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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
-<refentry id="smb.conf.5">
+<refentry id="smb.conf">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
<refsect1>
<title>SYNOPSIS</title>
- <para>The <filename>smb.conf</filename> file is a configuration
- file for the Samba suite. <filename>smb.conf</filename> contains
- runtime configuration information for the Samba programs. The <filename>smb.conf</filename> file
- is designed to be configured and administered by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> program. The complete
- description of the file format and possible parameters held within
- are here for reference purposes.</para> </refsect1>
+ <para>The <filename>smb.conf</filename> file is a configuration
+ file for the Samba suite. <filename>smb.conf</filename> contains
+ runtime configuration information for the Samba programs. The
+ <filename>smb.conf</filename> file is designed to be configured and
+ administered by the <ulink url="swat.8.html"><command>swat(8)</command>
+ </ulink> program. The complete description of the file format and
+ possible parameters held within are here for reference purposes.</para>
+</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title id="FILEFORMATSECT">FILE FORMAT</title>
@@ -104,13 +105,13 @@
The user has write access to the path <filename>/home/bar</filename>.
The share is accessed via the share name "foo":</para>
-<screen>
-<computeroutput>
-[foo]
- path = /home/bar
- read only = no
-</computeroutput>
-</screen>
+ <screen>
+ <computeroutput>
+ [foo]
+ path = /home/bar
+ read only = no
+ </computeroutput>
+ </screen>
<para>The following sample section defines a printable share.
The share is readonly, but printable. That is, the only write
@@ -119,15 +120,15 @@
access will be permitted as the default guest user (specified
elsewhere):</para>
-<screen>
-<computeroutput>
-[aprinter]
- path = /usr/spool/public
- read only = yes
- printable = yes
- guest ok = yes
-</computeroutput>
-</screen>
+ <screen>
+ <computeroutput>
+ [aprinter]
+ path = /usr/spool/public
+ read only = yes
+ printable = yes
+ guest ok = yes
+ </computeroutput>
+ </screen>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -191,12 +192,12 @@
than others. The following is a typical and suitable [homes]
section:</para>
-<screen>
-<computeroutput>
-[homes]
- read only = no
-</computeroutput>
-</screen>
+ <screen>
+ <computeroutput>
+ [homes]
+ read only = no
+ </computeroutput>
+ </screen>
<para>An important point is that if guest access is specified
in the [homes] section, all home directories will be
@@ -256,12 +257,12 @@
it. A typical [printers] entry would look like
this:</para>
-<screen><computeroutput>
-[printers]
- path = /usr/spool/public
- guest ok = yes
- printable = yes
-</computeroutput></screen>
+ <screen><computeroutput>
+ [printers]
+ path = /usr/spool/public
+ guest ok = yes
+ printable = yes
+ </computeroutput></screen>
<para>All aliases given for a printer in the printcap file
are legitimate printer names as far as the server is concerned.
@@ -269,11 +270,11 @@
to set up a pseudo-printcap. This is a file consisting of one or
more lines like this:</para>
-<screen>
-<computeroutput>
-alias|alias|alias|alias...
-</computeroutput>
-</screen>
+ <screen>
+ <computeroutput>
+ alias|alias|alias|alias...
+ </computeroutput>
+ </screen>
<para>Each alias should be an acceptable printer name for
your printing subsystem. In the [global] section, specify
@@ -287,11 +288,11 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
components (if there are more than one) are separated by vertical
bar symbols ('|').</para>
- <note><para>On SYSV systems which use lpstat to determine what
+ <para>NOTE: On SYSV systems which use lpstat to determine what
printers are defined on the system you may be able to use
"printcap name = lpstat" to automatically obtain a list
of printers. See the "printcap name" option
- for more details.</para></note>
+ for more details.</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
@@ -471,7 +472,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</variablelist>
<para>There are some quite creative things that can be done
- with these substitutions and other smb.conf options.</para>
+ with these substitutions and other smb.conf options.</para
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
then steps 1 to 5 are skipped.</para>
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <orderedlist numeration="Arabic">
<listitem><para>If the client has passed a username/password
pair and that username/password pair is validated by the UNIX
system's password programs then the connection is made as that
@@ -684,7 +685,6 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<listitem><para><link linkend="LOGONSCRIPT"><parameter>logon script</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="LPQCACHETIME"><parameter>lpq cache time</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="MACHINEPASSWORDTIMEOUT"><parameter>machine password timeout</parameter></link></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><link linkend="MANGLEPREFIX"><parameter>mangle prefix</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="MANGLEDSTACK"><parameter>mangled stack</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="MAPTOGUEST"><parameter>map to guest</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="MAXDISKSIZE"><parameter>max disk size</parameter></link></para></listitem>
@@ -728,9 +728,9 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<listitem><para><link linkend="PREFEREDMASTER"><parameter>prefered master</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PREFERREDMASTER"><parameter>preferred master</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRELOAD"><parameter>preload</parameter></link></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><link linkend="PRELOADMODULES"><parameter>preload modules</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTCAP"><parameter>printcap</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTCAPNAME"><parameter>printcap name</parameter></link></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTERDRIVERFILE"><parameter>printer driver file</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRIVATEDIR"><parameter>private dir</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PROTOCOL"><parameter>protocol</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="READBMPX"><parameter>read bmpx</parameter></link></para></listitem>
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<listitem><para><link linkend="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"><parameter>unix password sync</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="UPDATEENCRYPTED"><parameter>update encrypted</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="USEMMAP"><parameter>use mmap</parameter></link></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><link linkend="USERHOSTS"><parameter>use rhosts</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="USESENDFILE"><parameter>use sendfile</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="USERNAMELEVEL"><parameter>username level</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="USERNAMEMAP"><parameter>username map</parameter></link></para></listitem>
@@ -807,7 +808,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<listitem><para><link linkend="ALLOWHOSTS"><parameter>allow hosts</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="AVAILABLE"><parameter>available</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="BLOCKINGLOCKS"><parameter>blocking locks</parameter></link></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><link linkend="BLOCKSIZE"><parameter>block size</parameter></link></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><link linkend="BLOCKSIZE"><parameter>block size</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="BROWSABLE"><parameter>browsable</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="BROWSEABLE"><parameter>browseable</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="CASESENSITIVE"><parameter>case sensitive</parameter></link></para></listitem>
@@ -883,6 +884,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<listitem><para><link linkend="PATH"><parameter>path</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="POSIXLOCKING"><parameter>posix locking</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="POSTEXEC"><parameter>postexec</parameter></link></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><link linkend="POSTSCRIPT"><parameter>postscript</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PREEXEC"><parameter>preexec</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PREEXECCLOSE"><parameter>preexec close</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRESERVECASE"><parameter>preserve case</parameter></link></para></listitem>
