Description of problem: The samba 3.0.x series is in bugfiv maintenance mode upstream. All fixes going in are important bugfixes and no new development is done on the 3.0.x series. Request to update samba to 3.0.29 to include the few fixes we could not backport to 3.0.28 in time for 5.2
Agreed. In particular, we have been fighting a problem with samba and cups integration resolved in Samba 3.0.29 (Samba bug ID: 5372)
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
Added devel ack.
In order to have all latest fixes (incl. security fix) this really needs to be 3.0.32. Assuming this is not a problem.
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: The Samba package has been rebased to the latest available bugfix release. No new features have been added with this release. The 3.0.x series is a bugfix only release tree since the release of samba 3.2.0
this bug is now documented in the RHEL5.3 release notes. please refer to the following link within the next 24 hours or so to view the most current build: http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.3/html-single/Release_Notes/
Release note updated. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -1 +1,3 @@ -The Samba package has been rebased to the latest available bugfix release. No new features have been added with this release. The 3.0.x series is a bugfix only release tree since the release of samba 3.2.0+Samba has been re-based to upstream version 3.2.0. This fixes several bugs, including one that prevented users from joining domains that used Windows 2003 as their name server. This update also fixes a bug that caused samba domain membership to break after changing the system password using net rpc changetrustpw. + +For a more comprehensive list of upstream samba updates included this release, refer to http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.32.html
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-0180.html
Just clearing a bogus needinfo request. Chris Lalancette