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What to consider when changing samba 3.0.33 to Samba 3.6.6

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I'd like to change from Samba 3.0.33 to 3.6.6. Reason: WINDOWS 7 and PDC

Is something to consider when changing (config-Files or so on)? Have I to uninstall Samba 3.0.33 before or just run an update?

posted Feb 24, 2014 by Jai Prakash

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