@@ -891,6 +893,8 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTABLE"><parameter>printable</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTER"><parameter>printer</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTERADMIN"><parameter>printer admin</parameter></link></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTERDRIVER"><parameter>printer driver</parameter></link></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTERDRIVERLOCATION"><parameter>printer driver location</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTERNAME"><parameter>printer name</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PRINTING"><parameter>printing</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="PUBLIC"><parameter>public</parameter></link></para></listitem>
@@ -936,10 +940,10 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ABORTSHUTDOWNSCRIPT"/>abort shutdown script (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ABORTSHUTDOWNSCRIPT">abort shutdown script (G)</term>
<listitem><para><emphasis>This parameter only exists in the HEAD cvs branch</emphasis>
- This a full path name to a script called by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> that
+ This a full path name to a script called by
+ <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink> that
should stop a shutdown procedure issued by the <link
linkend="SHUTDOWNSCRIPT"><parameter>shutdown script</parameter></link>.</para>
@@ -951,7 +955,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ADDPRINTERCOMMAND"/>addprinter command (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ADDPRINTERCOMMAND">addprinter command (G)</term>
<listitem><para>With the introduction of MS-RPC based printing
support for Windows NT/2000 clients in Samba 2.2, The MS Add
Printer Wizard (APW) icon is now also available in the
@@ -965,12 +969,12 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
will perform the necessary operations for adding the printer
to the print system and to add the appropriate service definition
to the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file in order that it can be
- shared by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ shared by <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command>
+ </ulink>.</para>
<para>The <parameter>addprinter command</parameter> is
automatically invoked with the following parameter (in
- order):</para>
+ order:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><parameter>printer name</parameter></para></listitem>
@@ -987,22 +991,16 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
driver location" parameter is included for backwards compatibility
only. The remaining fields in the structure are generated from answers
to the APW questions.</para>
-
+
<para>Once the <parameter>addprinter command</parameter> has
been executed, <command>smbd</command> will reparse the <filename>
smb.conf</filename> to determine if the share defined by the APW
exists. If the sharename is still invalid, then <command>smbd
</command> will return an ACCESS_DENIED error to the client.</para>
-
- <para>
- The "add printer command" program can output a single line of text,
- which Samba will set as the port the new printer is connected to.
- If this line isn't output, Samba won't reload its printer shares.
- </para>
<para>See also <link linkend="DELETEPRINTERCOMMAND"><parameter>
deleteprinter command</parameter></link>, <link
- linkend="PRINTING"><parameter>printing</parameter></link>,
+ linkend="printing"><parameter>printing</parameter></link>,
<link linkend="SHOWADDPRINTERWIZARD"><parameter>show add
printer wizard</parameter></link></para>
@@ -1015,7 +1013,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ADDSHARECOMMAND"/>add share command (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ADDSHARECOMMAND">add share command (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Samba 2.2.0 introduced the ability to dynamically
add and delete shares via the Windows NT 4.0 Server Manager. The
<parameter>add share command</parameter> is used to define an
@@ -1069,10 +1067,9 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ADDMACHINESCRIPT"/>add machine script (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ADDMACHINESCRIPT">add machine script (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is the full pathname to a script that will
- be run by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when a machine is added
+ be run by <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> when a machine is added
to it's domain using the administrator username and password method. </para>
<para>This option is only required when using sam back-ends tied to the
@@ -1088,7 +1085,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ADSSERVER"/>ads server (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ADSSERVER">ads server (G)</term>
<listitem><para>If this option is specified, samba does
not try to figure out what ads server to use itself, but
uses the specified ads server. Either one DNS name or IP
@@ -1101,10 +1098,10 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ADDUSERSCRIPT"/>add user script (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ADDUSERSCRIPT">add user script (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is the full pathname to a script that will
- be run <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis> by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> under special circumstances described below.</para>
+ be run <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis> by <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)
+ </ulink> under special circumstances described below.</para>
<para>Normally, a Samba server requires that UNIX users are
created for all users accessing files on this server. For sites
@@ -1114,16 +1111,16 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> to create the required UNIX users
<emphasis>ON DEMAND</emphasis> when a user accesses the Samba server.</para>
- <para>In order to use this option, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> must <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> be set to <parameter>security = share</parameter>
+ <para>In order to use this option, <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink>
+ must <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> be set to <parameter>security = share</parameter>
and <parameter>add user script</parameter>
must be set to a full pathname for a script that will create a UNIX
user given one argument of <parameter>%u</parameter>, which expands into
the UNIX user name to create.</para>
<para>When the Windows user attempts to access the Samba server,
- at login (session setup in the SMB protocol) time, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> contacts the <parameter>password server</parameter> and
+ at login (session setup in the SMB protocol) time, <ulink url="smbd.8.html">
+ smbd</ulink> contacts the <parameter>password server</parameter> and
attempts to authenticate the given user with the given password. If the
authentication succeeds then <command>smbd</command>
attempts to find a UNIX user in the UNIX password database to map the
@@ -1151,10 +1148,10 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term><anchor id="ADDGROUPSCRIPT"/>add group script (G)</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><anchor id="ADDGROUPSCRIPT">add group script (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is the full pathname to a script that will
- be run <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis> by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when a new group is
+ be run <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis> by <ulink
+ url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> when a new group is
requested. It will expand any
<parameter>%g</parameter> to the group name passed.
This script is only useful for installations using the
@@ -1167,7 +1164,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ADMINUSERS"/>admin users (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ADMINUSERS">admin users (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of users who will be granted
administrative privileges on the share. This means that they
will do all file operations as the super-user (root).</para>
@@ -1183,13 +1180,13 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ADDUSERTOGROUPSCRIPT"/>add user to group script (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ADDUSERTOGROUPSCRIPT">add user to group script (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Full path to the script that will be called when
a user is added to a group using the Windows NT domain administration
- tools. It will be run by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis>.
- Any <parameter>%g</parameter> will be replaced with the group name and
- any <parameter>%u</parameter> will be replaced with the user name.
+ tools. It will be run by <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink>
+ <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis>. Any <parameter>%g</parameter> will be
+ replaced with the group name and any <parameter>%u</parameter> will
+ be replaced with the user name.
