Security update for Samba (package samba)
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for S/390 and zSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IBM zSeries
Package: samba
Release: 20030318
Obsoletes: none
root
privileges. This strongly recommended update fixes these problems.Samba would also handle long passwords incorrectly, resulting in a buffer overflow. For this reason this version also restricts the password length to a maximum of 128 characters.
rpm -Fhv samba.rpm
After successfully performing the update, the Samba server processes must be restarted for the changes to become effective. Use the following command as user '
root
' to restart the running instances of the Samba server:rcsmb restart
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