ALERT - POSSIBLE SAMBA BLOCK IN WIN 2K SP3

[Richard Sharpe]

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 wrote:

> Just wondering where did you install samba ( i mean what version of samba
> and what unix flavor )

Turned out to be a false alarm.
 
> we are running samba-2.2.5/samba-2.0.7 on solaris platform, with w2k clients
> accesssing unix share via samba
> 
> am concerned if w2k cleints get sp3 updgrade , this will have any impact
> 
> thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Sharpe [mailto:rsharpe at ns.aus.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 2:29 PM
> To: James Leone
> Cc: Dan Shearer; samba-technical at samba.org
> Subject: Re: ALERT - POSSIBLE SAMBA BLOCK IN WIN 2K SP3
> 
> 
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, James Leone wrote:
> 
> > Hi Guys,
> > 
> > Today, I installed a fresh Windows 2000 workstation, and I had applied
> > Samba the same way I do on every machine, but Samba seems to be blocked.
> > I suspect Service Pack 3.
> 
> OK, we are interested in this. Try 'use spnego = no' in the global section 
> of your smb.conf to see if that fixes the problem. They might have gone to 
> spnego. Hmmm, spnego might not be in Samba 2.2.x, so that might not be 
> the solution.
> 
> It might also be sign and seal. You might have to switch off sign an seal 
> in Win2K with SP3.
>  
> > I am going to test my theory out on another machine by applying Windows
> > Service Pack 3 on a machine that works and see if there are any
> > noticable changes.
> > 
> > I hope this is a mistake on my part, but I wanted to let you know ASAP.
> > 
> > James Leone
> 
> 

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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe at ns.aus.com, rsharpe at samba.org, 
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