Ian McWilliam <i.mcwill...@westernsydney.edu.au> writes: > Without going through the Samba code and trying to determine what and > why the changes were made by the Samba devs, I don't have an answer. > There have been a lot of changes to the internals of samba from release > to release e.g. 4.1 branch vs 4.5 branch, etc. I once knew the samba > 3 series internals quite well having made them work on OpenBSD for many > years. The 4 series is a slightly different beast. > > Do to the fact that Samba has a lot of security updates, not just bug fixes > from month to month, rolling back to > a working 4.1 is definitely not the answer. > > The current port should contain a message that simple file server services > work only. Anything else is a bonus.
Better make sure that simple file service will also stay supported. :) > If I knew enough about kernel hacking, resurrecting the initial work that > Dale Rahn did on implementing ACLS and finishing it would be the way to move > forward. Unfortunately I do not. It's not just ACLs, but also extended attributes. I would strongly suggest that anyone interested should first ask for general agreement on tech@. > Working with upstream is the way to get some answers. Sorry I can't shed > anymore light on the subject at present. Thanks anyway! -- jca | PGP : 0x1524E7EE / 5135 92C1 AD36 5293 2BDF DDCC 0DFA 74AE 1524 E7EE
