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diff --git a/docs/OS2.txt b/docs/OS2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7d678a4bfb --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/OS2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +This describes how to use smbclient to connect to an OS/2 server. +Knowing this allows you to use a OS/2 printer from unix. + +Author: riiber@oslonett.no + + +How to login to an OS/2 server +------------------------------- + +Sample setup for OS/2 server running LanMan 2.2: + + OS/2 Server Name : \\OBV11 + OS/2 User Account : ARNE + OS/2 Password : xxx + OS/2 shared service 1 : LASER02 + OS/2 Shared service 2 : PCPROGS + Samba NetBIOS name : KLATREMUS + +First, the two servers were started with the commands +smbd and nmbd -n KLATREMUS. + +Command to connect to a the shared printer LASER02 on the OS/2 server: +n + smbclient '\\OBV11\LASER02' xxx -n ARNE -U ARNE -P + +and to connect to the shared drive 'PCPROGS': + + smbclient '\\OBV11\PCPROGS' xxx -n ARNE -U ARNE + + +If login to the OS/2 server fails: +---------------------------------- + +The remarkable OS/2 server requires NetBIOS name to be equal to User name. +This was the only combination of (NetBIOS name, User name) that allowed login. + +Password xxx must be in upper case, case in user name is unimportant. + +The OS/2 server responds with "Bad password - name/password pair" +if the password is illegal (in lowercase, for example). + +If correct user name and password, but invalid NetBIOS name is given, +it responds with "... SMBtcon failed. ERRDOS - 65". + +The OS/2 server can disable login from a list of workstations (PCs) +corresponding to the NetBIOS name (-n option). I set it up to +allow login from any workstation. + + + +(I experimented quite a lot with the -U and -n options, printed and browsed +the MS SMB protocol docs and the RFC's, then read some comp.protocols.smb, +got some tips, tried some "stupid" command line options, +and at last I got it working!) + +-Arne- + |