[Info-vax] CIFS under V8.4-2L1 - VSI CL

[Craig A. Berry]

On 10/6/20 10:48 AM, Rod Regier wrote:
> I got VSI  I64VMS SAMBA V4.6-5E running on HPE OpenVMS/I64 V8.4 w/8.4 patches in place.
> 
> Attempting to install the corresponding VSI SAMBA Alpha kit is a no-go, it rejects
> the underlying O/S version detail (V/A 8.4).

That could probably be remedied by disassembling the PCSI kit, modifying 
the dependencies, and reassembling it.  Sounds like work to me.  Why not 
just get the OS from VSI? It's the only game in town at this point anyway.

> Since the prior CIFS/SAMBA from HPE highwatered at underling  SAMBA 3.0.28a
> VSI's release is a major version jump from 3.x to 4.x.  That is especially important
> as SAMBA V3.x only supported SMB V1, while later SAMBA V4.x release supports SMB V2 and V3.
> Eventually Windows Server PDCs are going to drop SMB V1 support.

Any network that has not already disabled SMB v1 either on each machine 
or via internal firewall is in an awfully dodgy place already.