[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#445566: Samba bug : smbclient returns string length +1 of the first character and description (funny #)

[Jean-Louis MOUNIER]

Hello Steve,

I met this bug recently and I have other debugging informations

I use lenny samba on 5 NSLU2 having close configurations. When using 
smbclient from the server itself or from another lenny box, I receive 
strange results : I run  'smbclient -L localhost -U%''
whith localhost from the server or or machine-name from the lenny box.
I get (I changed the domain and machine name for privacy) :

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        aaaaaaa         Disk      AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
        cccccccc        Disk      SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
        dddddddd        Disk      gggggggggggggggggggggg
        mmmmmmmm        Disk      MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
        ppppppp         Disk      PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
        pppppppp        Disk      RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
        IIIII           IPC       
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Domain=[MYDOMAIN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.26a]

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------
        SLUG                 slug server (Samba 3.0.26a UNKNOWN)
        DOMAIN-SERVER       Production Server description (Samba 3.0.

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        MYDOMAIN                DOMAIN-SERVER


UNKNOWN near last 3.0.26a is from the %R macro I added in the 
description. Maybe the is a protocol negociation problem...

The problem occured after the upgrade from 3.0.24 to 3.0.26a

Something else, when I ask for a smb link to this server from my lenny 
box runnng midnight commander, I get a correct share list.

I spent my afternoon exploiring the smb.conf global options. None 
changed the result.
I don't have a great skill in compiling debian packages from source but 
I can learn fast if it can help you and I have a NSLU2 for testing..

-- 

*Jean-Louis Mounier *
*IT manager*


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