</para>
<para>Default: <command>add user to group script = </command></para>
@@ -1200,13 +1197,13 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ALLOWHOSTS"/>allow hosts (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ALLOWHOSTS">allow hosts (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="HOSTSALLOW">
<parameter>hosts allow</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ALGORITHMICRIDBASE"/>algorithmic rid base (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ALGORITHMICRIDBASE">algorithmic rid base (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This determines how Samba will use its
algorithmic mapping from uids/gid to the RIDs needed to construct
NT Security Identifiers.</para>
@@ -1229,7 +1226,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ALLOWTRUSTEDDOMAINS"/>allow trusted domains (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ALLOWTRUSTEDDOMAINS">allow trusted domains (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option only takes effect when the <link
linkend="SECURITY"><parameter>security</parameter></link> option is set to
<constant>server</constant> or <constant>domain</constant>.
@@ -1253,9 +1250,10 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ANNOUNCEAS"/>announce as (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This specifies what type of server <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will announce itself as, to a network neighborhood browse
+ <term><anchor id="ANNOUNCEAS">announce as (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This specifies what type of server
+ <ulink url="nmbd.8.html"><command>nmbd</command></ulink>
+ will announce itself as, to a network neighborhood browse
list. By default this is set to Windows NT. The valid options
are : "NT Server" (which can also be written as "NT"),
"NT Workstation", "Win95" or "WfW" meaning Windows NT Server,
@@ -1274,7 +1272,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ANNOUNCEVERSION"/>announce version (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ANNOUNCEVERSION">announce version (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This specifies the major and minor version numbers
that nmbd will use when announcing itself as a server. The default
is 4.9. Do not change this parameter unless you have a specific
@@ -1289,7 +1287,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="AUTOSERVICES"/>auto services (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="AUTOSERVICES">auto services (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a synonym for the <link linkend="PRELOAD">
<parameter>preload</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1298,7 +1296,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="AUTHMETHODS"/>auth methods (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="AUTHMETHODS">auth methods (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows the administrator to chose what
authentication methods <command>smbd</command> will use when authenticating
a user. This option defaults to sensible values based on <link linkend="SECURITY"><parameter>
@@ -1316,7 +1314,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="AVAILABLE"/>available (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="AVAILABLE">available (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter lets you "turn off" a service. If
<parameter>available = no</parameter>, then <emphasis>ALL</emphasis>
attempts to connect to the service will fail. Such failures are
@@ -1330,12 +1328,12 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="BINDINTERFACESONLY"/>bind interfaces only (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="BINDINTERFACESONLY">bind interfaces only (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This global parameter allows the Samba admin
to limit what interfaces on a machine will serve SMB requests. It
- affects file service <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and name service <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> in a slightly different ways.</para>
+ affects file service <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> and
+ name service <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> in slightly
+ different ways.</para>
<para>For name service it causes <command>nmbd</command> to bind
to ports 137 and 138 on the interfaces listed in the <link
@@ -1355,9 +1353,8 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
does defeat this simple check, however, so it must not be used
seriously as a security feature for <command>nmbd</command>.</para>
- <para>For file service it causes <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to bind only to the interface list
- given in the <link linkend="INTERFACES">
+ <para>For file service it causes <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink>
+ to bind only to the interface list given in the <link linkend="INTERFACES">
interfaces</link> parameter. This restricts the networks that
<command>smbd</command> will serve to packets coming in those
interfaces. Note that you should not use this parameter for machines
@@ -1366,9 +1363,10 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<para>If <parameter>bind interfaces only</parameter> is set then
unless the network address <emphasis>127.0.0.1</emphasis> is added
- to the <parameter>interfaces</parameter> parameter list <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> may not work as expected due to the reasons covered below.</para>
+ to the <parameter>interfaces</parameter> parameter list <ulink
+ url="smbpasswd.8.html"><command>smbpasswd(8)</command></ulink>
+ and <ulink url="swat.8.html"><command>swat(8)</command></ulink> may
+ not work as expected due to the reasons covered below.</para>
<para>To change a users SMB password, the <command>smbpasswd</command>
by default connects to the <emphasis>localhost - 127.0.0.1</emphasis>
@@ -1378,9 +1376,9 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<parameter>interfaces</parameter> parameter list then <command>
smbpasswd</command> will fail to connect in it's default mode.
<command>smbpasswd</command> can be forced to use the primary IP interface
- of the local host by using its <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> <parameter>-r <replaceable>remote machine</replaceable></parameter>
- parameter, with <replaceable>remote machine</replaceable> set
+ of the local host by using its <ulink url="smbpasswd.8.html#minusr">
+ <parameter>-r <replaceable>remote machine</replaceable></parameter>
+ </ulink> parameter, with <replaceable>remote machine</replaceable> set
to the IP name of the primary interface of the local host.</para>
<para>The <command>swat</command> status page tries to connect with
@@ -1400,10 +1398,9 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="BLOCKINGLOCKS"/>blocking locks (S)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter controls the behavior
- of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when given a request by a client
+ <term><anchor id="BLOCKINGLOCKS">blocking locks (S)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter controls the behavior of <ulink
+ url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> when given a request by a client
to obtain a byte range lock on a region of an open file, and the
request has a time limit associated with it.</para>
@@ -1423,9 +1420,9 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="BLOCKSIZE"/>block size (S)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter controls the behavior of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when reporting disk free
+ <term><anchor id="BLOCKSIZE">block size (S)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter controls the behavior of
+ <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> when reporting disk free
sizes. By default, this reports a disk block size of 1024 bytes.
</para>
@@ -1439,19 +1436,27 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<para>Changing this option does not change the disk free reporting
size, just the block size unit reported to the client.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+
+ <para>Default: <command>block size = 1024</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>block size = 65536</command></para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="BROWSABLE"/>browsable (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="BROWSABLE">browsable (S)</term>
<listitem><para>See the <link linkend="BROWSEABLE"><parameter>
browseable</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="BROWSELIST"/>browse list (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This controls whether <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will serve a browse list to
+ <term><anchor id="BROWSELIST">browse list (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This controls whether <ulink url="smbd.8.html">
+ <command>smbd(8)</command></ulink> will serve a browse list to
a client doing a <command>NetServerEnum</command> call. Normally
set to <constant>yes</constant>. You should never need to change
this.</para>
@@ -1462,7 +1467,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="BROWSEABLE"/>browseable (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="BROWSEABLE">browseable (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls whether this share is seen in
the list of available shares in a net view and in the browse list.</para>
@@ -1473,7 +1478,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="CASESENSITIVE"/>case sensitive (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="CASESENSITIVE">case sensitive (S)</term>
<listitem><para>See the discussion in the section <link
linkend="NAMEMANGLINGSECT">NAME MANGLING</link>.</para>
@@ -1484,7 +1489,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="CASESIGNAMES"/>casesignames (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="CASESIGNAMES">casesignames (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="CASESENSITIVE">case
sensitive</link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1492,12 +1497,12 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="CHANGENOTIFYTIMEOUT"/>change notify timeout (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="CHANGENOTIFYTIMEOUT">change notify timeout (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This SMB allows a client to tell a server to
"watch" a particular directory for any changes and only reply to
the SMB request when a change has occurred. Such constant scanning of
- a directory is expensive under UNIX, hence an <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon only performs such a scan
+ a directory is expensive under UNIX, hence an <ulink url="smbd.8.html">
+ <command>smbd(8)</command></ulink> daemon only performs such a scan
on each requested directory once every <parameter>change notify
timeout</parameter> seconds.</para>
@@ -1510,7 +1515,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="CHANGESHARECOMMAND"/>change share command (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="CHANGESHARECOMMAND">change share command (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Samba 2.2.0 introduced the ability to dynamically
add and delete shares via the Windows NT 4.0 Server Manager. The
<parameter>change share command</parameter> is used to define an
@@ -1560,8 +1565,12 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+
+
+
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="COMMENT"/>comment (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="COMMENT">comment (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a text field that is seen next to a share
when a client does a queries the server, either via the network
neighborhood or via <command>net view</command> to list what shares
@@ -1578,7 +1587,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="CONFIGFILE"/>config file (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="CONFIGFILE">config file (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This allows you to override the config file
to use, instead of the default (usually <filename>smb.conf</filename>).
