> 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. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
