Nick Rout wrote:
thanks everyone for all the help on this - i've got it sorted! (and for the sample file, robert)On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 06:23:22 +1300 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm very confused by the software installation process in linux. I've
followed the suggestion to "man rpm" which only managed to add to the confusion: which switch to use? Then when I try them, I get
conflicting output. Really all I want is an original copy of the
smb.conf file so I can start again with it but am happy to reinstall
samba completely if that's easier (or can more quickly get help on the
right command).
So far I've managed to get a copy of
samba-common-2.2.7a-7.9.0.i386.rpm
from the distro disk (rh9) after determining that this is where
smb.conf is.
rpm -i [samba-file]
gives me "package is already installed". That's understandable - my attempt to reinstall won't work that way. So to then try to erase it:
rpm -e [samba-file]
gives me "package is not installed". I don't get that - I've just
been told previously that this package is already installed!
confusing number of options huh?
when erasing a package you need to just give the package name, not the package file name.
works well when I use the package name! thanks . . .
i figured out that the samba.conf file was in the samba-common rpm file with mc, there's an info file there that lists the contents, but I never saw how to extract a file.
ie rpm -e samba-common, not rpm -e samba-common-2.2.7a-7.9.0.i386.rpm
if you have mc installed (and you should!) navigate to the rpm file and hit enter, you will then be able to see inside the package and just extract the file you want. (same goes for tar, gzipped tars, bz2 files, zip files etc)
There may be a command in rpm to just extract one file, I cannot recall.
no problem anyway. once i erased all the packages (after resolving all the dependencies by removing those dependent packages first) i just did a reinstall via the gui after inserting the redhat install disk. now for the successful configuration which i'll leave for the weekend . . .
If those fail try rpm -Uvh samba-common-2.2.7a-7.9.0.i386.rpm (vh is just making it prettier, U is Update). You may also need the --replacepkgs switch.
So I'm stuck again. Would someone be kind enough to spoon feed me the
commands to either get a copy of smb.conf out of the rpm file, or to remove and reinstall samba to do the same thing? Both would be great,
so I could understand both processes.
Roger
