Trustix update: samba

Posted by dave on Jan 15, 2004 8:17 AM EDT
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libnss_wins was not being built. It is now.

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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trustix Secure Linux Bugfix Advisory #2004-0003

Package name: samba Summary: Added libnss_wins.so Date: 2004-01-15 Affected versions: Trustix 2.0

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package description: Samba provides an SMB server which can be used to provide network services to SMB (sometimes called "Lan Manager") clients, including various versions of MS Windows, OS/2, and other Linux machines. Samba uses NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) protocols and does NOT need NetBEUI (Microsoft Raw NetBIOS frame) protocol.

Problem description: libnss_wins was not being built. It is now.

Action: We recommend that all systems with this package installed be upgraded. Please note that if you do not need the functionality provided by this package, you may want to remove it from your system.

Location: All Trustix updates are available from

About Trustix Secure Linux: Trustix Secure Linux is a small Linux distribution for servers. With focus on security and stability, the system is painlessly kept safe and up to date from day one using swup, the automated software updater.

Automatic updates: Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically installed using 'swup --upgrade'.

Public testing: Most updates for Trustix are made available for public testing some time before release. If you want to contribute by testing the various packages in the testing tree, please feel free to share your findings on the tsl-discuss mailinglist. The testing tree is located at

You may also use swup for public testing of updates: site { class = 0 location = "http://tsldev.trustix.org/cloud/rdfs/latest.rdf" regexp = ".*" }

Questions? Check out our mailing lists:

Verification: This advisory along with all Trustix packages are signed with the TSL sign key. This key is available from:

The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at or directly at

MD5sums of the packages: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- e7e7ab1c59411aaadecee3ab6fa5f67c ./2.0/srpms/samba-2.2.8-13tr.src.rpm caaa63aa30df9fe8ac9d2fcf4e1c6a48 ./2.0/rpms/samba-common-2.2.8-13tr.i586.rpm 475d6558d8d06ad14ca1ad74764fbe40 ./2.0/rpms/samba-client-2.2.8-13tr.i586.rpm 4f64e7ed5e0191ce3b635333e4db2354 ./2.0/rpms/samba-2.2.8-13tr.i586.rpm - --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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