Not a bug report - but praise

[Tony Maro]

Previously i was running Samba-TNG that I downloaded from samba.org around
the middle of July (I'm not sure how to find the exact version still hehe.)
I had problems with the server not authenticating my access from my 2000 pro
machine once I logged into the domain.  It was several minutes (and then
sometimes never) before I could access the samba server directly after
logging in.  On the 13th of August I used CVS to grab the recent TNG and
here's what my experience was:

I run a 486 dx2 120 with 24 megs of ram running Linux 2.4.0-test6
Configured with 2 nic's and acts as my ADSL firewall/router
Samba-TNG with login scripts and roaming profiles configured

Workstations: Windows 95 / Windows 2000 Pro

Installed the new TNG over top of my old TNG that I downloaded from
Samba.org.

First change:  My 2000 pro box reported that the domain SID didn't match. I
had to remove it from the domain and re-add.  I couldn't get lsarpcd to
start and a check of the log showed that both a domain and a machine sid
existed and it couldn't start under those conditions.  I deleted both and
restarted all my Samba daemon's.

The 95 box logged in and produced no complaints.  Attempting to re-add the
2000 pro machine to the domain was a nightmare until I figured out that I
was using half the old TNG and half the new TNG.  In fact, the smbd and nmbd
daemons were BOTH from the old version (July file dates confirmed this)
because they changed what directory they reside in, I believe.  Fixing this,
recreating the 2000's machine account and I added it into the domain just
fine.

Instantly I noticed a performance increase on the network for windows file
shares over my previous version.

Both my 2000 pro box and my 95 (first edition) machine happily log into the
domain without a fuss.  Domain security appears to work great.  My login
scripts finally work for my 2000  machine (they didn't with the previous
version.)

Try running an NT or 2000 server on a 486 and see what happens (LOL)

Kudos!

One complaint still: pulling access permissions on my 2000 box when it goes
to the domain server to request who has this SID (or whatever it does) takes
FOREVER to return.  If you pick security properties on any file you can plan
to wait a good 2 to 3 minutes before control comes back - but the list of
users allowed DOES appear.

Thanks for all the great work.

-Tony Maro
tony at maro.net