README.Win32-Viruses and MS Office Administrative Installation Points

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Kevin wrote:

> The README.Win32-Viruses file distributed with Samba
> 2.2.2 gives procedures for trying to stop the Nimda
> virus on Samba shares.  It contains mostly good info
> and it is a good idea to implement this extra level of
> protection but there is one thing to watch out for.
> The README says to veto the file "riched20.dll" (along
> with a few others).  This is fine unless you are using
> your Samba box as an administrative installation point
> for OfficeXP (and most likely Office2K as well).
> Riched20.dll is included in Office and is required for
> most installations.

I'm adding this to the docs.  Thanks for the information.





chau, jerry
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