There is a chicken and egg problem here as this option is set
@@ -1602,7 +1611,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="COPY"/>copy (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="COPY">copy (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter allows you to "clone" service
entries. The specified service is simply duplicated under the
current service's name. Any parameters specified in the current
@@ -1620,7 +1629,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="CREATEMASK"/>create mask (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="CREATEMASK">create mask (S)</term>
<listitem><para>A synonym for this parameter is
<link linkend="CREATEMODE"><parameter>create mode</parameter>
</link>.</para>
@@ -1664,14 +1673,14 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="CREATEMODE"/>create mode (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="CREATEMODE">create mode (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a synonym for <link linkend="CREATEMASK"><parameter>
create mask</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="CSCPOLICY"/>csc policy (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="CSCPOLICY">csc policy (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This stands for <emphasis>client-side caching
policy</emphasis>, and specifies how clients capable of offline
caching will cache the files in the share. The valid values
@@ -1690,7 +1699,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEADTIME"/>deadtime (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEADTIME">deadtime (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The value of the parameter (a decimal integer)
represents the number of minutes of inactivity before a connection
is considered dead, and it is disconnected. The deadtime only takes
@@ -1716,7 +1725,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEBUGHIRESTIMESTAMP"/>debug hires timestamp (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEBUGHIRESTIMESTAMP">debug hires timestamp (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Sometimes the timestamps in the log messages
are needed with a resolution of higher that seconds, this
boolean parameter adds microsecond resolution to the timestamp
@@ -1733,7 +1742,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEBUGPID"/>debug pid (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEBUGPID">debug pid (G)</term>
<listitem><para>When using only one log file for more then one
forked <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink>-process there may be hard to follow which process
outputs which message. This boolean parameter is adds the process-id
@@ -1748,7 +1757,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEBUGTIMESTAMP"/>debug timestamp (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEBUGTIMESTAMP">debug timestamp (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Samba debug log messages are timestamped
by default. If you are running at a high <link linkend="DEBUGLEVEL">
<parameter>debug level</parameter></link> these timestamps
@@ -1761,7 +1770,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEBUGUID"/>debug uid (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEBUGUID">debug uid (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Samba is sometimes run as root and sometime
run as the connected user, this boolean parameter inserts the
current euid, egid, uid and gid to the timestamp message headers
@@ -1777,7 +1786,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEBUGLEVEL"/>debuglevel (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEBUGLEVEL">debuglevel (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="LOGLEVEL"><parameter>
log level</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1786,7 +1795,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEFAULT"/>default (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEFAULT">default (G)</term>
<listitem><para>A synonym for <link linkend="DEFAULTSERVICE"><parameter>
default service</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1794,7 +1803,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEFAULTCASE"/>default case (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEFAULTCASE">default case (S)</term>
<listitem><para>See the section on <link linkend="NAMEMANGLINGSECT">
NAME MANGLING</link>. Also note the <link linkend="SHORTPRESERVECASE">
<parameter>short preserve case</parameter></link> parameter.</para>
@@ -1806,7 +1815,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEFAULTDEVMODE"/>default devmode (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEFAULTDEVMODE">default devmode (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter is only applicable to <link
linkend="PRINTOK">printable</link> services. When smbd is serving
Printer Drivers to Windows NT/2k/XP clients, each printer on the Samba
@@ -1844,7 +1853,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DEFAULTSERVICE"/>default service (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DEFAULTSERVICE">default service (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the name of a service
which will be connected to if the service actually requested cannot
be found. Note that the square brackets are <emphasis>NOT</emphasis>
@@ -1870,27 +1879,24 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<para>Example:</para>
-<para><programlisting>
+ <para><programlisting>
[global]
default service = pub
[pub]
path = /%S
-</programlisting></para>
+ </programlisting></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term><anchor id="DELETEGROUPSCRIPT"/>delete group script (G)</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><anchor id="DELETEGROUPSCRIPT">delete group script (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is the full pathname to a script that will
- be run <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when a group is requested to be deleted.
- It will expand any <parameter>%g</parameter> to the group name passed.
- This script is only useful for installations using the Windows NT domain administration tools.
+ be run <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis> by <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> when a group is requested to be deleted. It will expand any <parameter>%g</parameter> to the group name passed. This script is only useful for installations using the Windows NT domain administration tools.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DELETEPRINTERCOMMAND"/>deleteprinter command (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DELETEPRINTERCOMMAND">deleteprinter command (G)</term>
<listitem><para>With the introduction of MS-RPC based printer
support for Windows NT/2000 clients in Samba 2.2, it is now
possible to delete printer at run time by issuing the
@@ -1916,7 +1922,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<para>See also <link linkend="ADDPRINTERCOMMAND"><parameter>
addprinter command</parameter></link>, <link
- linkend="PRINTING"><parameter>printing</parameter></link>,
+ linkend="printing"><parameter>printing</parameter></link>,
<link linkend="SHOWADDPRINTERWIZARD"><parameter>show add
printer wizard</parameter></link></para>
@@ -1932,7 +1938,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DELETEREADONLY"/>delete readonly (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DELETEREADONLY">delete readonly (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter allows readonly files to be deleted.
