Centos – How to upgrade Samaba from 3.0 to 3.5
There are a few things to look out for. Mainly extra packages attached to Samba like Swat.
Install Samba 3.0.33 from base packages.
yum install samba
smbd -V
Version 3.0.33-3.29.el5_5.1
A basic Samba configation
pico /etc/samba/smb.conf
#==========================================# [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = Samba Server Version %v security = user passdb backend = tdbsam load printers = yes cups options = raw #============================ Share Definitions ============================== [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no guest ok = no writable = no printable = yes #==========================================#
Start Samba and create a samba user /etc/init.d/smb start smbpasswd -a SomeUser Check if you can access a samba share. Install SerNet Repo to upgrade Samba cd /etc/yum.repo/ wget http://ftp.sernet.de/pub/samba/3.5/centos/5/sernet-samba.repo Upgrade Samba to 3.5.6 yum update samba Restart Samba /etc/init.d/smb restart smbd -V Version 3.5.6