samba - Jul 2005 - Samba and MSI package installer

We are experiencing problems when we try to launch the installation of a MSI
package from our samba share in a guest context. The problem was not present
with 2.2.8a

the error message received is:

"This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package
exists
and is accessible, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a
valid Windows Installer package."

This is the following error code "ERROR_INSTALL_PACKAGE_OPEN_FAILED
(1619)"

samba-3.0.11 (still present in 3.0.20pre1)
guest ok = Yes
guest only = Yes

Yannick Bergeron

Yannick Bergeron wrote:
> We are experiencing problems when we try to launch the installation of a
MSI
> package from our samba share in a guest context. The problem was not
present
> with 2.2.8a
> 
> the error message received is:
> 
> "This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the
package exists
> and is accessible, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is
a
> valid Windows Installer package."
> 
> This is the following error code "ERROR_INSTALL_PACKAGE_OPEN_FAILED
(1619)"
> 
> samba-3.0.11 (still present in 3.0.20pre1)
> guest ok = Yes
> guest only = Yes
WORKSFORME, samba-3.0.14a

[msishare]
   comment = msi Software Deployment
   path = /foo/bar/msi
   read only = yes
   browseable = no
   public = yes
   guest only = yes


-- Rex

If using a guest account, I think null passwords must be enabled in the
global section.

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Yannick Bergeron wrote:
> > We are experiencing problems when we try to launch the installation of
a MSI
> > package from our samba share in a guest context. The problem was not
present
> > with 2.2.8a
> >
> > the error message received is:
> >
> > "This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the
package
exists
> > and is accessible, or contact the application vendor to verify that
this is
a
> > valid Windows Installer package."
> >
> > This is the following error code
"ERROR_INSTALL_PACKAGE_OPEN_FAILED (1619)"
> >
> > samba-3.0.11 (still present in 3.0.20pre1)
> > guest ok = Yes
> > guest only = Yes
>
> WORKSFORME, samba-3.0.14a
>
> [msishare]
>    comment = msi Software Deployment
>    path = /foo/bar/msi
>    read only = yes
>    browseable = no
>    public = yes
>    guest only = yes
Danny Paul wrote:
> If using a guest account, I think null passwords must be enabled in the
> global section.
I've tried and still get the same error
my conf look like this one:

[global]
        display charset = UTF8
        workgroup = SAMBA
        netbios aliases = PUBLIC
        server string = Samba Server %v on %L
        security = SHARE
        log level = 0
        log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
        max log size = 40
        smb ports = 139
        large readwrite = No
        max xmit = 65535
        name resolve order = host
        change notify timeout = 900
        deadtime = 15
        keepalive = 0
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY
        load printers = No
        preferred master = No
        local master = No
        domain master = No
        ldap ssl = no
        dfree command = /usr/local/samba/bin/dfree
        create mask = 0770
        force create mode = 0770
        force security mode = 0777
        directory mask = 0770
        force directory mode = 0770
        force directory security mode = 0777
        nt acl support = No
        csc policy = disable
        oplocks = No
        level2 oplocks = No
	null passwords = yes

[msi]
        comment = MSI packages
        path = /path/to/msi/packages
        read only = no
        guest only = yes
        public = yes
        browseable = no