[Samba] Samba 2.2.7 login script processing

[Herb Lewis]

This problem has just been fixed in the CVS code.

http://www.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/samba/source/passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c?r1=1.50.2.5&r2=1.50.2.6


Dietrich Restemeyer wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday 03 December 2002 19:42, Randy Cox wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I posted this earlier, but not sure if it showed up, so:
> >
> > samba 2.2.7 built with:
> > ./configure
> > make
> > make install
> >
> > (That is, no special build options)
> >
> > in our smb.conf the line:
> >
> >         logon script = %u.bat:
> >                           ^
> >
> >         lowercase ------
> >
> > When trying to login (from Windows 9x,NT, 2K or Linux with winbindd),
> > several (hundred) of these messages appear in the server logs:
> >
> >         [the date shows up here] lib/util_str.c: string_sub (1217)
> >         ERROR: string overflow by 2 in string_sub(%u, 7)
> >                                                              ^
> >
> > and this number --------------------------------------
> > is the user name length + 2
> >
> > The workstation trying to login eventually times out with an "incorrect
> > password" message.  On the server, smbd and nmbd stop responding to
> > /etc/init.d/samba stop or other commands and need to be stopped with kill
> > -9
> >
> > if we change the line in smb.conf to
> >         logon script = %U.bat:
> >                           ^
> >
> >         uppercase ------
> >
> > Then everything works fine.  Is there a patch I missed somewhere?
> > TIA
> >
> >
> > Senior Technical Associate
> > randy.cox at allegroassociates.com
> 
> just the same here at my network.
> if i use logon script = li-%u.bat
> and rename the batchfiles it works too.
> 
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