[CentOS] Samba problem after Up2date

Tue Feb 12 15:08:28 UTC 2008
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

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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