From nobody Sun Jan 29 15:30:24 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4P4ZyW2CyPz3b3T9 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:30:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.ipv6.vt.edu [IPv6:2001:468:c80:a103:2:5000:5555:5555]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4P4ZyW0P5Jz4Kcy for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:30:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:e15b:23::5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CC4DB460B9; Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:30:34 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.400.51.1.1\)) Subject: Re: Updating Samba From: Paul Mather In-Reply-To: <20230129100719.00007b05@seibercom.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:30:24 -0500 Cc: "Gerard E. Seibert" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <64CBDD55-0D81-4B22-A395-5ED586243D1D@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <20230129065751.00004501@seibercom.net> <4d321d14-354b-c6d2-83fa-45d36bad7f7a@netfence.it> <20230129100719.00007b05@seibercom.net> To: User Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.400.51.1.1) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4P4ZyW0P5Jz4Kcy X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:1312, ipnet:2001:468:c80::/48, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Jan 29, 2023, at 10:07 AM, Gerard E. Seibert = wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 14:14:42 +0100, Andrea Venturoli stated: >> On 1/29/23 12:57, Gerard E. Seibert wrote: >>=20 >>> Before I update to the newer version, I wonder if anyone else has >>> done so and if there are any gotchas I should be looking for? =20 >>=20 >> WRT to FreeBSD, if you're running Samba in a jail, you'll need=20 >> additional jail permissions for Samba in order for it to work. >>=20 >> Otherwise, this is more a question for Samba, than for FreeBSD. >> Samba has so many functions/options/deployment/etc... that it is=20 >> difficult to answer your question without additional info. >=20 > I am interested in knowing if my existing 'smb4.conf' file is still > valid or do I have to make major edits of it to work with the newer > version. I can find quite a bit about Samba and its improvements over > the years, but hardly anything when it comes to how Samba, especially > the newer versions, interact with FreeBSD. There appears to be forty = or > so patches applied to Samba 4.16.8. Obviously, Samba is not a simple > drop-in application on FreeBSD. I switched over to Samba 4.16 just by flipping DEFAULT_VERSIONS to = "samba=3D4.16" in my make.conf file used by Poudriere to build my = packages. I didn't have to make any changes to my existing smb4.conf = file, but then I don't do anything complicated with Samba. I've been using Samba 4.16 (on FreeBSD 13) since shortly after it became = available as a port. Cheers, Paul.=