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Re: Samba time coruption
> From: "Lee Sharp" <lee@insync.net>
> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:48:15 -0500
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> I have seen a lot of this in the newsgroups lately;
>
> | As I understand it, this is a problem with the kernel provided with
> RH6.0:
> |when configuring smb support there is an option called 'Windows 95
> bug-fix'
> |whose help text warns that it should _only_ ever be used if _all_ the
> windows
> |machines sharing files are 95 boxes. Apparently the default kernel in
> RH6.0
> |has this option compiled in, and it does Bad Things (TM) to date fields
> |when talking to NT or '98 servers.
>
> Sence we base on red hat, and our users are less knowledgable, should we
> recompile with a compatable kernal? I can't see a new user figuring this
> one out easily...
>
> Lee
>
I have looked the option and the help text does not tell that. Now do
we consider we have no longer unpatched Windows 95 hanging around
I plan to uqse a newer kernel than 2.2.5.
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Jean Francois Martinez
Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
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