Access Violation in Services.exe Using the Smbtorture Tool in Samba 2.0.5

ID: Q242033

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If you use the Smbtorture tool in Samba 2.0.5 with Windows NT 4.0, you may receive the following error message:

An access violation has occurred in services.exe

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

MORE INFORMATION

Samba is an open source software suite that provides file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.

REFERENCES

For more information about Samba, refer to the following Web site:

http://us1.samba.org/samba/samba.html

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Additional query words:

Keywords : NT4SP6Fix
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug