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diff --git a/docs/faq/sambafaq.txt b/docs/faq/sambafaq.txt index 744ca99d4c..8014efdc3c 100644 --- a/docs/faq/sambafaq.txt +++ b/docs/faq/sambafaq.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Samba FAQ - Paul Blackman, iiccttiinnuuss@@llaakkee..ccaannbbeerrrraa..eedduu..aauu + Paul Blackman, ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au , v 0.7 This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for Samba, the @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ others. Current to version 1.9.17. Please send any corrections to the author. - 11.. GGeenneerraall IInnffoorrmmaattiioonn + 1. General Information @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ details - 11..11.. WWhhaatt iiss SSaammbbaa?? + 1.1. What is Samba? @@ -71,18 +71,18 @@ and this FAQ were originally written by Karl Auer. - 11..22.. WWhhaatt iiss tthhee ccuurrrreenntt vveerrssiioonn ooff SSaammbbaa?? + 1.2. What is the current version of Samba? At time of writing, the current version was 1.9.16. If you want to be sure check the bottom of the change-log file. - <ffttpp::////ssaammbbaa..aannuu..eedduu..aauu//ppuubb//ssaammbbaa//aallpphhaa//cchhaannggee--lloogg> + <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/alpha/change-log> For more information see ``What do the version numbers mean?'' - 11..33.. WWhheerree ccaann II ggeett iitt?? + 1.3. Where can I get it? @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ do contain Samba binaries for that platform. - 11..44.. WWhhaatt ddoo tthhee vveerrssiioonn nnuummbbeerrss mmeeaann?? + 1.4. What do the version numbers mean? @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ sion. - 11..55.. WWhhaatt ppllaattffoorrmmss aarree ssuuppppoorrtteedd?? + 1.5. What platforms are supported? @@ -231,14 +231,14 @@ · Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3 (BSD4.3) - 11..66.. HHooww ccaann II ffiinndd oouutt mmoorree aabboouutt SSaammbbaa?? + 1.6. How can I find out more about Samba? There are two mailing lists devoted to discussion of Samba-related matters. There is also the newsgroup, comp.protocols.smb, which has a great deal of discussion on Samba. There is also a WWW site 'SAMBA Web - Pages' at <hhttttpp::////ssaammbbaa..ccaannbbeerrrraa..eedduu..aauu//ppuubb//ssaammbbaa//ssaammbbaa..hhttmmll>, under + Pages' at <http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/samba.html>, under which there is a comprehensive survey of Samba users. Another useful resource is the hypertext archive of the Samba mailing list. @@ -274,22 +274,22 @@ - The FFrroomm:: line in your message _M_U_S_T be the same address you used when + The From: line in your message ____ be the same address you used when you subscribed. - 11..77.. SSoommeetthhiinngg''ss ggoonnee wwrroonngg -- wwhhaatt sshhoouulldd II ddoo?? + 1.7. Something's gone wrong - what should I do? - ## ****** IIMMPPOORRTTAANNTT!! ****** ## + # *** IMPORTANT! *** # DO NOT post messages on mailing lists or in newsgroups until you have carried out the first three steps given here! Firstly, see if there are any likely looking entries in this FAQ! If you have just installed Samba, have you run through the checklist in - DIAGNOSIS.txt <ffttpp::////ssaammbbaa..aannuu..eedduu..aauu//ppuubb//ssaammbbaa//DDIIAAGGNNOOSSIISS..ttxxtt>? It can + DIAGNOSIS.txt <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/DIAGNOSIS.txt>? It can save you a lot of time and effort. Secondly, read the man pages for smbd, nmbd and smb.conf, looking for @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ other individual and not the samba team mailing list. - 11..88.. PPiizzzzaa ssuuppppllyy ddeettaaiillss + 1.8. Pizza supply details @@ -348,15 +348,15 @@ hungry sniffer dogs but it will have been a noble gesture. - 22.. CCoommppiilliinngg aanndd iinnssttaalllliinngg SSaammbbaa oonn aa UUnniixx hhoosstt + 2. Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host - 22..11.. II ccaann''tt sseeee tthhee SSaammbbaa sseerrvveerr iinn aannyy bbrroowwssee lliissttss!! + 2.1. I can't see the Samba server in any browse lists! - See BROWSING.txt <ffttpp::////ssaammbbaa..aannuu..eedduu..aauu//ppuubb//ssaammbbaa//BBRROOWWSSIINNGG..ttxxtt> for + See BROWSING.txt <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/BROWSING.txt> for more information on browsing. Browsing.txt can also be found in the docs directory of the Samba source. @@ -371,14 +371,14 @@ client to client - check your client's documentation. - 22..22.. SSoommee ffiilleess tthhaatt II KKNNOOWW aarree oonn tthhee sseerrvveerr ddooeessnn''tt sshhooww uupp wwhheenn II - vviieeww tthhee ffiilleess ffrroomm mmyy cclliieenntt!! + 2.2. Some files that I KNOW are on the server doesn't show up when I + view the files from my client! - 22..33.. SSoommee ffiilleess oonn tthhee sseerrvveerr sshhooww uupp wwiitthh rreeaallllyy wwiieerrdd ffiilleennaammeess - wwhheenn II vviieeww tthhee ffiilleess ffrroomm mmyy cclliieenntt!! + 2.3. Some files on the server show up with really wierd filenames + when I view the files from my client! @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ "mangled names = yes". - 22..44.. MMyy cclliieenntt rreeppoorrttss ""ccaannnnoott llooccaattee ssppeecciiffiieedd ccoommppuutteerr"" oorr ssiimmiillaarr + 2.4. My client reports "cannot locate specified computer" or similar @@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ tests :-) - 22..55.. MMyy cclliieenntt rreeppoorrttss ""ccaannnnoott llooccaattee ssppeecciiffiieedd sshhaarree nnaammee"" oorr ssiimmii - llaarr + 2.5. My client reports "cannot locate specified share name" or simi + lar @@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ · Some clients force service names into upper case. - 22..66.. oonn ttoo tthhee nneettwwoorrkk"" oorr ssiimmiillaarr MMyy cclliieenntt rreeppoorrttss ""ccaannnnoott ffiinndd - ddoommaaiinn ccoonnttrroolllleerr"",, ""ccaannnnoott lloogg + 2.6. on to the network" or similar My client reports "cannot find + domain controller", "cannot log @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ setting the domain to STANDALONE at least gets rid of the message. - 22..77.. PPrriinnttiinngg ddooeessnn''tt wwoorrkk ::--(( + 2.7. Printing doesn't work :-( @@ -504,8 +504,8 @@ mechanism. - 22..88.. MMyy pprrooggrraammss iinnssttaallll oonn tthhee sseerrvveerr OOKK,, bbuutt rreeffuussee ttoo wwoorrkk pprroopp - eerrllyy + 2.8. My programs install on the server OK, but refuse to work prop + erly There are numerous possible reasons for this, but one MAJOR @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ Tridgell know via email at samba-bugs@anu.edu.au. - 22..99.. MMyy ""sseerrvveerr ssttrriinngg"" ddooeessnn''tt sseeeemm ttoo bbee rreeccooggnniisseedd + 2.9. My "server string" doesn't seem to be recognised my client reports the default setting, eg. "Samba 1.9.15p4", instead @@ -532,8 +532,8 @@ "server string" field of smb.conf, -C for nmbd is now obsolete. - 22..1100.. rreessoouurrcceess"" MMyy cclliieenntt rreeppoorrttss ""TThhiiss sseerrvveerr iiss nnoott ccoonnffiigguurreedd ttoo - lliisstt sshhaarreedd + 2.10. resources" My client reports "This server is not configured to + list shared @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ See also 'guest account' in smb.conf man page. - 22..1111.. LLoogg mmeessssaaggee ""yyoouu aappppeeaarr ttoo hhaavvee aa ttrraappddoooorr uuiidd ssyysstteemm"" + 2.11. Log message "you appear to have a trapdoor uid system" This can have several causes. It might be because you are using a uid @@ -579,17 +579,17 @@ as uid 65535 will actually run as root. This is not good! - 33.. CCoommmmoonn cclliieenntt qquueessttiioonnss + 3. Common client questions - 33..11.. AArree aannyy MMaacciinnttoosshh cclliieennttss ffoorr SSaammbbaa + 3.1. Are any Macintosh clients for Samba lkcl - update 09mar97 - the answer is "Yes!". Thursby now have a CIFS - Client / Server - see <hhttttpp::////wwwwww..tthhuurrssbbyy..ccoomm//>. They test it + Client / Server - see <http://www.thursby.com/>. They test it against Windows 95, Windows NT and samba for compatibility issues. At present, DAVE is at version 1.0.0. DAVE version 1.0.1 is in beta, and will be released in April 97 (the speed of finder copies has been @@ -600,14 +600,14 @@ These products allow you to run file services and print