Re: [cobalt-users] SMB info on an Qube2 and Security Report

["Franklin S. Werren" <fswerren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi There

I do not know about the w command
but you do need to go in as root by using the su command before you edit
smb.conf
I think the master dir is a backup of some sort...

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 11:10 AM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] SMB info on an Qube2 and Security Report


> > I finally got a hold of Cobalt on my SMB problem
> > There is a bug in the new Linux Kernel
> >
> > If you have Qube2-en-OSUpdate Release 3.0
> > you need to telnet into the cube and edit the smb.conf
> > there is a line called oplocks = yes   change it to "no"
> > This is not for the faint at heart.....(grin)
> >
> > use pico and this file is in the /etc directory
>
> Do I need the "-w" option? Also, pico doesn't seem to want
> to run on my Qube... something about an incomplete termcap
> entry. But no matter, emacs to the rescue.
>
> More to the point, should I make the same edit to the
> smb.conf.master file?
>
> Note there is a Qube2-All-System-3.0.1-6541.pkg on Cobalt's
> website with the following description: "This system update
> restores configuration of Samba/Appletalk volumes that were
> lost after the Qube 2 Update 3.0 was installed." Does this
> patch fix the same bug?
>
> Since I'm on a roll here, which patches in the 3.0.1 series
> for the Qube2 are safe to install, and which make the thing
> burp? We're in the middle of a major project, and I don't
> want to stay up half the night fixing something Cobalt breaks.
>
> > More info on shadow passwords at
> > www.bagpipes.net/security
>
> Is there a quick way to fix this? (Probably not, or you would
> have said so, but never hurts to ask...)
>
> --
> Rodolfo J. Paiz
> rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
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