[Samba] Re: Samba and MSI package installer

[Yannick Bergeron]

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Yannick Bergeron wrote:
> > We are experiencing problems when we try to launch the installation of a MSI
> > package from our samba share in a guest context. The problem was not present
> > with 2.2.8a
> >
> > the error message received is:
> >
> > "This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package
exists
> > and is accessible, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is
a
> > valid Windows Installer package."
> >
> > This is the following error code "ERROR_INSTALL_PACKAGE_OPEN_FAILED (1619)"
> >
> > samba-3.0.11 (still present in 3.0.20pre1)
> > guest ok = Yes
> > guest only = Yes
>
> WORKSFORME, samba-3.0.14a
>
> [msishare]
>    comment = msi Software Deployment
>    path = /foo/bar/msi
>    read only = yes
>    browseable = no
>    public = yes
>    guest only = yes

Danny Paul wrote:
> If using a guest account, I think null passwords must be enabled in the
> global section.

I've tried and still get the same error
my conf look like this one:

[global]
        display charset = UTF8
        workgroup = SAMBA
        netbios aliases = PUBLIC
        server string = Samba Server %v on %L
        security = SHARE
        log level = 0
        log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
        max log size = 40
        smb ports = 139
        large readwrite = No
        max xmit = 65535
        name resolve order = host
        change notify timeout = 900
        deadtime = 15
        keepalive = 0
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY
        load printers = No
        preferred master = No
        local master = No
        domain master = No
        ldap ssl = no
        dfree command = /usr/local/samba/bin/dfree
        create mask = 0770
        force create mode = 0770
        force security mode = 0777
        directory mask = 0770
        force directory mode = 0770
        force directory security mode = 0777
        nt acl support = No
        csc policy = disable
        oplocks = No
        level2 oplocks = No
	null passwords = yes

[msi]
        comment = MSI packages
        path = /path/to/msi/packages
        read only = no
        guest only = yes
        public = yes
        browseable = no