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{{Warning box| This howto is based upon limited testing and may cause SME Server to experience issues when backing up, installing regular updates, and upgrading to version 8 upon release. '''SerNet packages are NOT supported by SME Server developers.''' You should only use these instructions if Windows 7 support is critical for your environment.}}
==Author==
==Author==
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Windows 7 was released in October 2009. Due to changes in the way that trust relationships are established with domain controllers, older versions of Samba do not allow Windows 7 clients to log in once joined to a domain.
Windows 7 was released in October 2009. Due to changes in the way that trust relationships are established with domain controllers, older versions of Samba do not allow Windows 7 clients to log in once joined to a domain.
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Although an upstream fix was made available for SME 8 beta (based on CentOS 5, see [[bugzilla:5425|bug 5425]]), there is no comparable fix available from the upstream vendor for SME 7.x (based on CentOS 4).
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Although an upstream fix was made available for SME Server 8 (based on CentOS 5, see [[bugzilla:5425|bug 5425]]), there is no comparable fix available from the upstream vendor for SME 7.x (based on CentOS 4).
==Join a SME Server 8.0 with Win7==
==Join a SME Server 8.0 with Win7==
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==Adding Windows 7 Support==
==Adding Windows 7 Support==
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{{Warning box| This howto is based upon limited testing and may cause SME Server to experience issues when backing up, installing regular updates, and upgrading to version 8 upon release. '''SerNet packages are NOT supported by SME Server developers.''' You should only use these instructions if Windows 7 support is critical for your environment.}}
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Thanks to [http://www.sernet.de/ SerNet], SME 7 users can now install an updated version of Samba which fixes the domain trust issues.
Thanks to [http://www.sernet.de/ SerNet], SME 7 users can now install an updated version of Samba which fixes the domain trust issues.