[Samba] DOS clients problem with 3.6.22 vs 3.6.18

[Rowland Penny]

On 14/04/14 16:19, Dominic Raferd wrote:
> I have tried to upgrade our samba server from 3.6.18 to 3.6.22 but 
> found that our DOS clients could no longer connect (using DOS 6.22 and 
> Microsoft LAN Manager 2.1).
>
> With 3.6.18 we use smb.conf setting 'min protocol = LANMAN2' and it 
> works great, with 3.6.22 although clients can connect ok, they cannot 
> obtain a directory listing. Instead the first file (sometimes 
> misnamed) just relists endlessly.
>
> Using loglevel 4 I find this text in log file when a DOS client 
> connects to either version of samba 3.6:
>
>   Requested protocol [PC NETWORK PROGRAM 1.0]
>   Requested protocol [MICROSOFT NETWORKS 3.0]
>   Requested protocol [DOS LM1.2X002]
>   Selected protocol DOS LM1.2X002
>
> It seems like there is a bug in 3.6.22 or is there a new setting that 
> might work with 3.6.22 to get it working again? (Sorry I am unable to 
> try 3.6.23 but I see nothing in the changelog which suggests that this 
> problem might go away with 3.6.23.)
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Dominic
Can you upgrade to the 4.1 series, only asking this, because the 3.6 
series is in Security Fixes Only Mode. If there is a bug, it is unlikely 
to be fixed, and could have been fixed in the latest series.

Rowland