[CentOS] Samba problem after Up2date

[Dago Pacheco]

Johnny Hughes escribió:
> Dago Pacheco wrote:
>> Johnny Hughes escribió:
>>> Dago Pacheco wrote:
>>>> Ralph Angenendt escribió:
>>>>> Dago Pacheco wrote:
>>>>>> Hi.... I have this CentOS 4.3 server that is used as a file, web 
>>>>>> and mail server just for LAN hosts. After an up2date procedure 
>>>>>> (in wich there was a lot of package involved.... about 500) I 
>>>>>> started having problems with file shareing in samba server.
>>>>>
>>>>> As the Release Notes state (you did read those, didn't you?):
>>>>>
>>>>> samba
>>>>>
>>>>> samba has been updated to version 3.0.25b. This addresses several
>>>>> critical issues affecting interoperability with Windows 2003™ and
>>>>> Windows Vista™ (resolved in recent upstream releases).
>>>>>
>>>>> All revisions to samba made for this update entailed invasive
>>>>> code changes in some critical code paths. This made backporting
>>>>> to version 3.0.10 non-feasible. As such, all samba packages were
>>>>> rebased to version 3.0.25b instead.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because of the rebase, some option interpretation methods
>>>>> and components behaviors changed significantly. This means
>>>>> that after upgrading samba, the configuration file will need
>>>>> to be manually edited.
>>>>>
>>>>> More details in those release notes.
>>>
>>>> But I just have Win2K users...... I'll check those release notes
>>>
>>> Right, however the Vista and 2003 server thing is the reason for 
>>> doing the changes in that way (rebasing and not backporting).
>>>
>>> Once rebasing decision is made (not my decision ... made upstream 
>>> :_) ), all config files need to be re-evaluated and changed as 
>>> necessary, regardless of the clients involved, as there are 
>>> different options ... some added, some removed, etc.
>>>
>>> run this command:
>>>
>>> testparm
>>>
>>> Also you may want to look here:
>>>
>>> http://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.25b.html
>>>
>>> Also follow the links to 3.0.25a, 3.0.25 to see what items should 
>>> change (in the config file) on an upgrade from 3.0.10 TO 3.0.25b.
>>>
>>> The bottom line is that your config file may need some work to 
>>> function properly, and what you potentially need to change totally 
>>> depends on what you currently have in your smb.conf file.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Johnny Hughes
>>>
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>> ok... I'll try to reconfig samba, but by the way... is there any 
>> chance to get back to the previous version?
>>
> sure, you can reinstall it manually
>
> and remove it from yum updates in the future
>
> however, that is not recommended
>
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what is not recomended?..... reinstall it or remvoe it from yum update?

however... the procedure for reinstall it should be:

yum remove samba

then manually install it from source code?

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