[Samba] Weird behaviour

[Volker Lendecke]

On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 02:56:58PM +0100, Giedrius Tuminauskas wrote:
> Hi Volker,
> 
> I am afraid, but that is the latest version available from RH.
> Personally I would install 4.1.9 source from Samba website, but in
> the corporate environment I need to be sure that it is a stable
> version as solid rock.
> As you can see, that is the latest version as of today:
> 
> # yum info samba4
> Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, security,
> subscription-manager
> This system is receiving updates from Red Hat Subscription Management.
> This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or RHN Satellite.
> rhel-6-server-rpms | 3.7 kB     00:00
> Installed Packages
> Name        : samba4
> Arch        : x86_64
> Version     : 4.0.0
> Release     : 61.el6_5.rc4
> Size        : 1.1 M
> Repo        : installed
> From repo   : rhel-x86_64-server-6
> URL         : http://www.samba.org/
> 
> Just wondering, how different are these two versions (Samba.org or
> RH supplied). Probably RH rpm is more optimised for the Kernel used,
> isn't it?
> If I could compile source 4.1.9 provided from samba.org website, how
> stability would be rated?

If 4.0.0 is all that you have available, I would recommend
contacting RedHat for their support. They know best what
they put into their version of 4.0.0.

With best regards,

Volker Lendecke

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