FW: VMware beta 2.0 and samba

[Gregory Leblanc]

Well, looks like things are Kosher here.  The VMware people sent this back
to me already, and it's only been a couple of hours.  I only follow the
NT-DOMAIN list but perhaps if the issue arrises again (on other lists) they
could refer to this message and save the VMware people from having to answer
the same question 200 times (everybody on the list should know how dry that
gets after a while).  
	Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edouard Bugnion [mailto:bugnion at vmware.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 1:56 PM
> To: Gregory Leblanc
> Cc: pr at vmware.com
> Subject: Re: VMware beta 2.0 and samba
> 
> 
> 
> Gregory,
> 
> Thanks for your request.  pr at vmware.com  is probably as good 
> an alias as you
> will find in this case.
> 
> Yes, we are shipping a version of samba with VMware.  
> Although it is not
> available yet on our web site, we are going to have a 
> technote page that
> describes the filesystem integration using samba, and 
> includes a link to the
> source diffs.  These source diffs are very small and we are 
> hoping that the
> maintainer of samba and copyright owner, Andrew Tridgell, 
> will incorporate
> them soon.
> 
> This has been VMware's policy from the start to make the 
> effort of getting
> our changes back into the main branches of any free software 
> that we are
> using.   For example, we have put in some substantial work 
> (features and bug
> fixes) in Xfree86 which have been incororated into 3.3.4
> 
> Andrew is aware of the project and very supportive of it.  I 
> specifically
> asked him if he wanted a copyright banner displayed as part of the
> installation, but he declined.  However, I believe that our 
> installation
> script specifically mentions that we are using samba as a mechanism to
> acheive this form of filesystem integration.
> 
> My hope is that our technote web page will answer all of your 
> questions and
> eventual concerns.  Do not hestitate to contact me if this is 
> not the case,
> or would like an additional clarification.
> 
> Regards,
> Ed Bugnion
> VMware 2.0 Engineering
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc at cu-portland.edu>
> Newsgroups: pr
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 10:55 AM
> Subject: VMware beta 2.0 and samba
> 
> 
> > I'm not sure where to send this, so it's going to PR.  Bear 
> with me, and
> > I'll explain.  I just downloaded VMware beta 2.0 for linux, 
> and noticed
> > that it ships with some binaries that look and act like samba, and
> > report a samba version number.  My concern stems from the 
> fact that I
> > don't see a copy of the GPL shipping along with my VMware 
> RPM.  I also
> > do not see any mention of where/how this version of Samba 
> was obtained,
> > and whether or not any changes were made.  If you could 
> provide me with
> > some additional information, I would greately appreciate it.
> > Gregory Leblanc
>