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-<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba problems</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="SAMBA Project Documentation"><link rel="up" href="troubleshooting.html" title="Part V. Troubleshooting"><link rel="previous" href="diagnosis.html" title="Chapter 33. The Samba checklist"><link rel="next" href="bugreport.html" title="Chapter 35. Reporting Bugs"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba problems</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="diagnosis.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part V. Troubleshooting</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bugreport.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="problems"></a>Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba problems</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Gerald</span> <span class="othername">(Jerry)</span> <span class="surname">Carter</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jelmer</span> <span class="othername">R.</span> <span class="surname">Vernooij</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">David</span> <span class="surname">Bannon</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:dbannon@samba.org">dbannon@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">8 Apr 2003</p></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="problems.html#id3010907">Diagnostics tools</a></dt><dt><a href="problems.html#id3011048">Installing 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation or a Windows 9x box</a></dt><dt><a href="problems.html#id3011333">Useful URLs</a></dt><dt><a href="problems.html#id3011378">Getting help from the mailing lists</a></dt><dt><a href="problems.html#id3011530">How to get off the mailing lists</a></dt></dl></div><p>
+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba problems</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="samba-doc.html" title="SAMBA Project Documentation"><link rel="up" href="troubleshooting.html" title="Part V. Troubleshooting"><link rel="previous" href="diagnosis.html" title="Chapter 33. The Samba checklist"><link rel="next" href="bugreport.html" title="Chapter 35. Reporting Bugs"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba problems</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="diagnosis.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part V. Troubleshooting</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bugreport.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="problems"></a>Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba problems</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Gerald</span> <span class="othername">(Jerry)</span> <span class="surname">Carter</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:jerry@samba.org">jerry@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jelmer</span> <span class="othername">R.</span> <span class="surname">Vernooij</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">David</span> <span class="surname">Bannon</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:dbannon@samba.org">dbannon@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">8 Apr 2003</p></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="problems.html#id2959747">Diagnostics tools</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="problems.html#id2959768">Debugging with Samba itself</a></dt><dt><a href="problems.html#id2959894">Tcpdump</a></dt><dt><a href="problems.html#id2959915">Ethereal</a></dt><dt><a href="problems.html#id2959968">The Windows Network Monitor</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="problems.html#id2960285">Useful URLs</a></dt><dt><a href="problems.html#id2960326">Getting help from the mailing lists</a></dt><dt><a href="problems.html#id2960484">How to get off the mailing lists</a></dt></dl></div><p>
There are many sources of information available in the form
of mailing lists, RFC's and documentation. The docs that come
with the samba distribution contain very good explanations of
-general SMB topics such as browsing.</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3010907"></a>Diagnostics tools</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+general SMB topics such as browsing.</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2959747"></a>Diagnostics tools</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>With SMB networking, it is often not immediately clear what
+the cause is of a certain problem. Samba itself provides rather
+useful information, but in some cases you might have to fall back
+to using a <span class="emphasis"><em>sniffer</em></span>. A sniffer is a program that
+listens on your LAN, analyses the data sent on it and displays it
+on the screen.</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2959768"></a>Debugging with Samba itself</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
One of the best diagnostic tools for debugging problems is Samba itself.
You can use the <tt class="option">-d option</tt> for both <span class="application">smbd</span> and <span class="application">nmbd</span> to specify what
-<i class="parameter"><tt>debug level</tt></i> at which to run. See the man pages on smbd, nmbd and
+<a class="indexterm" name="id2959799"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>debug level</tt></i> at which to run. See the man pages on smbd, nmbd and
smb.conf for more information on debugging options. The debug
level can range from 1 (the default) to 10 (100 for debugging passwords).
</p><p>
@@ -24,14 +29,19 @@ typing in your password, you can attach gdb and continue.
</p><p>
Some useful samba commands worth investigating:
</p><pre class="screen">
- <tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>testparm | more</tt></b>
- <tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>smbclient -L //{netbios name of server}</tt></b>
-</pre><p>
-An SMB enabled version of tcpdump is available from
-<a href="http://www.tcpdump.org/" target="_top">http://www.tcpdup.org/</a>.
-Ethereal, another good packet sniffer for Unix and Win32
-hosts, can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/" target="_top">http://www.ethereal.com</a>.
-</p><p>
+<tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>testparm | more</tt></b>
+<tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>smbclient -L //{netbios name of server}</tt></b>
+</pre></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2959894"></a>Tcpdump</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p><a href="http://www.tcpdump.org/" target="_top">Tcpdump</a> was the first
+unix sniffer with SMB support. It is a command-line utility and
+nowadays, it's SMB support is somewhat less then that of ethereal
+and tethereal.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2959915"></a>Ethereal</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+<a href="http://www.ethereal.com/" target="_top">Ethereal</a> is a graphical
+sniffer, available for both unix (Gtk) and Windows. Ethereal's
+SMB support is very good.</p><p>For details on the use of ethereal, read the well-written
+ethereal User Guide.</p><p>
+Listen for data on ports 137, 138, 139 and 445. E.g.
