[Samba] Urgent help to Samba 2.0.7 with Microsoft Windows XP and 98

[Jeremy Allison]

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 02:41:48PM +0800, hank_chu wrote:
> Dear Sir :
> 
>    Nice to meet you.
>    We are using the Samba v2.0.7 ported from uClinux to build the Samba server for Network Storage.
>    Currently, we met several strange problems as below :
>      1) Under Windows XP :
>                 The Windows backup function cannot work.
>           But the BackUp function works well under Windows 2000.
> 
>      2) Under Windows 98/98SE,  we cannot copy a file which size is bigger than 500KB or more to the Samba server.
>           But the smaller files are OK to be copied.
> 
>      3) Under Windows XP, we create a empty file in Samba server (like TXT file).
>          When we use Microsoft Notepad or UltraEdit to edit it, type some characters , and save back, Samba server replys as "Access Denied".
>           But if we do so with Microsoft Word, it is OK.
> 
>    Could you do us a favor to advise us if any hints or comments ?
>    Thank you.
> 
> Best Regards.
> Hank Chu

Hi Hank,

	2.0.7 is a very old release of Samba. Is there a more modern version
you can use ? We're currently testing the 3.0.5 release.

Jeremy.