Problems with share accesses. (2.0.6)

[John E. Malmberg]

 > From: "Mike Liebbe" <Mike.Liebbe at trw.company>
 >
 > Samba v2.0.6 is installed, but obviously not configured properly on an
 > old DEC Alpha Model 3100 running VMS 7.3 and TCPIP 5.0 The node name
 > is WOODSTOCK.  It is being used as a development/ evaluation box for
 > SAMBA at this time.  [eventually SAMBA would replace our Pathworks
 > servers.]

 > The system shows up in NT's server manager as being active [the icon
 > is lit] but any action from the File menu results in "network path
 > not found"
 >
 > I used smbclient.exe_axp to get the node to join the domain and it
 > reported, as well as appears, to have been successful.

As has been recently reported, domain mode was not tested with this
version on OpenVMS.  I am not sure that it works with the UNIX Samba 2.0.6.

I would try getting the SAMBA server to work as a standalone server 
first to make sure that everything is working, and then attempt to add 
it to a domain.

SAMBA 2.0.6 for OpenVMS should be feature and bug compatable with the 
UNIX 2.0.6 release.  But there are many code paths to excersize, and the 
automatic test programs will not easily port to OpenVMS.

To diagnose why it does not work, may involved comparing the log that is 
produced with the log from a UNIX version of SAMBA.

I do not have a working environment where I can actively debug SAMBA or 
reproduce problems at this time.

Samba is a complex enough product that several builders and testers are 
needed in order to test and debug it.  Currently I have seen no reports 
that anyone is working on it.

Be aware that all versions of SAMBA for OpenVMS will run slower than the 
current version of Advanced Server / Pathworks.

Also most of the Domain Membership stuff in SAMBA is in the experimental 
3.0 version for UNIX, and is not at the level that Domain Membership is 
with Pathworks 6.x and Advanced Server 7.x.  With 6.x and later, you can 
use OpenVMS DCL to do many management functions on a Windows NT domain.

If your experience with Pathworks is from 5.x, I would encourage you to 
test a more current version.  The licensing has been totally changed so 
that for many sites, less licenses are needed.

Pathworks 6.x / 7.x also implements domain trusts, and setting up an 
OpenVMS server as a resource domain that trusts an NT server will 
insulate you from various compatability problems with Microsoft.


-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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