> On Feb 9, 2009, at 11:58 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> On Feb 9, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
>>> On Feb 9, 2009, at 9:44 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >>> the Mac uses SMB to access Windows. >> >> I think OS X SMB version is about 5 updates behind the current stable >> SMB release? I don't understand why someone doesn't compile the >> current release for OS X and make it available? > > Because it isn't necessarily as easy as that? smbd version number in > OS X is "Version 3.0.25b-apple" which means Apple's done things to it. > simply swapping in the currentversion could well break things. I was unaware Apple messed with Samba. It appears you're correct, the needed "patches" for OS X are evidently available here: <http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.5.6/samba-187.8/patches/ > According to: <http://news.samba.org/releases/> version 3.0.25b was a "normal" release from June 26th, 2007. I count these as standard "stable" releases since then: 3.0.25c, 3.0.26, 3.0.26a, 3.0.27, 3.0.27a, 3.0.28, 3.0.28a, 3.0.29, 3.0.30, 3.0.33, 3.0.34, 3.2.0, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.2.7, 3.2.8, 3.2.9 and the current stable release 3.3.0. This means Apple is not 5 updates behind, but a staggering 20 updates behind. Remember, these are only counting standard stable releases, not any alpha, beta releases, or release candidates. The current bleeding edge is version 4.0.0 alpha 3. I'd like to see someone apply the Apple patches and see if the current version works? Probably too risky for your average user. I don't have any PCs on my network or else I'd give it a try. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
