

	<para>
	Samba uses two (2) methods by which the primary NetBIOS machine name (also known as a computer
	name or the hostname) may be determined: If the &smb.conf; file contains an entry
	<parameter>netbios name</parameter> entry its value will be used directly. In the absence
	of such and entry the UNIX system hostname will be used.
	</para>

	<para>
	Many sites have become victims of lost Samba functionality because the UNIX system
	hostname was changed for one reason or another. Such a change will cause a new machine
	SID to be generated. If this happens on a domain controller it will also change the
	domain SID. These SIDs can be updated (restored) using the procedure outlined above.
	</para>

	<note><para>
	Do NOT change the hostname or the <parameter>netbios name</parameter>. If this
	is changed be sure to reset the machine SID to the original setting, otherwise
	there may be serious interoperability and/or operational problems.
	</para></note>

	</sect3>

	<sect3>
	<title>Change of workgroup (domain) name</title>

	<para>
	The domain name of a Samba server is identical with the workgroup name and is
	set in the &smb.conf; file using the <parameter>workgroup</parameter> parameter.
	This has been consistent throughout the history of Samba and across all versions.
	</para>

	<para>
	Be aware that when the workgroup name is changed a new SID will be generated.
	The old domain SID can be reset using the procedure outlined earlier in this chapter.
	</para>

	</sect3>

	<sect3>
	<title>Location of config files</title>

	<para>
	The Samba 1.9.x &smb.conf; file may be found either in the <filename>/etc</filename>
	directory or in <filename>/usr/local/samba/lib</filename>.
	</para>

	<para>
	During the life of the Samba 2.x release the &smb.conf; file was relocated
	on Linux systems to the <filename>/etc/samba</filename> directory where it
	remains located also for Samba 3.0.x installations.
	</para>

	<para>
	Samba 2.x introduced the secrets.tdb file that is also stored in the
	<filename>/etc/samba</filename> directory, or in the <filename>/usr/local/samba/lib</filename>
	directory sub-system.
	</para>

	<para>
	The location at which <command>smbd</command> expects to find all configuration and control
	files is determined at the time of compilation of Samba. For versions of Samba prior to
	3.0 one way to find the expected location of these files is to execute:
<screen>
&rootprompt; strings /usr/sbin/smbd | grep conf
&rootprompt; strings /usr/sbin/smbd | grep secret
&rootprompt; strings /usr/sbin/smbd | grep smbpasswd
</screen>
	Note: The <command>smbd</command> executable may be located in the path
	<filename>/usr/local/samba/sbin</filename>.
	</para>

	<para>
	Samba-3 provides a neat new way to track the location of all control files as well as to
	find the compile-time options used as the Samba package was built. Here  is how the dark
	secrets of the internals of Samba can be uncovered:
<screen>
&rootprompt; smbd -b | less
Build environment:
   Built by:    root@frodo
   Built on:    Mon Apr 11 20:23:27 MDT 2005
   Built using: gcc
   Build host:  Linux frodo 2.6...
   SRCDIR:      /usr/src/packages/BUILD/samba-3.0.15/source
   BUILDDIR:    /usr/src/packages/BUILD/samba-3.0.15/source

Paths:
   SBINDIR: /usr/sbin
   BINDIR: /usr/bin
   SWATDIR: /usr/share/samba/swat
   CONFIGFILE: /etc/samba/smb.conf
   LOGFILEBASE: /var/log/samba
   LMHOSTSFILE: /etc/samba/lmhosts
   LIBDIR: /usr/lib/samba
   SHLIBEXT: so
   LOCKDIR: /var/lib/samba
   PIDDIR: /var/run/samba
   SMB_PASSWD_FILE: /etc/samba/smbpasswd
   PRIVATE_DIR: /etc/samba
 ... 
</screen>
	</para>

	<para>
	It is important that both the &smb.conf; file and the <filename>secrets.tdb</filename> should
	be backed up before attempting any upgrade. The <filename>secrets.tdb</filename> file is version
	encoded and therefore a newer version may not work with an older version of Samba. A backup
	means that it is always possible to revert a failed or problematic upgrade.
	</para>

	</sect3>

	</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>Upgrading from Samba 1.x and 2.x to Samba-3</title>

<para>
Sites that are being upgraded from Samba-2 (or earlier versions) to Samba-3
may experience little difficulty or may require a lot of effort, depending
on the complexity of the configuration. Samba-1.9.x upgrades to Samba-3 will
generally be simple and straight forward, although no upgrade should be
attempted without proper planning and preparation.
</para>

<para>
There are two basic modes of use of Samba versions prior to Samba-3. The first
does not use LDAP, the other does. Samba-1.9.x did not provide LDAP support.
Samba-2.x could be compiled with LDAP support.
</para>

	<sect2>
	<title>Samba 1.9.x and 2.x Versions Without LDAP</title>

	<para>
	Where it is necessary to upgrade an old Samba installation to Samba-3
	the following procedure can be followed:
	</para>

	<procedure>
		<step><para>
		Stop Samba. This can be done using the appropriate system tool
		that is particular for each operating system or by executing the
		<command>kill</command> command on <command>smbd, nmbd</command>
		and on <command>winbindd</command>.
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		Find the location of the Samba &smb.conf; file - back it up to a
		safe location.
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		Find the location of the 
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		</para></step>

	</procedure>

	</sect2>

	<sect2>
	<title>Samba-2.x with LDAP support</title>

	<para>
	</para>

	</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>Updating a Samba-3 Installation</title>

<para>
</para>

	<sect2>
	<title>Updating from Versions Earlier than 3.0.6</title>

	<para>
	</para>

	</sect2>

	<sect2>
	<title>Updating from Versions between 3.0.7 and 3.0.10</title>

	<para>
	</para>

	</sect2>

	<sect2>
	<title>Migrating Samba-3 to a New Server</title>

	<para>
	</para>

	</sect2>

</sect1>

</chapter>