[CentOS] Samba problem after Up2date

Tue Feb 12 14:40:57 UTC 2008
Dago Pacheco <informatica at makimet.cl>

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?

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