SMB fileserver

[Eric Dunbar]

> DG> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:57:19 -0600, Steve Meyer wrote:
> DG> > I would like to get SMB file sharing running on my YDL 4.0 box.  I
> DG> > checked the box for SMB in 'Server Settings/Services' and restarted the
> DG> > computer.  I have been trying to use the default setup via the 'Control
> DG> > Center/Samba Configuration'.  I tried to connect from the OS X box
> DG> > using smb://[my ip addr]/[user home folder name] and get a message
> DG> > "Could not connect to the server because the name or password is not
> DG> > correct"...however, I have not entered in a name or password yet.
> 
> One BIG (imho) disadvantage with netatalk is that they dropped support for
> symbolic links. No problem for remote Mac users, but for die-hard unix folks
> who use symlinks regularly, it's a huge problem. i.e. if you use symlinks, use
> NFS or SMB.
> 
> This bug has a patch to the samba source rpm that will build w/out
> optimizations, which fixes the issue with smbpasswd (i.e. it wasn't their
> fault, it was gcc).

Has the problem with SMB passwords been fixed in YDL 4.0.1? I haven't
had the time to fiddle with my YDL 4.0 server of late, but if I ever
do, I'm tempted to downgrade to 3.0.1 or entirely ditch it in favour
of a BSD or Debian solution unless 4.0.1 works (SMB worked fine under
YDL 3.0.1).

Eric.