[Samba] Windows 7 .vhd "The version does not support this version of the file format" error

I searched the archives for this particular error message, and only found one match from a user doing backups from Windows Server 2008 R2. I'm running FreeBSD 7.2 with (initially) SAMBA 3.3.9 from the FreeBSD Ports Collection. I have a very simple config (included below). The client is Wind

[Samba] nfs vs. cifs based on my usage profile

Hello, I have an interesting architecture consisting of a 3 RHEL 5.3 NFS nodes that mounts about 30 TB worth of iscsi disk and presents them as 6 different NFS shares. It is an active-active-active cluster with each node presenting a couple of shares. It works pretty well. I am doubting my deci

[Samba] smbd/nfsd interaction, slowness and increasing performance questions

Hello, I am looking for some more information on how to make smbd and nfsd play nicely together in regards to file locking as well as some help understanding the mechanics of the smbd process and how to clean up stale connections. Setup: centos 5, newest smbd and nfsd available, XFS filesys

Re: [Samba] gidNumber of the Domain Admins group with LDAP

> What shoul be the gidNumber of the domain admins group : > 0, 512 ou somewhat else ? > Looking in log files it seems that samba looks for a gidNumber of 0 but > smbldap-populate fill it with 512 ? > Any idea ? > TIA > 512 is correct on the samba side. 0 is the unix group for root. http://www.sa

Re: [Samba] How to access shares via HTTP (apache2)

Martin Balint wrote: Hello, I configured samba fileserver as a member of samba domain. PDC and fileserver are different machines. It works great using windows sharing. Now, I need to set up apache to serve my shares, but I am having problem with permissions. Apache runs as www-user, and doesn't s

[Samba] data corruption in samba 3.4.3 ?

Hello, I am using Citrix XenServer for my VM environment. I found that If I am using samba 3.4.3 and dump a vm from a Citrix xen node the resulting image is not importable(ie corrupt) into xenCenter. If I am using samba-3.3.9 and perform the same operation everything works great. To dump the vm

Re: [Samba] How to access shares via HTTP (apache2)

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Martin Balint wrote: > Hello, > I configured samba fileserver as a member of samba domain. PDC and > fileserver are different machines. > It works great using windows sharing. > Now, I need to set up apache to serve my shares, but I am having > problem with permiss

[Samba] windows XP cant browse network

I recently migrated from Fedora Core 10 to fedora core 12. smbd -V Version 3.4.2-47.fc12 I had this configurations file [global] # --- Netwrok Related Options workgroup = CHIPSDOMAIN server string = Samba Server Version %v ; netbios name = MYSERVER

Re: [Samba] authentication issues

How have you defined the share (service) in smb.conf? >From what you've posted, it looks to me like you've only mounted the drive such that it is visible to the machine hosting Samba, but not shared *through* Samba as a service. As a result, no one would be able to see it, because Samba isn't ser

[Samba] authentication issues

I have a belkin N+ wirless router with usb port. I have a 1TB hard drive connected to the usb port. This hard drive is shared without needing authentication (no user/ pass) Its the equivalent of have a windows machine with an unprotected share that ANYONE can access WITHOUT authentication. Usin

[Samba] How to access shares via HTTP (apache2)

Hello, I configured samba fileserver as a member of samba domain. PDC and fileserver are different machines. It works great using windows sharing. Now, I need to set up apache to serve my shares, but I am having problem with permissions. Apache runs as www-user, and doesn't see content in shares. S

Re: [Samba] samba 3.3 for opensuse 10.2

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:54:24AM +0100, peter grotz wrote: > > I need the rpm-files of samba 3.3 or later for opensuse 10.2. > The repo isn´t available any more, so can anybody help me here? As the openSUSE Build Service doesn't longer offer to build packages of this discontinued product I sugg

Re: [Samba] Windows 7, http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/SuSE/STABLE/11.2/

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Hartje Stendel wrote: > I have the typical problem with Windows 7. > > I loaded the repository from the binaries and installed it. > I changed the registry on the client but still can not login. > > I am a little bit confused about the version numbers. > In the rep

Re: [Samba] samba 3.3 for opensuse 10.2

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:09 PM, peter grotz wrote: > JM> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 5:54 AM, peter grotz > wrote: >>> I need the rpm-files of samba 3.3 or later for opensuse 10.2. >>> The repo isn´t available any more, so can anybody help me here? > JM> You need 3.3 or _later_ ?  It shipped with 3

[Samba] winbind authentication mystery

Hi Chris, Were you able to solve this. Regards, David. Greetings, I'm running Fedora 11 (Samba 3.3.2) and am trying to configure winbind authentication against a Windows 2003 server. I've run kinit and net join successfully, and can wbinfo -u, -g, and -t successfully, as well as getent passwd a