Bug#701183: samba: Samba doesn't warn users if netbios name is invalid

2013-02-22 Thread Derek Seabrooke
Package: samba Version: 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze9 Severity: normal If the netbios name in the smb.conf file is set to a name longer than 15 characters this is invalid, but neither Samba itself or even testparm gives any kind of warning in this event. Netbios name is simply null with no reason made o

Bug#701038: samba: Cannot set netbios name to hostname

2013-02-20 Thread Derek Seabrooke
Package: samba Version: 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze9 Severity: normal When Netbios Name field is not filled in at smb.conf or if the parameter "netbios name = %h" is used, no netbios name is set. However the parameter "netbios name = samba-%h" for instance has the expected result. -- System Informat