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diff --git a/docs/docbook/faq/errors.sgml b/docs/docbook/faq/errors.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..53e4d01e20 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/faq/errors.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +<chapter id="errors"> + +<title>Common errors</title> + +<sect1> +<title>Not listening for calling name</title> + +<para> +<programlisting> +Session request failed (131,129) with myname=HOBBES destname=CALVIN +Not listening for calling name +</programlisting> +</para> + +<para> +If you get this when talking to a Samba box then it means that your +global "hosts allow" or "hosts deny" settings are causing the Samba +server to refuse the connection. +</para> + +<para> +Look carefully at your "hosts allow" and "hosts deny" lines in the +global section of smb.conf. +</para> + +<para> +It can also be a problem with reverse DNS lookups not functioning +correctly, leading to the remote host identity not being able to +be confirmed, but that is less likely. +</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>System Error 1240</title> + +<para> +System error 1240 means that the client is refusing to talk +to a non-encrypting server. Microsoft changed WinNT in service +pack 3 to refuse to connect to servers that do not support +SMB password encryption. +</para> + +<para>There are two main solutions: +<simplelist> +<member>enable SMB password encryption in Samba. See the encryption part of +the samba HOWTO Collection</member> + +<member>disable this new behaviour in NT. See the section about +Windows NT in the chapter "Portability" of the samba HOWTO collection +</member> +</simplelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>smbclient ignores -N !</title> + +<para> +<quote>When getting the list of shares available on a host using the command +<command>smbclient -N -L</command> +the program always prompts for the password if the server is a Samba server. +It also ignores the "-N" argument when querying some (but not all) of our +NT servers. +</quote> + +<para> +No, it does not ignore -N, it is just that your server rejected the +null password in the connection, so smbclient prompts for a password +to try again. +</para> + +<para> +To get the behaviour that you probably want use <command>smbclient -L host -U%</command> +</para> + +<para> +This will set both the username and password to null, which is +an anonymous login for SMB. Using -N would only set the password +to null, and this is not accepted as an anonymous login for most +SMB servers. +</para> + +</sect1> + +</chapter> diff --git a/docs/docbook/faq/sambafaq.sgml b/docs/docbook/faq/sambafaq.sgml index db918e349f..b6d8016fc4 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/faq/sambafaq.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/faq/sambafaq.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ <!ENTITY general SYSTEM "general.sgml"> <!ENTITY install SYSTEM "install.sgml"> +<!ENTITY errors SYSTEM "errors.sgml"> <!ENTITY clientapp SYSTEM "clientapp.sgml"> ]> @@ -20,11 +21,13 @@ allows file and printer connections from clients such as Windows, OS/2, Linux and others. Current to version 3.0. Please send any corrections to the samba documentation mailinglist at <ulink url="mailto:samba-doc@samba.org">samba-doc@samba.org</ulink>. -This FAQ is based on the old Samba FAQ by Dan Shearer and Paul Blackman. +This FAQ was based on the old Samba FAQ by Dan Shearer and Paul Blackman, +and the old samba text documents which were mostly written by John Terpstra. </para> </dedication> &general; &install; &clientapp; +&errors; </book> diff --git a/docs/faq/clientapp.html b/docs/faq/clientapp.html index 0081891331..fd120f90cd 100644 --- a/docs/faq/clientapp.html +++ b/docs/faq/clientapp.html @@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ TITLE="Samba FAQ" HREF="samba-faq.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host" -HREF="install.html"></HEAD +HREF="install.html"><LINK +REL="NEXT" +TITLE="Common errors" +HREF="errors.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="CHAPTER" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" @@ -52,7 +55,11 @@ VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" -> </TD +><A +HREF="errors.html" +ACCESSKEY="N" +>Next</A +></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR @@ -182,7 +189,11 @@ ACCESSKEY="H" WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" -> </TD +><A +HREF="errors.html" +ACCESSKEY="N" +>Next</A +></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD @@ -199,7 +210,7 @@ VALIGN="top" WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" -> </TD +>Common errors</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV diff --git a/docs/faq/errors.html b/docs/faq/errors.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..36aafdaa01 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/faq/errors.html @@ -0,0 +1,222 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<HTML +><HEAD +><TITLE +>Common errors</TITLE +><META +NAME="GENERATOR" +CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.77"><LINK +REL="HOME" +TITLE="Samba FAQ" +HREF="samba-faq.html"><LINK +REL="PREVIOUS" +TITLE="Specific client application problems" +HREF="clientapp.html"></HEAD +><BODY +CLASS="CHAPTER" +BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" +TEXT="#000000" +LINK="#0000FF" +VLINK="#840084" +ALINK="#0000FF" +><DIV +CLASS="NAVHEADER" +><TABLE +SUMMARY="Header navigation table" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TH +COLSPAN="3" +ALIGN="center" +>Samba FAQ</TH +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="clientapp.html" +ACCESSKEY="P" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="80%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="bottom" +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="bottom" +> </TD +></TR +></TABLE +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="CHAPTER" +><H1 +><A +NAME="ERRORS" +></A +>Chapter 4. Common errors</H1 +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN192" +></A +>4.1. Not listening for calling name</H1 +><P +><PRE +CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +>Session request failed (131,129) with myname=HOBBES destname=CALVIN +Not listening for calling name</PRE +></P +><P +>If you get this when talking to a Samba box then it means that your +global "hosts allow" or "hosts deny" settings are causing the Samba +server to refuse the connection. </P +><P +>Look carefully at your "hosts allow" and "hosts deny" lines in the +global section of smb.conf. </P +><P +>It can also be a problem with reverse DNS lookups not functioning +correctly, leading to the remote host identity not being able to +be confirmed, but that is less likely.