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diff --git a/docs-xml/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Other-Clients.xml b/docs-xml/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Other-Clients.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 94c3fcc81a..0000000000 --- a/docs-xml/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Other-Clients.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,351 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> -<chapter id="Other-Clients"> -<chapterinfo> - &author.jelmer; - &author.jht; - &author.danshearer; - <author>&person.jmcd;<contrib>OS/2</contrib></author> - <pubdate>5 Mar 2001</pubdate> -</chapterinfo> - -<title>Samba and Other CIFS Clients</title> - -<para>This chapter contains client-specific information.</para> - -<sect1> -<title>Macintosh Clients</title> - -<para> -<indexterm><primary>DAVE</primary></indexterm> -Yes. <ulink url="http://www.thursby.com/">Thursby</ulink> has a CIFS client/server called <ulink -url="http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html">DAVE</ulink>. They test it against Windows 95, Windows -NT/200x/XP, and Samba for compatibility issues. At the time of this writing, DAVE was at version 5.1. Please -refer to Thursby's Web site for more information regarding this product. -</para> - -<para> -<indexterm><primary>Netatalk</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>CAP</primary></indexterm> -Alternatives include two free implementations of AppleTalk for several kinds of UNIX machines and several more -commercial ones. 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 implementations are <ulink -url="http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/">Netatalk</ulink> and <ulink -url="http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/atalk.html">CAP</ulink>. 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 -<ulink noescape="1" url="http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html">http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html.</ulink> -</para> - -<para>Newer versions of the Macintosh (Mac OS X) include Samba.</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>OS2 Client</title> - - <sect2> - <title>Configuring OS/2 Warp Connect or OS/2 Warp 4</title> - - <para>Basically, you need three components:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>The File and Print Client (IBM peer)</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>TCP/IP (Internet support) </para></listitem> - <listitem><para>The <quote>NetBIOS over TCP/IP</quote> driver (TCPBEUI)</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para>Installing the first two together with the base operating - system on a blank system is explained in the Warp manual. If Warp - has already been installed, but you now want to install the - networking support, use the <quote>Selective Install for Networking</quote> - object in the <quote>System Setup</quote> folder.</para> - - <para>Adding the <quote>NetBIOS over TCP/IP</quote> driver is not described - in the manual and just barely in the online documentation. Start - <command>MPTS.EXE</command>, click on <guiicon>OK</guiicon>, click on <guimenu>Configure LAPS</guimenu>, and click - on <guimenu>IBM OS/2 NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP</guimenu> in <guilabel>Protocols</guilabel>. This line - is then moved to <guilabel>Current Configuration</guilabel>. Select that line, - click on <guimenuitem>Change number</guimenuitem>, and increase it from 0 to 1. Save this - configuration.</para> - - <para>If the Samba server is not on your local subnet, you - can optionally add IP names and addresses of these servers - to the <guimenu>Names List</guimenu> or specify a WINS server (NetBIOS - Nameserver in IBM and RFC terminology). For Warp Connect, you - may need to download an update for <constant>IBM Peer</constant> to bring it on - the same level as Warp 4. See the IBM OS/2 Warp Web page</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>Configuring Other Versions of OS/2</title> - - <para>This sections deals with configuring OS/2 Warp 3 (not Connect), OS/2 1.2, 1.3 or 2.x.</para> - - <para>You can use the free Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2c Client for OS/2 that is - available from - <ulink noescape="1" url="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN.OS2/"> - ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN.OS2/</ulink>. In a nutshell, edit - the file <filename>\OS2VER</filename> in the root directory of the OS/2 boot partition and add the lines:</para> - - <para><programlisting> - 20=setup.exe - 20=netwksta.sys - 20=netvdd.sys - </programlisting></para> - - <para>before you install the client. Also, do not use the included NE2000 driver because it is buggy. - Try the NE2000 or NS2000 driver from <ulink noescape="1" url="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/"> - ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/</ulink> instead. - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>Printer Driver Download for OS/2 Clients</title> - - <para>Create a share called <smbconfsection name="[PRINTDRV]"/> that is - world-readable. Copy your OS/2 driver files there. The <filename>.EA_</filename> - files must still be separate, so you will need to use the original install files - and not copy an installed driver from an OS/2 system.