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diff --git a/docs/docbook/faq/config.xml b/docs/docbook/faq/config.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2c17c86c4e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/faq/config.xml @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +<chapter id="FAQ-Config"> +<title>Configuration problems</title> + +<sect1> +<title>I have set 'force user' and samba still makes 'root' the owner of all the files I touch!</title> +<para> +When you have a user in 'admin users', samba will always do file operations for +this user as 'root', even if 'force user' has been set. +</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>I have just installed samba and I'm trying to log in from Windows, but samba refuses all logins!</title> + +<para> +Newer windows clients(NT4, 2000, XP) send encrypted passwords. Samba can't compare these +passwords to the unix password database, so it needs it's own user database. You can +add users to this database using "smbpasswd -a user-name". +</para> + +<para> +See also the "User database" chapter of the samba HOWTO Collection. +</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>How can I make samba use netbios scope ID's</title> + +<para>By default Samba uses a blank scope ID. This means +all your windows boxes must also have a blank scope ID. +If you really want to use a non-blank scope ID then you will +need to use the 'netbios scope' smb.conf option. +All your PCs will need to have the same setting for +this to work. Scope ID's are not recommended.</para> +</sect1> + +</chapter> |