If you keep copies of everything in /etc/samba and put them back in place of the files that are defaults after re-install... everything should work just as it did before the reinstall. I have done this on multiple sites with 100% success.
-- Eric Anderson Systems / Security Administrator 21st Century Electronics Ricker, Tony wrote: >All, > I have to wipe my box (RTFM) and the last time I did it, I had to do >the smbpasswd -a for each user. I backed up the relevant smb files, >smbpasswd, smbusers, and smb.conf. What is the proper protocol to wipe a >machine and re-install samba while seamless to the user? I did a test where >I rename the cp smbpasswd and move it to another dir, rename the smbpasswd >in /etc/samba, and then cp the file back to /etc/samba and no problems. I >hope this makes sense. I appreciate any and all help. If anyone needs any >more info, let me know. > >Setup: >Red Hat Linux 7.2 >Kernel 2.4.9-31smp >Samba 2.2.3 > >Cheers, > >Tony Ricker >Technology Coordinator >St. Louis University >Phone: 314.977.6844 >Pager: 314.491.0730 > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