</para> - - <para>Install the NT driver first for that printer. Then, add to your &smb.conf; a parameter, - <smbconfoption name="os2 driver map"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></smbconfoption>. - Next, in the file specified by <replaceable>filename</replaceable>, map the - name of the NT driver name to the OS/2 driver name as follows:</para> - - <para><parameter><replaceable>nt driver name</replaceable> = <replaceable>os2 driver name</replaceable>.<replaceable>device name</replaceable></parameter>, e.g.,</para> - - <para><parameter> - HP LaserJet 5L = LASERJET.HP LaserJet 5L</parameter></para> - - <para>You can have multiple drivers mapped in this file.</para> - - <para>If you only specify the OS/2 driver name, and not the - device name, the first attempt to download the driver will - actually download the files, but the OS/2 client will tell - you the driver is not available. On the second attempt, it - will work. This is fixed simply by adding the device name - to the mapping, after which it will work on the first attempt. - </para> - </sect2> -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Windows for Workgroups</title> - -<sect2> -<title>Latest TCP/IP Stack from Microsoft</title> - -<para>Use the latest TCP/IP stack from Microsoft if you use Windows -for Workgroups. The early TCP/IP stacks had lots of bugs.</para> - -<para> -Microsoft has released an incremental upgrade to its TCP/IP 32-bit VxD drivers. The latest release can be -found at ftp.microsoft.com, located in <filename>/Softlib/MSLFILES/TCP32B.EXE</filename>. There is an -update.txt file there that describes the problems that were fixed. New files include -<filename>WINSOCK.DLL</filename>, <filename>TELNET.EXE</filename>, <filename>WSOCK.386</filename>, -<filename>VNBT.386</filename>, <filename>WSTCP.386</filename>, <filename>TRACERT.EXE</filename>, -<filename>NETSTAT.EXE</filename>, and <filename>NBTSTAT.EXE</filename>. -</para> - -<para> -More information about this patch is available in <ulink -url="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q99891/">Knowledge Base article 99891</ulink>. -</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Delete .pwl Files After Password Change</title> - -<para> -Windows for Workgroups does a lousy job with passwords. When you change passwords on either -the UNIX box or the PC, the safest thing to do is delete the .pwl files in the Windows -directory. The PC will complain about not finding the files, but will soon get over it, -allowing you to enter the new password. -</para> - -<para> -If you do not do this, you may find that Windows for Workgroups remembers and uses the old -password, even if you told it a new one. -</para> - -<para> -Often Windows for Workgroups will totally ignore a password you give it in a dialog box. -</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Configuring Windows for Workgroups Password Handling</title> - -<para> -<indexterm><primary>admincfg.exe</primary></indexterm> -There is a program call <filename>admincfg.exe</filename> on the last disk (disk 8) of the WFW 3.11 disk set. -To install it, type <userinput>EXPAND A:\ADMINCFG.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\ADMINCFG.EXE</userinput>. Then add an icon -for it via the <application>Program Manager</application> <guimenu>New</guimenu> menu. This program allows -you to control how WFW handles passwords, Disable Password Caching and so on, for use with <smbconfoption -name="security">user</smbconfoption>. -</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Password Case Sensitivity</title> - -<para>Windows for Workgroups uppercases the password before sending it to the server. -UNIX passwords can be case-sensitive though. Check the &smb.conf; information on -<smbconfoption name="password level"/> to specify what characters -Samba should try to uppercase when checking.</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Use TCP/IP as Default Protocol</title> - -<para>To support print queue reporting, you may find -that you have to use TCP/IP as the default protocol under -Windows for Workgroups. For some reason, if you leave NetBEUI as the default, -it may break the print queue reporting on some systems. -It is presumably a Windows for Workgroups bug.