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A recent release of SAMBA, I think, would be a priority.

by PaulDriver ‎09-14-2012 02:22 PM - edited ‎09-15-2012 12:52 AM

The Linkstation is using SAMBA Version 3.0.30-1.4.osstech.

 

The Samba group announced the 3.0.0 tree in September 24, 2003, 9 years ago.

 

The 3.0.30 patch was announced in May 2008, and that last patch to the 3.0.x tree was 3.0.37, issued in October 2009, making the Linkstations Samba version, well, let's be nice, let' say, OLD.

 

Per the SAMBA.org Wiki, Windows 7 is fully supported in Samba 3.4 or later, Samba 3.3.5 or later, Samba 3.3.2, 3.3.3 and 3.3.4 (with NOTES), and Samba 3.2.12 or later

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7

 

Hmmm, so the Linkstation is using OLD software, that DOES NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORT WINDOWS 7.

 

Maybe I should find an adjective other then OLD to describe the SAMBA situation in the Linkstation.

 

Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I just had the bad luck to look in the new, just released images, full of old software.

 

F.Y.I.

 

SAMB.org just released Version 4.0.0rc1 this week.

 

SAMBA 3.6.0 was Announced in August of 2011

SAMBA 3.5.0 was Announced in March of 2010

SAMBA 3.4.0 was Announced in July of 2009

SAMBA 3.3.0 was Announced in January of 2009

SAMBA 3.2.0 was Announced in July of 2008

SAMBA 3.0.0 was Announced in September of 2003.

 

The announced patch to the 3.0. tree was 3.0.37, a security patch released in October of 2009.

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LinkStation (LS-WTGL-R1) secure admin interface with https

by sgifford on ‎01-14-2010 10:48 PM - last edited on ‎02-11-2010 03:01 PM by Thunder Bison - Administrator

I would feel much more comfortable with my LinkStation if it had https support for the administration interface, so my admin password wasn't flying around our network in plain text whenever I change the configuration.

 

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Time restrictions tied to MAC address for wired and wireless clients

by grizzleduser ‎11-13-2010 09:43 AM - edited ‎11-17-2010 08:37 AM

Please add a time restriction setting for each MAC address for wired and wireless client in the next firmware update. An example can be found in the Linksys WRT54G wireless router setting.

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Update 11-17-2010: WZR-HP-G300NH is my wire/wireless router for the United States.

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SAMBA: honoring Read+Write above Read Only ACL

by tr3027 on ‎11-21-2012 09:21 AM

Creating a share with ACLs for ActiveDirectory groups like:

 * "domain users" - ReadOnly

 * "domain admins" - Read&Write

 

actually creates the following in the smb.conf: 

[share]
comment = Share comment
path = /mnt/array1/share
browsable = yes
printable = no
writable = yes
valid users = @DOMAIN+"domain users",@DOMAIN+"domain admins"
read list = ,@DOMAIN+"domain users"
force create mode = 666
force security mode = 666
force directory mode = 777
force directory security mode = 777
csc policy = manual

 

Unfortunatelly "domain admins" members are in most cases "domain unsers" members as well, so even they have been assigned the "Read&Write" ACL in WebAdmin they are denied write access. Thus the smb.conf should be extended to:

[share]
comment = Share comment
path = /mnt/array1/share
browsable = yes
printable = no
writable = yes
valid users = @DOMAIN+"domain users",@DOMAIN+"domain admins"
read list = ,@DOMAIN+"domain users"
write list = ,@DOMAIN+"domain admins"
force create mode = 666
force security mode = 666
force directory mode = 777
force directory security mode = 777
csc policy = manual

 

 

DomainAdmins vs. DomainUsers is just one example. Multiple group membership and group nesting is used quite often, so this "write list" Idea should be on top of the whish list in my opinion :-)

 

Thank you!

 

 

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