This is not normal DOS semantics, but is allowed by UNIX.</para>
@@ -1946,7 +1952,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DELETESHARECOMMAND"/>delete share command (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DELETESHARECOMMAND">delete share command (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Samba 2.2.0 introduced the ability to dynamically
add and delete shares via the Windows NT 4.0 Server Manager. The
<parameter>delete share command</parameter> is used to define an
@@ -1994,11 +2000,10 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DELETEUSERSCRIPT"/>delete user script (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DELETEUSERSCRIPT">delete user script (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is the full pathname to a script that will
- be run by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when managing users
- with remote RPC (NT) tools.
+ be run by <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink>
+ when managing user's with remote RPC (NT) tools.
</para>
<para>This script is called when a remote client removes a user
@@ -2016,13 +2021,13 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DELETEUSERFROMGROUPSCRIPT"/>delete user from group script (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DELETEUSERFROMGROUPSCRIPT">delete user from group script (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Full path to the script that will be called when
a user is removed from a group using the Windows NT domain administration
- tools. It will be run by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis>.
- Any <parameter>%g</parameter> will be replaced with the group name and
- any <parameter>%u</parameter> will be replaced with the user name.
+ tools. It will be run by <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink>
+ <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis>. Any <parameter>%g</parameter> will be
+ replaced with the group name and any <parameter>%u</parameter> will
+ be replaced with the user name.
</para>
<para>Default: <command>delete user from group script = </command></para>
@@ -2033,7 +2038,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DELETEVETOFILES"/>delete veto files (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DELETEVETOFILES">delete veto files (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This option is used when Samba is attempting to
delete a directory that contains one or more vetoed directories
(see the <link linkend="VETOFILES"><parameter>veto files</parameter></link>
@@ -2062,7 +2067,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DENYHOSTS"/>deny hosts (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DENYHOSTS">deny hosts (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="HOSTSDENY"><parameter>hosts
deny</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2071,7 +2076,7 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DFREECOMMAND"/>dfree command (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DFREECOMMAND">dfree command (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The <parameter>dfree command</parameter> setting should
only be used on systems where a problem occurs with the internal
disk space calculations. This has been known to happen with Ultrix,
@@ -2104,17 +2109,17 @@ alias|alias|alias|alias...
<para>Where the script dfree (which must be made executable) could be:</para>
-<para><programlisting>
-#!/bin/sh
-df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
-</programlisting></para>
+ <para><programlisting>
+ #!/bin/sh
+ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
+ </programlisting></para>
<para>or perhaps (on Sys V based systems):</para>
-<para><programlisting>
-#!/bin/sh
-/usr/bin/df -k $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $3" "$5}'
-</programlisting></para>
+ <para><programlisting>
+ #!/bin/sh
+ /usr/bin/df -k $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $3" "$5}'
+ </programlisting></para>
<para>Note that you may have to replace the command names
with full path names on some systems.</para>
@@ -2125,7 +2130,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DIRECTORY"/>directory (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DIRECTORY">directory (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="PATH"><parameter>path
</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2133,7 +2138,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DIRECTORYMASK"/>directory mask (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DIRECTORYMASK">directory mask (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter is the octal modes which are
used when converting DOS modes to UNIX modes when creating UNIX
directories.</para>
@@ -2181,7 +2186,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DIRECTORYMODE"/>directory mode (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DIRECTORYMODE">directory mode (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="DIRECTORYMASK"><parameter>
directory mask</parameter></link></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2189,7 +2194,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DIRECTORYSECURITYMASK"/>directory security mask (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DIRECTORYSECURITYMASK">directory security mask (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits
can be modified when a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX
permission on a directory using the native NT security dialog
@@ -2224,7 +2229,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DISABLENETBIOS"/>disable netbios (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DISABLENETBIOS">disable netbios (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Enabling this parameter will disable netbios support
in Samba. Netbios is the only available form of browsing in
all windows versions except for 2000 and XP. </para>
@@ -2239,7 +2244,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DISABLESPOOLSS"/>disable spoolss (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DISABLESPOOLSS">disable spoolss (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Enabling this parameter will disable Samba's support
for the SPOOLSS set of MS-RPC's and will yield identical behavior
as Samba 2.0.x. Windows NT/2000 clients will downgrade to using
@@ -2260,7 +2265,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DISPLAYCHARSET"/>display charset (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DISPLAYCHARSET">display charset (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Specifies the charset that samba will use
to print messages to stdout and stderr and SWAT will use.
Should generally be the same as the <command>unix charset</command>.
@@ -2275,12 +2280,12 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DNSPROXY"/>dns proxy (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>Specifies that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when acting as a WINS server and
- finding that a NetBIOS name has not been registered, should treat the
- NetBIOS name word-for-word as a DNS name and do a lookup with the DNS server
- for that name on behalf of the name-querying client.</para>
+ <term><anchor id="DNSPROXY">dns proxy (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies that <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink>
+ when acting as a WINS server and finding that a NetBIOS name has not
+ been registered, should treat the NetBIOS name word-for-word as a DNS
+ name and do a lookup with the DNS server for that name on behalf of
+ the name-querying client.</para>
<para>Note that the maximum length for a NetBIOS name is 15
characters, so the DNS name (or DNS alias) can likewise only be
@@ -2298,7 +2303,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DOMAINLOGONS"/>domain logons (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DOMAINLOGONS">domain logons (G)</term>
<listitem><para>If set to <constant>yes</constant>, the Samba server will serve
Windows 95/98 Domain logons for the <link linkend="WORKGROUP">
<parameter>workgroup</parameter></link> it is in. Samba 2.2
@@ -2313,20 +2318,20 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DOMAINMASTER"/>domain master (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>Tell <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to enable WAN-wide browse list
+ <term><anchor id="DOMAINMASTER">domain master (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>Tell <ulink url="nmbd.8.html"><command>
+ nmbd(8)</command></ulink> to enable WAN-wide browse list
collation. Setting this option causes <command>nmbd</command> to
claim a special domain specific NetBIOS name that identifies
it as a domain master browser for its given <link linkend="WORKGROUP">
<parameter>workgroup</parameter></link>. Local master browsers
in the same <parameter>workgroup</parameter> on broadcast-isolated
subnets will give this <command>nmbd</command> their local browse lists,
- and then ask <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for a complete copy of the browse
- list for the whole wide area network. Browser clients will then contact
- their local master browser, and will receive the domain-wide browse list,
- instead of just the list for their broadcast-isolated subnet.</para>
+ and then ask <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink>
+ for a complete copy of the browse list for the whole wide area
+ network. Browser clients will then contact their local master browser,
+ and will receive the domain-wide browse list, instead of just the list
+ for their broadcast-isolated subnet.</para>
<para>Note that Windows NT Primary Domain Controllers expect to be
able to claim this <parameter>workgroup</parameter> specific special
@@ -2351,7 +2356,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DONTDESCEND"/>dont descend (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DONTDESCEND">dont descend (S)</term>
<listitem><para>There are certain directories on some systems
(e.g., the <filename>/proc</filename> tree under Linux) that are either not
of interest to clients or are infinitely deep (recursive). This
@@ -2370,22 +2375,22 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DOSCHARSET"/>dos charset (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DOSCHARSET">dos charset (G)</term>
<listitem><para>DOS SMB clients assume the server has
the same charset as they do. This option specifies which
charset Samba should talk to DOS clients.