services natively to Macintosh users, with no additional support required on the Macintosh. The two free omplementations are Netatalk, - <hhttttpp::////wwwwww..uummiicchh..eedduu//~~rrssuugg//nneettaattaallkk//>, and CAP, - <hhttttpp::////wwwwww..ccss..mmuu..oozz..aauu//aapppplleettaallkk//aattaallkk..hhttmmll>. What Samba offers MS + <http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/>, and CAP, + <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/atalk.html>. What Samba offers MS Windows users, these packages offer to Macs. For more info on these packages, Samba, and Linux (and other UNIX-based systems) see - <hhttttpp::////wwwwww..eeaattss..ccoomm//lliinnuuxx__mmaacc__wwiinn..hhttmmll> + <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html> - 33..22.. SSeessssiioonn rreeqquueesstt ffaaiilleedd ((113311,,113300))"" eerrrroorr + 3.2. Session request failed (131,130)" error @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ you'd have to use smbclient -iSomeStr otherparms in connecting to it. - 33..33.. HHooww ddoo II ssyynncchhrroonniissee mmyy PPCC''ss cclloocckk wwiitthh mmyy SSaammbbaa sseerrvveerr?? + 3.3. How do I synchronise my PC's clock with my Samba server? To syncronize your PC's clock with your Samba server: @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ · Copy timesync.pif to your windows directory · timesync.pif can be found at: - <hhttttpp::////ssaammbbaa..ccaannbbeerrrraa..eedduu..aauu//ppuubb//ssaammbbaa//bbiinnaarriieess//mmiisscceellllaanneeoouuss//ttiimmeessyynncc..ppiiff> + <http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/binaries/miscellaneous/timesync.pif> · Add timesync.pif to your 'Start Up' group/folder @@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ Alternativley, if you clients support Domain Logons, you can setup Domain Logons with Samba - see: BROWSING.txt - <ffttpp::////ssaammbbaa..aannuu..eedduu..aauu//ppuubb//ssaammbbaa//ddooccss//BBRROOWWSSIINNGG..ttxxtt> *** for more + <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/docs/BROWSING.txt> *** for more information. Then add @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ as one of the lines in the logon script. - 33..44.. PPrroobblleemmss wwiitthh WWiinnDDDD,, NNTTrriigguuee,, WWiinnCCeenntteerrPPrroo eettcc + 3.4. Problems with WinDD, NTrigue, WinCenterPro etc All of the above programs are applications that sit on an NT box and @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ home directory. Use \serversername instead. - 33..55.. PPrroobblleemm wwiitthh pprriinntteerrss uunnddeerr NNTT + 3.5. Problem with printers under NT @@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ try it yet. - 33..66.. WWhhyy aarree mmyy ffiillee''ss ttiimmeessttaammppss ooffff bbyy aann hhoouurr,, oorr bbyy aa ffeeww hhoouurrss?? + 3.6. Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours? This is from Paul Eggert eggert@twinsun.com. @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ right, and are more accurate for historical timestamps. If your operating system has out-of-date tables, you should be able to update them from the public domain time zone tables at - <ffttpp::////eellssiiee..nnccii..nniihh..ggoovv//ppuubb//>. + <ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/>. b. If your system does not support geographical timezone settings, you must use a Posix-style TZ strings, e.g. @@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ Samba server to 1.9.16alpha10 or later. - 33..77.. HHooww ddoo II sseett tthhee pprriinntteerr ddrriivveerr nnaammee ccoorrrreeccttllyy?? + 3.7. How do I set the printer driver name correctly? Question: On NT, I opened "Printer Manager" and "Connect to Printer". @@ -875,13 +875,13 @@ string. - 44.. SSppeecciiffiicc cclliieenntt aapppplliiccaattiioonn pprroobblleemmss + 4. Specific client application problems - 44..11.. MMSS OOffffiiccee SSeettuupp rreeppoorrttss ""CCaannnnoott cchhaannggee pprrooppeerrttiieess ooff ""MMSSOOFF - FFIICCEEUUPP..IINNII"" + 4.1. MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of "MSOF + FICEUP.INI" @@ -898,7 +898,8 @@ to fix the owner. - 55.. MMiisscceellllaanneeoouuss + 5. Miscellaneous + |