</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN199" +></A +>4.2. System Error 1240</H1 +><P +>System error 1240 means that the client is refusing to talk +to a non-encrypting server. Microsoft changed WinNT in service +pack 3 to refuse to connect to servers that do not support +SMB password encryption.</P +><P +>There are two main solutions: +<P +></P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +><TBODY +><TR +><TD +>enable SMB password encryption in Samba. See the encryption part of +the samba HOWTO Collection</TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +>disable this new behaviour in NT. See the section about +Windows NT in the chapter "Portability" of the samba HOWTO collection</TD +></TR +></TBODY +></TABLE +><P +></P +> </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN206" +></A +>4.3. smbclient ignores -N !</H1 +><P +><SPAN +CLASS="QUOTE" +>"When getting the list of shares available on a host using the command +<B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbclient -N -L</B +> +the program always prompts for the password if the server is a Samba server. +It also ignores the "-N" argument when querying some (but not all) of our +NT servers."</SPAN +> </P +><P +>No, it does not ignore -N, it is just that your server rejected the +null password in the connection, so smbclient prompts for a password +to try again.</P +><P +>To get the behaviour that you probably want use <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbclient -L host -U%</B +></P +><P +>This will set both the username and password to null, which is +an anonymous login for SMB. Using -N would only set the password +to null, and this is not accepted as an anonymous login for most +SMB servers.</P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="NAVFOOTER" +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"><TABLE +SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="clientapp.html" +ACCESSKEY="P" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="samba-faq.html" +ACCESSKEY="H" +>Home</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +> </TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +>Specific client application problems</TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +> </TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +> </TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></BODY +></HTML +>
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/faq/samba-faq.html b/docs/faq/samba-faq.html index 14b62edcc1..8efb6989de 100644 --- a/docs/faq/samba-faq.html +++ b/docs/faq/samba-faq.html @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ HREF="mailto:samba-doc@samba.org" TARGET="_top" >samba-doc@samba.org</A >. -This FAQ is based on the old Samba FAQ by Dan Shearer and Paul Blackman.</P +This FAQ was based on the old Samba FAQ by Dan Shearer and Paul Blackman, +and the old samba text documents which were mostly written by John Terpstra.</P ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL @@ -172,6 +173,30 @@ HREF="clientapp.html#AEN175" ></DT ></DL ></DD +><DT +>4. <A +HREF="errors.html" +>Common errors</A +></DT +><DD +><DL +><DT +>4.1. <A +HREF="errors.html#AEN192" +>Not listening for calling name</A +></DT +><DT +>4.2. <A +HREF="errors.html#AEN199" +>System Error 1240</A +></DT +><DT +>4.3. <A +HREF="errors.html#AEN206" +>smbclient ignores -N !</A +></DT +></DL +></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV diff --git a/docs/textdocs/Recent-FAQs.txt b/docs/textdocs/Recent-FAQs.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d6f4d6b99f..0000000000 --- a/docs/textdocs/Recent-FAQs.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,63 +0,0 @@ -Contributor: Samba-bugs@samba.org -Date: October 2002 -Status: Current - -============================================================================= -Subject: Recent FAQ answers to common questions / problems -============================================================================= - -Not listening for calling name -============================== - -> Session request failed (131,129) with myname=HOBBES destname=CALVIN -> Not listening for calling name - -If you get this when talking to a Samba box then it means that your -global "hosts allow" or "hosts deny" settings are causing the Samba -server to refuse the connection. - -Look carefully at your "hosts allow" and "hosts deny" lines in the -global section of smb.conf. - -It can also be a problem with reverse DNS lookups not functioning -correctly, leading to the remote host identity not being able to -be confirmed, but that is less likely. -=============================================================================== - -System Error 1240 -================= -System error 1240 means that the client is refusing to talk -to a non-encrypting server. Microsoft changed WinNT in service -pack 3 to refuse to connect to servers that do not support -SMB password encryption. - -There are two main solutions: - -1) enable SMB password encryption in Samba. See ENCRYPTION.txt in the -Samba docs - -2) disable this new behaviour in NT. See WinNT.txt in the -Samba docs -=============================================================================== - -smbclient -N -============ -> When getting the list of shares available on a host using the command -> smbclient -N -L <server> -> the program always prompts for the password if the server is a Samba server. -> It also ignores the "-N" argument when querying some (but not all) of our -> NT servers. - -No, it does not ignore -N, it is just that your server rejected the -null password in the connection, so smbclient prompts for a password -to try again. - -To get the behaviour that you probably want use - smbclient -L host -U% - -this will set both the username and password to null, which is -an anonymous login for SMB. Using -N would only set the password -to null, and this is not accepted as an anonymous login for most -SMB servers. -=============================================================================== - |