Samba 3.2/3.3 scratchpad

Samba 4.x

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

Samba 3.4.x

• compiled successfully 3.4.0
• cannot read smb.conf (has to be specified on commandline)
• cannot read interfaces
• No further tests made
• This will be trunk

Samba 3.3.x

Tested features

• compiled successfully 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6 already committed)
• can read smb.conf (psmedley)
• file serving works normally and stable
• user management (complete feature set of smbusers.exe) works normally and stable
• SWAT
• works well across OpenVPN

Unresolved problems

• smbd.exe process do not terminate properly and stay in memory
• crashes probably related to max log size

Resolved issues

• 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)
• 06/05/09 os2_randget() fix for SIGSEGV with GCC 4.3.2 and -O2 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/255 (tested successfully)
• loops with LPQ background thread in printing.c (fixed by diver, http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/256)
• directories are shown as files (problem gone, unclear why)
• cannot create/read/write files (problem gone, unclear why)
• cannot read interfaces (fixed by diver, http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/258)
• cannot login on password prompt (fix by diver, http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/262)
• password is not masked (fix by diver, http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/262)
• ldb backend missing (fix by diver, http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/263)
• RPC does not work (fix by diver, http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/264)
• Wrong PID filename (fix by diver, http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/265)
• nmbd.exe does not work correctly (fix by diver, http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/273)
• net rpc crashes (fix by diver, http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/280)
• no matter which subdirectory is shared, the share always provides the whole drive (fixed by diver http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/281)

Samba 3.2.x

Tested features

• 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, 3.2.12, 3.2.13
• reads interfaces successfully
• can login successfully
• no significant changes in behaviour noticed between 3.2.2 and 3.2.6

Unresolved problems

• directories are shown as files
• cannot create/read/write files
• smbstatus cannot read/lock .tdb files
• nmbd.exe does not work correctly - the server is invisible, but accessible
• cannot login on password prompt (only via commandline parameters)
• password is not masked!
• 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).

Resolved issues

• 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)
• 06/05/09 os2_randget() fix for SIGSEGV with GCC 4.3.2 and -O2 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/254 (tested successfully)
• loops with LPQ background thread in printing.c (fixed by diver in 3.3, backported to 3.2 http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/257)

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.