</para>
- <para>The default depends on which charsets you have installed.
+ <para>The default depends on which charsets you have instaled.
Samba tries to use charset 850 but falls back to ASCII in
- case it is not available. Run <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to check the default on your system.
+ case it is not available. Run <ulink url="testparm.1.html">testparm(1)
+ </ulink> to check the default on your system.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DOSFILEMODE"/>dos filemode (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DOSFILEMODE">dos filemode (S)</term>
<listitem><para> The default behavior in Samba is to provide
UNIX-like behavior where only the owner of a file/directory is
able to change the permissions on it. However, this behavior
@@ -2404,13 +2409,13 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DOSFILETIMERESOLUTION"/>dos filetime resolution (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DOSFILETIMERESOLUTION">dos filetime resolution (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Under the DOS and Windows FAT filesystem, the finest
granularity on time resolution is two seconds. Setting this parameter
for a share causes Samba to round the reported time down to the
nearest two second boundary when a query call that requires one second
- resolution is made to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ resolution is made to <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command>
+ </ulink>.</para>
<para>This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for Visual
C++ when used against Samba shares. If oplocks are enabled on a
@@ -2430,15 +2435,14 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="DOSFILETIMES"/>dos filetimes (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="DOSFILETIMES">dos filetimes (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Under DOS and Windows, if a user can write to a
file they can change the timestamp on it. Under POSIX semantics,
only the owner of the file or root may change the timestamp. By
default, Samba runs with POSIX semantics and refuses to change the
timestamp on a file if the user <command>smbd</command> is acting
on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option to <constant>
- yes</constant> allows DOS semantics and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will change the file
+ yes</constant> allows DOS semantics and <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> will change the file
timestamp as DOS requires.</para>
<para>Default: <command>dos filetimes = no</command></para></listitem>
@@ -2447,19 +2451,19 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ENCRYPTPASSWORDS"/>encrypt passwords (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ENCRYPTPASSWORDS">encrypt passwords (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords
will be negotiated with the client. Note that Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and
above and also Windows 98 will by default expect encrypted passwords
unless a registry entry is changed. To use encrypted passwords in
- Samba see the chapter User Database in the Samba HOWTO Collection.</para>
+ Samba see the file ENCRYPTION.txt in the Samba documentation
+ directory <filename>docs/</filename> shipped with the source code.</para>
<para>In order for encrypted passwords to work correctly
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> must either
- have access to a local <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file (see the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> program for information on how to set up
+ <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink> must either
+ have access to a local <ulink url="smbpasswd.5.html"><filename>smbpasswd(5)
+ </filename></ulink> file (see the <ulink url="smbpasswd.8.html"><command>
+ smbpasswd(8)</command></ulink> program for information on how to set up
and maintain this file), or set the <link
linkend="SECURITY">security = [server|domain|ads]</link> parameter which
causes <command>smbd</command> to authenticate against another
@@ -2470,7 +2474,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ENHANCEDBROWSING"/>enhanced browsing (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ENHANCEDBROWSING">enhanced browsing (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option enables a couple of enhancements to
cross-subnet browse propagation that have been added in Samba
but which are not standard in Microsoft implementations.
@@ -2496,7 +2500,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ENUMPORTSCOMMAND"/>enumports command (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ENUMPORTSCOMMAND">enumports command (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The concept of a "port" is fairly foreign
to UNIX hosts. Under Windows NT/2000 print servers, a port
is associated with a port monitor and generally takes the form of
@@ -2519,7 +2523,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="EXEC"/>exec (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="EXEC">exec (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a synonym for <link linkend="PREEXEC">
<parameter>preexec</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2527,7 +2531,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FAKEDIRECTORYCREATETIMES"/>fake directory create times (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FAKEDIRECTORYCREATETIMES">fake directory create times (S)</term>
<listitem><para>NTFS and Windows VFAT file systems keep a create
time for all files and directories. This is not the same as the
ctime - status change time - that Unix keeps, so Samba by default
@@ -2561,7 +2565,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FAKEOPLOCKS"/>fake oplocks (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FAKEOPLOCKS">fake oplocks (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Oplocks are the way that SMB clients get permission
from a server to locally cache file operations. If a server grants
an oplock (opportunistic lock) then the client is free to assume
@@ -2593,11 +2597,10 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FOLLOWSYMLINKS"/>follow symlinks (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FOLLOWSYMLINKS">follow symlinks (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter allows the Samba administrator
- to stop <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> from following symbolic
- links in a particular share. Setting this
+ to stop <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink>
+ from following symbolic links in a particular share. Setting this
parameter to <constant>no</constant> prevents any file or directory
that is a symbolic link from being followed (the user will get an
error). This option is very useful to stop users from adding a
@@ -2614,7 +2617,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FORCECREATEMODE"/>force create mode (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FORCECREATEMODE">force create mode (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies a set of UNIX mode bit
permissions that will <emphasis>always</emphasis> be set on a
file created by Samba. This is done by bitwise 'OR'ing these bits onto
@@ -2642,7 +2645,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FORCEDIRECTORYMODE"/>force directory mode (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FORCEDIRECTORYMODE">force directory mode (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies a set of UNIX mode bit
permissions that will <emphasis>always</emphasis> be set on a directory
created by Samba. This is done by bitwise 'OR'ing these bits onto the
@@ -2671,7 +2674,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FORCEDIRECTORYSECURITYMODE"/>force directory security mode (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FORCEDIRECTORYSECURITYMODE">force directory security mode (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits
can be modified when a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX
permission on a directory using the native NT security dialog box.</para>
@@ -2707,7 +2710,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FORCEGROUP"/>force group (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FORCEGROUP">force group (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This specifies a UNIX group name that will be
assigned as the default primary group for all users connecting
to this service. This is useful for sharing files by ensuring
@@ -2743,7 +2746,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FORCESECURITYMODE"/>force security mode (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FORCESECURITYMODE">force security mode (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls what UNIX permission
bits can be modified when a Windows NT client is manipulating
the UNIX permission on a file using the native NT security dialog
@@ -2781,7 +2784,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FORCEUSER"/>force user (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FORCEUSER">force user (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This specifies a UNIX user name that will be
assigned as the default user for all users connecting to this service.
