Dissapearing samba servers

[Jeremy Allison]

Iain Gray wrote:

> I run Solaris 2.5.1, and samba-1.9.17p1.
> 
> Every so often a pc can look in the network neighborhood and the samba
> server just isn't there, though you can still map a network drive by
> using a UNC pathway:
> 
> \\server\share
> 
> so the share is still out there but the server dissapears every so
> often.
> 

Upgrade to 1.9.18p4 - nmbd was completely re-written
for the 1.9.18 release (it works better).

Also there is a security issue with 1.9.17p1 that
urgently requires you to upgrade !

> ps What is the equiv of samba for macintoshes if there is one??
> 

A SMB client for Macs is 'Dave' from thursby systems.
(www.thursby.com).

Hope this helps,

	Jeremy Allison.
	Samba Team.

-- 
--------------------------------------------------------
Buying an operating system without source is like buying
a self-assembly Space Shuttle with no instructions.
--------------------------------------------------------