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I just successfully upgraded a server from v 2.2.8 to v3.0.7. When I execute smbstatus or swat it correctly shows v 3.0.7. When I browse thru network neighborhood it still shows v 2.2.8. I stopped samba, and removed /usr/local/samba/var/locks/browse.dat & wins.dat. Then restarted samba. It still reports v2.2.8 thru network neighborhood. In viewing browse.dat it shows 2.2.8. Where is this

...; Thanks >TGTPE> Tom > >It's windows problem. My samba running on 3.0.6 but in network >neighborhood it's still show's old server string >"mntntfs on Samba PDC 3.0.2rc2 (Toltec)" >go to regedit >\\HCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComputerDescriptions >and your hart will tell you what to do :) I removed all the entries from \\HCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComputerDescriptions, and rebooted the PC. Using network neighborhood, v2.2.8 is still showing as the description. However, now in Windows explorer it shows v3.0...

Hi, I started with provisioning samba 4.0.9 then upgraded to 4.0.10 Can anyone please tell me if this is a feature ? Using I get the following results, samba -V Version 4.0.10 smbstatus Samba version 4.0.10 Windows 7 x64 SP1, Open Active Directory Users and Computer, Domain Controllers, I select my DC Click properties and chose Operating System I get Name: Samba Version: 4.0.9 Thanks Les

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello We are facing a bit boring problem We are on the way to upgrade our PDC from 2.2.8 to 3.2.11 as we do not want to reconfigure the PDC IP address on several hundreds of windows XP clients we have chosen to keep the same IP address for the new PDC. The problem is windows clients does not update the name of network drives and keep the old names

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have 104,000 users, some of which are in the OU: ad.network.local\AD\People\IFAS\Hort Is there an easy way to find all the users in this OU and grant them access to a share? Or do I have to list each user individually? And if so, can I use net user to list the users in an OU? - -Tom -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6

In Windows Explorer, 'Network Drives' section, the Samba share I've set up is described as: share on 'Samba 3.0.14a-0.4-SUSE (Our_server_IP_Address)' (K:) Is there any way of configuring Samba to display something other than "Samba 3.0.14a-0.4-SUSE (Our_server_IP_Address)" as the Network Drive description, for example: share on 'Our Samba Server' (K:)