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samba upgrade qustion
hi - is it possible to upgrade a samba installation on OpenBSD with out upgrading the OS itself.
in this case teh instances are openBSD 3.6 / i386 and i think the current samba version is 2.2.10 i would like to upgrade samba to the latest version. In case you hadnt guessed, i am a linux/unix "know-nothing". I have inherited a pretty shodily maintained virtually undocumented openbsd server. and want to do little bits at a time. hope some one can give some sage advice cheers Tony |
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If upgrading Samba is a must, you will have to upgrade OpenBSD. The version you are using is nearly four years old. For more information on third-party applications available to OpenBSD users, study Section 15 of the FAQ: http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html Last edited by ocicat; 24th July 2008 at 02:22 AM. |
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One other point which should be made clear is that "upgrading" the operating system as defined by the OpenBSD project requires one to upgrade through each sequential release -- meaning you would have to go from 3.6 to 3.7 to 3.8 to 3.9, etc. all the way up to 4.3 or 4.4.
In your case, whenever you decide to refresh all software installed on this particular system, it will be far simpler to do a fresh install. Installation of OpenBSD can be exceptionally simple once you get used to what is being asked. YouTube has a video of someone installing OpenBSD in two minutes, not that I recommend you speed through the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9h_9RhTON8 Studying Section 4 of the FAQ is an excellent guide to understanding what is really going on: http://openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html Lastly, once you get to the installation of third-party applications, save yourself the agony of compiling. Use packages instead. This is all covered in Section 15 mentioned earlier. Last edited by ocicat; 24th July 2008 at 06:47 AM. |
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