This is useful for sharing files. You should also use it carefully
@@ -2809,11 +2812,11 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="FSTYPE"/>fstype (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="FSTYPE">fstype (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter allows the administrator to
configure the string that specifies the type of filesystem a share
- is using that is reported by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when a client queries the filesystem type
+ is using that is reported by <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)
+ </command></ulink> when a client queries the filesystem type
for a share. The default type is <constant>NTFS</constant> for
compatibility with Windows NT but this can be changed to other
strings such as <constant>Samba</constant> or <constant>FAT
@@ -2826,7 +2829,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="GETWDCACHE"/>getwd cache (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="GETWDCACHE">getwd cache (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a tuning option. When this is enabled a
caching algorithm will be used to reduce the time taken for getwd()
calls. This can have a significant impact on performance, especially
@@ -2840,7 +2843,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="GROUP"/>group (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="GROUP">group (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="FORCEGROUP"><parameter>force
group</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2848,7 +2851,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="GUESTACCOUNT"/>guest account (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="GUESTACCOUNT">guest account (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a username which will be used for access
to services which are specified as <link linkend="GUESTOK"><parameter>
guest ok</parameter></link> (see below). Whatever privileges this
@@ -2878,16 +2881,12 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="GUESTOK"/>guest ok (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="GUESTOK">guest ok (S)</term>
<listitem><para>If this parameter is <constant>yes</constant> for
a service, then no password is required to connect to the service.
Privileges will be those of the <link linkend="GUESTACCOUNT"><parameter>
guest account</parameter></link>.</para>
- <para>This paramater nullifies the benifits of setting
- <link linkend="RESTRICTANONYMOUS"><parameter>restrict
- anonymous</parameter></link> = 2</para>
-
<para>See the section below on <link linkend="SECURITY"><parameter>
security</parameter></link> for more information about this option.
</para>
@@ -2898,7 +2897,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="GUESTONLY"/>guest only (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="GUESTONLY">guest only (S)</term>
<listitem><para>If this parameter is <constant>yes</constant> for
a service, then only guest connections to the service are permitted.
This parameter will have no effect if <link linkend="GUESTOK">
@@ -2914,7 +2913,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HIDEDOTFILES"/>hide dot files (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HIDEDOTFILES">hide dot files (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a boolean parameter that controls whether
files starting with a dot appear as hidden files.</para>
@@ -2924,7 +2923,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HIDEFILES"/>hide files(S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HIDEFILES">hide files(S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of files or directories that are not
visible but are accessible. The DOS 'hidden' attribute is applied
to any files or directories that match.</para>
@@ -2962,7 +2961,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HIDELOCALUSERS"/>hide local users(G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HIDELOCALUSERS">hide local users(G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter toggles the hiding of local UNIX
users (root, wheel, floppy, etc) from remote clients.</para>
@@ -2972,7 +2971,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HIDEUNREADABLE"/>hide unreadable (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HIDEUNREADABLE">hide unreadable (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter prevents clients from seeing the
existance of files that cannot be read. Defaults to off.</para>
@@ -2981,7 +2980,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HIDEUNWRITEABLEFILES"/>hide unwriteable files (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HIDEUNWRITEABLEFILES">hide unwriteable files (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter prevents clients from seeing
the existance of files that cannot be written to. Defaults to off.
Note that unwriteable directories are shown as usual.
@@ -2992,7 +2991,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HIDESPECIALFILES"/>hide special files (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HIDESPECIALFILES">hide special files (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter prevents clients from seeing
special files such as sockets, devices and fifo's in directory
listings.
@@ -3003,10 +3002,10 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HOMEDIRMAP"/>homedir map (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HOMEDIRMAP">homedir map (G)</term>
<listitem><para>If<link linkend="NISHOMEDIR"><parameter>nis homedir
- </parameter></link> is <constant>yes</constant>, and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> is also acting
+ </parameter></link> is <constant>yes</constant>, and <ulink
+ url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink> is also acting
as a Win95/98 <parameter>logon server</parameter> then this parameter
specifies the NIS (or YP) map from which the server for the user's
home directory should be extracted. At present, only the Sun
@@ -3019,8 +3018,8 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
that copes with different map formats and also Amd (another
automounter) maps.</para>
- <note><para>A working NIS client is required on
- the system for this option to work.</para></note>
+ <para><emphasis>NOTE :</emphasis>A working NIS client is required on
+ the system for this option to work.</para>
<para>See also <link linkend="NISHOMEDIR"><parameter>nis homedir</parameter>
</link>, <link linkend="DOMAINLOGONS"><parameter>domain logons</parameter>
@@ -3036,7 +3035,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HOSTMSDFS"/>host msdfs (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HOSTMSDFS">host msdfs (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter is only available
if Samba has been configured and compiled with the <command>
--with-msdfs</command> option. If set to <constant>yes</constant>,
@@ -3054,7 +3053,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HOSTNAMELOOKUPS"/>hostname lookups (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HOSTNAMELOOKUPS">hostname lookups (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Specifies whether samba should use (expensive)
hostname lookups or use the ip addresses instead. An example place
where hostname lookups are currently used is when checking
@@ -3070,7 +3069,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HOSTSALLOW"/>hosts allow (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HOSTSALLOW">hosts allow (S)</term>
<listitem><para>A synonym for this parameter is <parameter>allow
hosts</parameter>.</para>
@@ -3119,9 +3118,9 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<para>Note that access still requires suitable user-level passwords.</para>
- <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for a way of testing your host access
- to see if it does what you expect.</para>
+ <para>See <ulink url="testparm.1.html"><command>testparm(1)</command>
+ </ulink> for a way of testing your host access to see if it does
+ what you expect.</para>
<para>Default: <emphasis>none (i.e., all hosts permitted access)
</emphasis></para>
@@ -3134,7 +3133,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HOSTSDENY"/>hosts deny (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HOSTSDENY">hosts deny (S)</term>
<listitem><para>The opposite of <parameter>hosts allow</parameter>
- hosts listed here are <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> permitted access to
services unless the specific services have their own lists to override
@@ -3151,7 +3150,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HOSTSEQUIV"/>hosts equiv (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HOSTSEQUIV">hosts equiv (G)</term>
<listitem><para>If this global parameter is a non-null string,
it specifies the name of a file to read for the names of hosts
and users who will be allowed access without specifying a password.
