Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1555 mails)

[Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

kanenas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Tuesday 30 June 2009 03:23:28 am Per Jessen wrote:
> > If you delete first, there is no way for YaST to know that you intend
> > to install the same thing again (but an older version).
>
> If the deletion is done thru yast, just as the original install was,
> when a new install is requested, then yast should be all that is
> needed to create  / recreate whatever setup is needed, just as it did
> the first time. Yast should not remove/modify files that it can not
> create or reconfigure properly, no?

Create yes, but "reconfigure properly" no.  If you've gone and
configured something for your setup and purpose, and you then
deinstall/delete that software with YaST, how is YaST or the package
manager to know that you really wanted to keep those config files? 

> > > pointers to start smbfs would be greatly appreciated.(smb does
> > > report up and running, winbind does start with yast.)
> >
> > rcsmbfs start
>
> that comes up as "unused".

> From reading the init-script, that means that you have no cifs/samba
filesystems in /etc/fstab nor any listed in /etc/samba/smbfstab.


/Per

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Per Jessen, Zürich (19.9°C)

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