Re: Samba

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Still, in any case, it might not be pertinent to this topic - both 
NetServer and Samba are implementations of the SMB protocol. As 
described by IBM in the doc Brian Dietz found, Samba is a lightweight 
implementation.

On 3/27/2015 10:54 PM, Steve Landess wrote:
> Be forewarned that SMB protocol performs horribly over WAN's...
> -sjl
>
>
> "Michael Ryan"  wrote in message 
> news:mailman.2455.1427479531.14083.midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx...
>
> Samba is an implementation of SMB - Server Message Block - which is the
> underlying Windows file sharing mechanism. It's also used by NetServer.
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:48 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Samba and NFS aren't the same thing then, right?  Just as NetServer and
> > NFS aren't the same thing?
> >
> >
> > Rob Berendt
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> > From:   Richard Schoen <Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To:     "midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   03/27/2015 01:06 PM
> > Subject:        RE: Samba
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> >
> >
> > Apparently on V7R2 Samba server can be used to replace NetServer if you
> > set it up.
> >
> > Unless you've downloaded it and set it up, you're probably using 
> > NetServer
> > still.
> >
> > That's why the PTFs would be in zip format since they go directly to the
> > IFS for application I would guess.
> >
> > When I asked for documentation IBM didn't have anything IBMi specific at
> > the time for Samba download and set up.  They may now.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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> > message: 1
> > date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:07:09 -0400
> > from: rob@xxxxxxxxx
> > subject: Samba
> >
> > I get this "IBM My notifications - Operating Systems" email from IBM.
> > In it is a section "2.  IBM i 7.1: Urgent support notifications
> > (Recommended by IBM support)"
> > So I click on that and I see:
> >
> > Security Bulletin: IBM i is affected by the following SAMBA
> > vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-0240) March 23, 2015 Security vulnerabilities
> > have been discovered in SAMBA..
> > http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020638
> >
> > So I click on that and I see:
> > The issue can be fixed by applying the SAMBA PTF to the IBM i System.
> > The IBM i PTF numbers are:
> > Release 7.2 ? SI56213
> >
> > Now I am thinking no big deal, just download and apply this PTF.  Wrong.
> > When I read this cover letter I see that I have to use jar to unzip a 
> > file
> > and run a bunch of other stuff.
> > Why do they do this crap with PTF's for stuff like Samba and WAS?  
> > Heck I
> > don't even know if I'm using Samba.  How do I tell?  And how do I 
> > "restart
> > the Samba server"?
> >
> > Rob Berendt
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