NT5rc2 -> Samba PDC

[Richard Sharpe]

At 08:51 AM 11/16/99 +1100, Richard Sharpe <sharpe at ns.aus.com> wrote:
>At 07:55 AM 11/16/99 +1100, lkcl at samba.org wrote:
>>nmbd/nmbd_processlogon.c.  the code "if (mailslot_name ==
>>"\\MAILSLOT\NTLOGON)" is causing problems.
>>
>>NT5rc2 is sending UNICODE-style (NT-style) GETDC requests on
>>\\MAILSLOT\NETLOGON, making the above-mentioned if statement, which is
>>designed to detect the difference between win95 and nt GETDC requests,
>>wrong.
>>
>>my default action is to remove the if statement, which of course breaks
>>win95.  my feelings towards win95 are well known to most people (and for
>>those people who don't know, i try not to _have_ any feelings for win95,
>>or even to acknowledge its existence.  i don't even call it an operating
>>system, these days, i refer to it as a "single-user system").
>>
>>please could someone come up with a suitable comparative statement that
>>does _not_ rely on distinguishing nt-style GETDC requests from
>>CIFS-documented GETDC requests by examining the MAILSLOT name?
>>
>>this will allow nt5rc2 wkstas to be joined to a samba domain.
>
>I have already coded a fix for this in my efforts to get Win2000 to join
>the domain.  It currently relies on the fact that the NTversion in Win2K is
>0xB.  It is a hack, but it will do.  I am checking now.
>
>If all is OK, I will submit to the HEAD branch and 2.0.6 etc.

OK, works ... had a small problem. So damn tired after last night that I
forgot my password :-)

But, it works, so I will commit a change soon.

>>thx!
>>
>><a href="mailto:lkcl at samba.org"   > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton    </a>
>><a href="http://www.cb1.com/~lkcl"> Samba and Network Development   </a>
>><a href="http://samba.org"        > Samba Web site                  </a>
>><a href="http://www.iss.net"      > Internet Security Systems, Inc. </a>
>>
>>
>
>Regards
>-------
>Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com, Master Linux Administrator :-),
>Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
>Co-author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
>Author: First Australian 5-day, intensive, hands-on Linux SysAdmin course
>
>

Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com, Master Linux Administrator :-),
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
Co-author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author: First Australian 5-day, intensive, hands-on Linux SysAdmin course