Samba/VMS Version 2.2.4

[Michael D. Ober]

File Truncation But: This bug has been in Samba VMS forever and Notepad
seems to be the major, but not the only culprit.  It is now considered a
"feature*".  ;)

* Feature - a bug with seniority.

Mike Ober.


-----Original Message-----
From: Aleksander Sinigoj [mailto:sandi.sinigoj at alba.si]
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 10:38 AM
To: jean-yves.collot at cofiroute.fr
Cc: Samba VMS
Subject: Re: Samba/VMS Version 2.2.4


Hi

I have successfully installed the 2.2.4. version from the object file
distribution on an Alpha OpenVMS 7.3 system. There is a bug when rewriting a
file which is truncated. The EOF position on a OpenVMS file is not
decreased. Try a simple test:
- Create a text file with notepad and fill in some records
- Save the file on a VMS Samba served path
- delete some records or characters in notepad
- save the file again
- reopen the file and position to EOF, there are some null bytes
corresponding to the size of the first save
- check the file on VMS with DUMP file/HEAD. The EOF position reflects to
the first saved file size.

Instead of this, the 2.2.4 distribution is the best OpenVMS version of Samba
I have installed until now.

Sandi

----- Original Message -----
From: <jean-yves.collot at cofiroute.fr>
To: "Samba VMS" <samba-vms at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 12:01 PM
Subject: Samba/VMS Version 2.2.4


| Hi.
|
| For those of you that are interested, there is a new distribution
available
| for Samba/VMS 2.2.4
|
| This kit can be downloaded in HTTP or anonymous FTP at
| www.pi-net.dyndns.org/anonymous/jyc/
| The kit is now separated in 2 files, one containing the sources, and the
| other the object and object library files. You now can (and must) link the
| EXE files on site even if you have no DECC compiler available (or if your
| DECC compiler is out of date). The web page gives instruction about
| installing Samba.
|
| This kit fixes a number of problems that were encountered, such as :
| - SWAT gived full access to the SMB.CONF file to everybody
| - the SMB.CONF file had to be in "stream" format. It did not work with a
| standard VMS "variable record" format.
| - various fixes in the lock management and protections of the .TDB files.
| Those files were sometimes corrupted.
| - Fix of NMBD unexpected exit when Samba configured with WINS support.
|
|
|