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| author | John Terpstra <jht@samba.org> | 1997-10-14 13:12:01 +0000 |
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| committer | John Terpstra <jht@samba.org> | 1997-10-14 13:12:01 +0000 |
| commit | eadada905c8e46cb2e58c84c36bd2d98c1ea48cc (patch) | |
| tree | e86ec2abc3ec6888f94ac85e39660ddfe4769e8b /docs | |
| parent | 657fc8882eb149cdae6823353728024c921fa608 (diff) | |
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docs/DIAGNOSIS.txt:
Added comment right up front about "your server is being unfriendly"
type error messages.
source/Makefile:
Added compile options for RedHat Linux 5.0 series.
(This used to be commit 1f9eb492023de95f8f7cabc2c4cafcf2170d43a8)
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt b/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt index 11eb91b2ff..18259ecc94 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Contributor: Andrew Tridgell -Updated: June 27, 1997 +Updated: October 14, 1997 Subject: DIAGNOSING YOUR SAMBA SERVER =========================================================================== @@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ smb.conf. I will assume this share is called "tmp". You can add a THESE TESTS ASSUME VERSION 1.9.16 OR LATER OF THE SAMBA SUITE. SOME COMMANDS SHOWN DID NOT EXIST IN EARLIER VERSIONS +Please pay attention to the error messages you receive. If any error message +reports that your server is being unfriendly you should first check that you +IP name resolution is correctly set up. eg: Make sure your /etc/resolv.conf +file points to name servers that really do exist. + +Also, if you do not have DNS server access for name resolution please check +that the settings for your smb.conf file results in "dns proxy = no". The +best way to check this is with "testparm smb.conf" + TEST 1: ------- @@ -53,7 +62,7 @@ In the directory in which you store your smb.conf file, run the command configuration file is faulty. Note: Your smb.conf file may be located in: /etc - or in: /usr/local/samba/lib + Or in: /usr/local/samba/lib TEST 2: @@ -254,7 +263,10 @@ Still having troubles? ---------------------- Try the mailing list or newsgroup, or use the tcpdump-smb utility to -sniff the problem. +sniff the problem. The official samba mailing list can be reached at +samba@samba.anu.edu.au. To find out more about samba and how to +subscribe to the mailing list check out the samba web page at + http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba Also look at the other docs in the Samba package! |