** Description changed: Ubuntu release 25.10 Samba 2:4.22.3+dfsg-4ubuntu2.2 After upgrading to Questing my "Time Machine" backup from MacOX laptop to Ubuntu file-server stopped working. After lots of hunting around, it turns out to be down to the removal of the fruit:posix_rename flag to address a problem experienced by Windows clients, that had an unanticipated knock-on effect of killing all time machine backups - https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_4.22_Features_added/changed - Version 4.23.2 fixes the issue - - https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_4.23_Features_added + https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_4.23_Features_added/changed The samba bug tracker lists it here - https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15926 - - It would be great if Ubuntu could move to the newer package version ASAP to address the problem. + It would be great if Ubuntu could move to the newer package version ASAP + to address the problem. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10 Package: samba 2:4.22.3+dfsg-4ubuntu2.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-6.6-generic 6.17.1 Uname: Linux 6.17.0-6-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown Date: Wed Nov 26 13:10:01 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-17 (3327 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 - LANGUAGE=en_GB:en - PATH=(custom, no user) - SHELL=/bin/bash - TERM=xterm-256color + LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 + LANGUAGE=en_GB:en + PATH=(custom, no user) + SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm-256color RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks. SourcePackage: samba UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-10-14 (43 days ago)
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