[Samba] Windows Seven

[John Drescher]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:34 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Denis BUCHER <dbucherml at hsolutions.ch> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Le 04.02.2010 17:37, John Drescher a écrit :
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Denis BUCHER<dbucherml at hsolutions.ch>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I am sure this question was asked many times, but I read that Windows
>>>> Seven
>>>> should work with Samba 3.2
>>>> We have SLES 11 (SuSE / Novell) and the version provided is smbd version
>>>> 3.2.7-11.6-2057-SUSE-CODE11
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to join domain with Windows Seven to this version or is it
>>>> incompatible ?
>>>> I also read this, but it's not clear if 3.2.7 would also work or not ?
>>>
>>> I am pretty sure you need 3.3.X or 3.4.X and the suggested versions
>>> are better since they contain the latest bug and regression fixes.
>>> Also if you print through samba and have 64 bit clients 3.3.10 is the
>>> best version.
>>> John
>>
>> Ok, thank you very much...
>>
>> And we choosed Novell SuSE because they look very reactive, but it looks
>> like they are still at 3.2...
>>
>> What is the best distribution for Samba ?
>>
>> We need an extremely reactive and very stable solution, and this server will
>> serve as file and profiles server. We have XP, and will have Seven...
>>
>> If you had a suggestion, it would be great :-)
>>
>> Denis
>>
>
> http://ftp.sernet.de/pub/samba/experimental/suse/
>

BTW, remember that samba printing does not work with 3.4.X under 64
bit clients. I am not sure if that is a problem for you.

John