Re: Mcafee Mystery Entries in the Registry?

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:58:48 -0800

W. Watson wrote:

>
> The reason I'm concerned about this is that I did not like the way the
> uninstall of Mcafee Firewall went. By that I mean, when I dealt with
> their tech support (chat), they misunderstood that I did not want it
> removed, and before I knew it, I was on the road to removal. I prefer
> to the McAfee firewall over the MS firewall, and want to make sure
> that if I install McAfee again that it doesn't lead to trouble. I'm
> just checking all the bases before getting stuck with yet one more
> problem.

I personally dislike all the Mcafee software. It's bloated, causes
conflicts, and as you found out, uninstalling it is a bear. For Windows
firewalls, I like the free Sygate, Kerio, or even ZoneAlarm (although
ZA is also hideous to uninstall).
>
> Perhaps you didn't notice my final post on the SP2 problem resolution.
> It ended several days ago when I decided to call their tech support
> for help, I found that SP2 troubleshooting and correction was *free*.
> It took 2 hours on the phone to get the problem resolved. In the end,
> this appeared to be very much an MS SP2 problem. However, it's over
> and my XP machine is performing as it should. My three computers can
> ping away to my heart's content and XP knows about its own local
> network connections. BTW, did you know that MS tech support is $245
> per (advanced--whatever that means) incident on XP Pro?

Actually, support just depends on what product you bought. When I bought
Win2k Pro years ago it came with two free support incidents. I have
paid the $245 when I needed help with a client's Win2k Server problem
and thought it was well worth it - a cost of doing business. It would
have been far more expensive *not* to call. I'm glad the SP2 support
worked for you.

>
> Caught up with dealing problems with Linux/MS software is an
> understatement. :-) My brain is reeling from the number of
> difficulties I've had trying to get these three computers networked in
> the last 4-5 weeks. I'll spare you. I'm finally at a stage where I can
> work on Samba, and even this *supposedly* simple challenge is fraught
> with glitches.

Samba is easy, particularly if your distro has a configuration gui (like
SuSE's YaST). Otherwise, either try SWAT or even Webmin as nice gui's,
but don't forget to actually look at the resulting smb.conf file,
usually found in /etc. For a small network like yours, there should be
no problem with Samba. Do some reading at www.samba.org and use Google
Groups to review past postings on the Samba newsgroups.

Normally, I do not discuss Linux in the Windows groups since it is
really OT, but because you've had such a hard time, here is my smb.conf
file from my desktop (SuSE 9.1 Pro) which may help you. Any further
Samba/Linux discussion should be done in the appropriate newsgroups.
 
[global]
   workgroup = AVALON
   printing = cups
   printcap name = cups
   printcap cache time = 750
   cups options = raw
   printer admin = @ntadmin, root, administrator
   username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
        
   map to guest = Bad User
   logon path = \\%L\profiles\.msprofile
   logon drive = P:
   logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile
   security = user
   encrypt passwords = yes
   passdb backend = smbpasswd
   server string = Samba Server
   netbios name = taliesin
   add machine script =
   domain logons = no
   local master = no
   preferred master = auto
   ldap suffix = dc=example,dc=com
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   valid users = %S
   browseable = no
   read only = No
   inherit permissions = Yes
   guest ok = no
   printable = no
[profiles]
   comment = Network Profiles Service
   path = %H
   read only = No
   store dos attributes = Yes
   create mask = 0600
   directory mask = 0700
   browseable = yes
   guest ok = no
   printable = no
[users]
   comment = All users
   path = /home
   read only = No
   inherit permissions = Yes
   veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/
   browseable = yes
   guest ok = no
   printable = no
[groups]
   comment = All groups
   path = /home/groups
   read only = No
   inherit permissions = Yes
   browseable = yes
   guest ok = no
   printable = no
[pdf]
   comment = PDF creator
   path = /var/tmp
   printable = yes
   print command = /usr/bin/smbprngenpdf -J '%J' -c %c -s %s -u '%u' -z
%z
   create mask = 0600
   browseable = yes
   guest ok = no
[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/tmp
   printable = yes
   create mask = 0600
   browseable = no
   guest ok = no
[print$]
   comment = Printer Drivers
   path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
   write list = @ntadmin root
   force group = ntadmin
   create mask = 0664
   directory mask = 0775
   browseable = yes
   guest ok = no
   printable = no

Good luck,

Malke 

-- 
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
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