hi, i recently read the announcement for the several samba updates in suse 10. [quote] - Provide all Samba 3.0.20b sub packages as an update to allow an update from the initial Samba version on SUSE Linux 10.0 possible; [#165551]. - Don't assume account objectclass for eDir; [#160169]. - Fix LDAP replication sleep handling for search requests; [#118378]. - Send correct workstation name to prevent NT_STATUS_INVALID_WORKSTATION beeing returned in samlogon; bnc [#148645]. - Create the precompiled headers with exactly the same flags as the binaries. - Allow to rename machine accounts. Fixed crash against eDirectory, bnc [#140877]. - Return NT_STATUS_ACCOUNT_DISABLED if eDirectory returns LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM; bnc [#138491]. - Ensure to be root while calling pdb_search_destroy(); else we don't have enough permissions to do the last paged LDAP search. - Store "sambaLogonHours" in GMT and display them in localtime; bso [#3187]. - Cache the results more agressivly to stop multiple LDAP searches; bnc [#134082]. - Allow anonymous printing to Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP systems via unauthenticated ntlmssp session setup, bnc [#106335]. - Improve performance when enumerating users from a LDAP database; bnc [#134082]. - Add fix for quota on ext[23], reiserfs. [/quote] i can´t see this changes in the release notes on the samba site. interesting for me is the ability to change machine names and the performance increasments regarding ldap. where can i find detailed information about these changes? thx in advance! micha -- Michael Gasch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Department of Human Evolution (IT Staff) Deutscher Platz 6 D-04103 Leipzig Germany Phone: 49 (0)341 - 3550 137 49 (0)341 - 3550 374 Fax: 49 (0)341 - 3550 399