Re: Few questions after reading FAQ

"Huub" <"v.niekerk at hccnet.nl"> wrote in message
news:4597b134$0$20251$e4fe514c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I don't know if this the right place to ask, but:

1- I have OpenBSD 3.8 server running with MySQL. Can I upgrade to OpenBSD
4 and the newer MySQL version without loosing the databases?

Yes, absolutely - but you'd be wise to do this via a mysqldump. I routinely
dump from a 3.8 server to a 4.0 server; no problem. (Dumping the other way
is more of an issue due to new internationalisation constructs in the dump.)

2- I'm trying to initiate samba using the same parameters as on my current
(old) Slackware box. All I see from Windows2000 is that the server exists.
Shares on the server (both disk and printer) are not visible. Is there
anything special concerning OpenBSD I should look at?

It should Just Work (tm). Check your smb.conf file and be sure that:
- the workgroup is appropriate
- the IP range ("hosts allow") is appropriate
- the samba passwords are setup

Hmmm. Thinking about it, these would cause issues with logging in, not with
visibility. Are you sure Samba's running? Do you have the following in your
/etc/rc.conf.local file:

smbd=YES
nmbd=YES

and something like this in your rc.local file:

# Samba startup:
if [ -f /etc/samba/smb.conf ]; then
if [ X"${smbd}" = X"YES" -a -x /usr/local/libexec/smbd ]; then
echo -n ' smbd'; /usr/local/libexec/smbd -D
fi
if [ X"${nmbd}" = X"YES" -a -x /usr/local/libexec/nmbd ]; then
echo -n ' nmbd'; /usr/local/libexec/nmbd -D
fi
fi

(And if there's a better way of doing this these days, let me know ;).)

Steve
http://www.fivetrees.com


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