</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="speedimpr"> -<title>Speed Improvement</title> - -<para> -Note that some people have found that setting <parameter>DefaultRcvWindow</parameter> in -the <smbconfsection name="[MSTCP]"/> section of the -<filename>SYSTEM.INI</filename> file under Windows for Workgroups to 3072 gives a -big improvement. -</para> - -<para> -My own experience with DefaultRcvWindow is that I get a much better -performance with a large value (16384 or larger). Other people have -reported that anything over 3072 slows things down enormously. One -person even reported a speed drop of a factor of 30 when he went from -3072 to 8192. -</para> -</sect2> -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Windows 95/98</title> - -<para> -When using Windows 95 OEM SR2, the following updates are recommended where Samba -is being used. Please note that the changes documented in -<link linkend="speedimpr">Speed Improvement</link> will affect you once these -updates have been installed. -</para> - -<para> -There are more updates than the ones mentioned here. Refer to the -Microsoft Web site for all currently available updates to your specific version -of Windows 95. -</para> - -<simplelist> -<member>Kernel Update: KRNLUPD.EXE</member> -<member>Ping Fix: PINGUPD.EXE</member> -<member>RPC Update: RPCRTUPD.EXE</member> -<member>TCP/IP Update: VIPUPD.EXE</member> -<member>Redirector Update: VRDRUPD.EXE</member> -</simplelist> - -<para> -Also, if using <application>MS Outlook,</application> it is desirable to -install the <command>OLEUPD.EXE</command> fix. This -fix may stop your machine from hanging for an extended period when exiting -Outlook, and you may notice a significant speedup when accessing network -neighborhood services. -</para> - -<sect2> -<title>Speed Improvement</title> - -<para> -Configure the Windows 95 TCP/IP registry settings to give better -performance. I use a program called <command>MTUSPEED.exe</command> that I got off the -Internet. There are various other utilities of this type freely available. -</para> - -</sect2> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Windows 2000 Service Pack 2</title> - -<para> -There are several annoyances with Windows 2000 SP2, one of which -only appears when using a Samba server to host user profiles -to Windows 2000 SP2 clients in a Windows domain. This assumes -that Samba is a member of the domain, but the problem will -most likely occur if it is not. -</para> - -<para> -In order to serve profiles successfully to Windows 2000 SP2 -clients (when not operating as a PDC), Samba must have -<smbconfoption name="nt acl support">no</smbconfoption> -added to the file share that houses the roaming profiles. -If this is not done, then the Windows 2000 SP2 client will -complain about not being able to access the profile (Access -Denied) and create multiple copies of it on disk (DOMAIN.user.001, -DOMAIN.user.002, and so on). See the &smb.conf; man page -for more details on this option. Also note that the -<smbconfoption name="nt acl support"/> parameter was formally a global parameter in -releases prior to Samba 2.2.2. -</para> - -<para> -<link linkend="minimalprofile">Following example</link> provides a minimal profile share. -</para> - -<example id="minimalprofile"> -<title>Minimal Profile Share</title> -<smbconfblock> -<smbconfsection name="[profile]"/> -<smbconfoption name="path">/export/profile</smbconfoption> -<smbconfoption name="create mask">0600</smbconfoption> -<smbconfoption name="directory mask">0700</smbconfoption> -<smbconfoption name="nt acl support">no</smbconfoption> -<smbconfoption name="read only">no</smbconfoption> -</smbconfblock> -</example> - -<para> -The reason for this bug is that the Windows 200x SP2 client copies -the security descriptor for the profile that contains -the Samba server's SID, and not the domain SID. The client -compares the SID for SAMBA\user and realizes it is -different from the one assigned to DOMAIN\user; hence, -<errorname>access denied</errorname> message. -</para> - -<para> -When the <smbconfoption name="nt acl support"/> parameter is disabled, Samba will send -the Windows 200x client a response to the QuerySecurityDescriptor trans2 call, which causes the client -to set a default ACL for the profile. This default ACL includes: -</para> - -<para><emphasis>DOMAIN\user <quote>Full Control</quote></emphasis>></para> - -<note><para>This bug does not occur when using Winbind to -create accounts on the Samba host for Domain users.</para></note> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Windows NT 3.1</title> - -<para>If you have problems communicating across routers with Windows -NT 3.1 workstations, read <ulink url="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;Q103765">this Microsoft Knowledge Base article:</ulink>. - -</para> - -</sect1> - -</chapter> |