Samba 3.2/3.3 scratchpad

• Samba 3.2.x
  • can read smb.conf (psmedley)
  • compiled successfully 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.2.7, 3.2.8, 3.2.9, 3.2.10, 3.2.11
  • reads interfaces successfully
  • can login successfully
  • Problems:
    • loops with LPQ background thread in printing.c (Is this related to inability of 3.0.x to provide queue management with "printing = os2"?)
    • directories are shown as files
    • cannot create/read/write files
    • smbstatus cannot read/lock .tdb files
    • cannot login on password prompt (only via commandline parameters)
    • password is not masked!
    • no significant changes in behaviour noticed between 3.2.2 and 3.2.6
  • with 3.2.7 libreplace_network.m4 is added, if it is present during configure, Samba 3.2 doesn't compile.
  • Removing it makes 3.2.7, 3.2.8, 3.2.9, 3.2.10, 3.2.11 compile and work like previous builds (incomplete patch by psmedley, fixed in 3.3 by diver, requires backport).
  • Commited missing eCS (OS/2) patches from 3.0 since 08/2008, at least since changeset #149
    • 05/29/09 Fix for Ticket #85 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/237 (tested successfully for reading)
    • 05/29/09 Fix for Ticket #90 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/241 (tested successfully)
    • 05/30/09 Fix for Ticket #41 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/243 (compiled only)
    • 05/31/09 Made SWAT workable, fixes for Tickets #51, #54, #55 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/245 (tested successfully)
    • 06/01/09 Fixes for Ticket #69 and #71 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/247 (compiled only)
    • 06/03/09 Fixes for Ticket #24 and #78 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/249 (compiled only)
    • 06/05/09 Fix for Ticket #74 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/252 (tested successfully)

Note: As Samba 3.2.x also has its end of life on 06/30/2009 (like Samba 3.0.x), we do not plan any release of Samba 3.2.x for eCS. The 3.2 tree is just maintained as a "launchpad" for Samba 3.3.x in order to spot differences in behaviour and get hints for possible solutions.

• Samba 3.3.x
  • can read smb.conf (psmedley)
  • compiled successfully 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4 already committed)
  • Problems:
    • loops with LPQ background thread in printing.c
    • directories are shown as files
    • cannot read interfaces (fixed by diver, not yet commited)
    • cannot create/read/write files
    • cannot login (can login with latest 3.3.4, probably setup problem previously, backend?)
    • cannot login on password prompt (only via commandline parameters)
    • password is not masked!
  • Commited missing eCS (OS/2) patches from 3.0 since 01/2009:
    • 05/29/09 Fix for Ticket #85 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/239 (tested successfully for reading)
    • 05/29/09 Fix for Ticket #90 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/242 (tested successfully)
    • 05/30/09 Fix for Ticket #41 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/244 (compiled only)
    • 05/31/09 Made SWAT workable, fixes for Tickets #54, #55 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/246 (tested successfully)
    • 06/01/09 Fixes for Ticket #69 and #71 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/248 (compiled only)
    • 06/03/09 Fixes for Ticket #24 and #78 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/250 (compiled only)
    • 06/05/09 Fix for Ticket #74 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/253 (tested successfully)

• Samba 3.4pre1
  • not compilable at the moment (no work done yet)