+use the filter <b class="userinput"><tt>port 137 or port 138 or port 139 or port 445</tt></b>.</p><p>A console version of ethereal is available as well and is called
+<b class="command">tethereal</b>.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2959968"></a>The Windows Network Monitor</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
For tracing things on the Microsoft Windows NT, Network Monitor
(aka. netmon) is available on the Microsoft Developer Network CD's,
the Windows NT Server install CD and the SMS CD's. The version of
@@ -41,7 +51,7 @@ The version on the NT Server install CD will only allow monitoring
of network traffic directed to the local NT box and broadcasts on the
local subnet. Be aware that Ethereal can read and write netmon
formatted files.
-</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3011048"></a>Installing 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation or a Windows 9x box</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2959989"></a>Installing 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p>
Installing netmon on an NT workstation requires a couple
of steps. The following are for installing Netmon V4.00.349, which comes
with Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, on Microsoft Windows NT
@@ -74,17 +84,17 @@ Now copy the files from the NT Server in <tt class="filename">%SYSTEMROOT%\Syste
to <tt class="filename">%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\netmon\*.*</tt> on the Workstation and set
permissions as you deem appropriate for your site. You will need
administrative rights on the NT box to run netmon.
-</p><p>
+</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2960258"></a>Installing 'Network Monitor' on an 9x Workstation</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p>
To install Netmon on a Windows 9x box install the network monitor agent
from the Windows 9x CD (<tt class="filename">\admin\nettools\netmon</tt>). There is a readme
file located with the netmon driver files on the CD if you need
information on how to do this. Copy the files from a working
Netmon installation.
-</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3011333"></a>Useful URLs</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>See how Scott Merrill simulates a BDC behavior at
+</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2960285"></a>Useful URLs</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>See how Scott Merrill simulates a BDC behavior at
<a href="http://www.skippy.net/linux/smb-howto.html" target="_top">
http://www.skippy.net/linux/smb-howto.html</a>. </p></li><li><p>FTP site for older SMB specs:
<a href="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/" target="_top">
- ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/</a></p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3011378"></a>Getting help from the mailing lists</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+ ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/</a></p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2960326"></a>Getting help from the mailing lists</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
There are a number of Samba related mailing lists. Go to <a href="http://samba.org" target="_top">http://samba.org</a>, click on your nearest mirror
and then click on <b class="command">Support</b> and then click on <b class="command">
Samba related mailing lists</b>.
@@ -94,10 +104,10 @@ For questions relating to Samba TNG go to
It has been requested that you don't post questions about Samba-TNG to the
main stream Samba lists.</p><p>
If you post a message to one of the lists please observe the following guide lines :
-</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> Always remember that the developers are volunteers, they are
+</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Always remember that the developers are volunteers, they are
not paid and they never guarantee to produce a particular feature at
a particular time. Any time lines are 'best guess' and nothing more.
-</p></li><li><p> Always mention what version of samba you are using and what
+</p></li><li><p>Always mention what version of samba you are using and what
operating system its running under. You should probably list the
relevant sections of your <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file, at least the options
in [global] that affect PDC support.</p></li><li><p>In addition to the version, if you obtained Samba via
@@ -118,12 +128,11 @@ error messages.</p></li><li><p>(Possibly) If you have a complete netmon trace (
the pipe to the error ) you can send the *.CAP file as well.</p></li><li><p>Please think carefully before attaching a document to an email.
Consider pasting the relevant parts into the body of the message. The samba
mailing lists go to a huge number of people, do they all need a copy of your
-smb.conf in their attach directory?</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3011530"></a>How to get off the mailing lists</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>To have your name removed from a samba mailing list, go to the
+smb.conf in their attach directory?</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2960484"></a>How to get off the mailing lists</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>To have your name removed from a samba mailing list, go to the
same place you went to to get on it. Go to <a href="http://lists.samba.org/" target="_top">http://lists.samba.org</a>,
click on your nearest mirror and then click on <b class="command">Support</b> and
-then click on <b class="command"> Samba related mailing lists</b>. Or perhaps see
-<a href="http://lists.samba.org/mailman/roster/samba-ntdom" target="_top">here</a>
+then click on <b class="command"> Samba related mailing lists</b>.
</p><p>
Please don't post messages to the list asking to be removed, you will just
be referred to the above address (unless that process failed in some way...)
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