@@ -3163,14 +3162,14 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
hosts equiv</parameter> may be useful for NT clients which will
not supply passwords to Samba.</para>
- <note><para>The use of <parameter>hosts equiv
+ <para><emphasis>NOTE :</emphasis> The use of <parameter>hosts equiv
</parameter> can be a major security hole. This is because you are
trusting the PC to supply the correct username. It is very easy to
get a PC to supply a false username. I recommend that the
<parameter>hosts equiv</parameter> option be only used if you really
know what you are doing, or perhaps on a home network where you trust
your spouse and kids. And only if you <emphasis>really</emphasis> trust
- them :-).</para></note>
+ them :-).</para>
<para>Default: <emphasis>no host equivalences</emphasis></para>
<para>Example: <command>hosts equiv = /etc/hosts.equiv</command></para>
@@ -3180,7 +3179,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="INCLUDE"/>include (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="INCLUDE">include (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This allows you to include one config file
inside another. The file is included literally, as though typed
in place.</para>
@@ -3197,7 +3196,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="INHERITACLS"/>inherit acls (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="INHERITACLS">inherit acls (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter can be used to ensure
that if default acls exist on parent directories,
they are always honored when creating a subdirectory.
@@ -3215,7 +3214,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="INHERITPERMISSIONS"/>inherit permissions (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="INHERITPERMISSIONS">inherit permissions (S)</term>
<listitem><para>The permissions on new files and directories
are normally governed by <link linkend="CREATEMASK"><parameter>
create mask</parameter></link>, <link linkend="DIRECTORYMASK">
@@ -3256,7 +3255,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="INTERFACES"/>interfaces (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="INTERFACES">interfaces (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows you to override the default
network interfaces list that Samba will use for browsing, name
registration and other NBT traffic. By default Samba will query
@@ -3308,7 +3307,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="INVALIDUSERS"/>invalid users (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="INVALIDUSERS">invalid users (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of users that should not be allowed
to login to this service. This is really a <emphasis>paranoid</emphasis>
check to absolutely ensure an improper setting does not breach
@@ -3320,12 +3319,12 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<para>A name starting with '+' is interpreted only
by looking in the UNIX group database. A name starting with
- '&amp;' is interpreted only by looking in the NIS netgroup database
+ '&' is interpreted only by looking in the NIS netgroup database
(this requires NIS to be working on your system). The characters
- '+' and '&amp;' may be used at the start of the name in either order
+ '+' and '&' may be used at the start of the name in either order
so the value <parameter>+&amp;group</parameter> means check the
UNIX group database, followed by the NIS netgroup database, and
- the value <parameter>&amp;+group</parameter> means check the NIS
+ the value <parameter>&+group</parameter> means check the NIS
netgroup database, followed by the UNIX group database (the
same as the '@' prefix).</para>
@@ -3344,7 +3343,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="KEEPALIVE"/>keepalive (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="KEEPALIVE">keepalive (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The value of the parameter (an integer) represents
the number of seconds between <parameter>keepalive</parameter>
packets. If this parameter is zero, no keepalive packets will be
@@ -3364,7 +3363,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="KERNELOPLOCKS"/>kernel oplocks (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="KERNELOPLOCKS">kernel oplocks (G)</term>
<listitem><para>For UNIXes that support kernel based <link
linkend="OPLOCKS"><parameter>oplocks</parameter></link>
(currently only IRIX and the Linux 2.4 kernel), this parameter
@@ -3372,10 +3371,10 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<para>Kernel oplocks support allows Samba <parameter>oplocks
</parameter> to be broken whenever a local UNIX process or NFS operation
- accesses a file that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> has oplocked. This allows complete
- data consistency between SMB/CIFS, NFS and local file access (and is
- a <emphasis>very</emphasis> cool feature :-).</para>
+ accesses a file that <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command>
+ </ulink> has oplocked. This allows complete data consistency between
+ SMB/CIFS, NFS and local file access (and is a <emphasis>very</emphasis>
+ cool feature :-).</para>
<para>This parameter defaults to <constant>on</constant>, but is translated
to a no-op on systems that no not have the necessary kernel support.
@@ -3393,12 +3392,12 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LANMANAUTH"/>lanman auth (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter determines whether or not <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will attempt to authenticate users
- using the LANMAN password hash. If disabled, only clients which support NT
- password hashes (e.g. Windows NT/2000 clients, smbclient, etc... but not
- Windows 95/98 or the MS DOS network client) will be able to connect to the Samba host.</para>
+ <term><anchor id="LANMANAUTH">lanman auth (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter determines whether or not <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> will
+ attempt to authenticate users using the LANMAN password hash.
+ If disabled, only clients which support NT password hashes (e.g. Windows
+ NT/2000 clients, smbclient, etc... but not Windows 95/98 or the MS DOS
+ network client) will be able to connect to the Samba host.</para>
<para>Default : <command>lanman auth = yes</command></para>
</listitem>
@@ -3409,10 +3408,9 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LARGEREADWRITE"/>large readwrite (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter determines whether or not <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> supports the new 64k streaming
- read and write varient SMB requests introduced
+ <term><anchor id="LARGEREADWRITE">large readwrite (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter determines whether or not <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink>
+ supports the new 64k streaming read and write varient SMB requests introduced
with Windows 2000. Note that due to Windows 2000 client redirector bugs
this requires Samba to be running on a 64-bit capable operating system such
as IRIX, Solaris or a Linux 2.4 kernel. Can improve performance by 10% with
@@ -3427,15 +3425,15 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPADMINDN"/>ldap admin dn (G)</term>
- <listitem><para> The <parameter>ldap admin dn</parameter> defines the Distinguished
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPADMINDN">ldap admin dn (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>The <parameter>ldap admin dn</parameter> defines the Distinguished
Name (DN) name used by Samba to contact the ldap server when retreiving
user account information. The <parameter>ldap
admin dn</parameter> is used in conjunction with the admin dn password
stored in the <filename>private/secrets.tdb</filename> file. See the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> man page for more information on how
- to accmplish this.</para>
+ <ulink url="smbpasswd.8.html"><command>smbpasswd(8)</command></ulink> man
+ page for more information on how to accomplish this.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -3452,7 +3450,17 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPFILTER"/>ldap filter (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPDELONLYSAMATTR"/>ldap del only sam attr (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para> Inverted synonym for <link linkend="LDAPDELETEDN"><parameter>
+ ldap delete dn</parameter></link>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPFILTER">ldap filter (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the RFC 2254 compliant LDAP search filter.
The default is to match the login name with the <constant>uid</constant>
attribute for all entries matching the <constant>sambaAccount</constant>
@@ -3466,7 +3474,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPPORT"/>ldap port (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPPORT">ldap port (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter is only available if Samba has been
configure to include the <command>--with-ldapsam</command> option
at compile time.
@@ -3488,7 +3496,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPSERVER"/>ldap server (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPSERVER">ldap server (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter is only available if Samba has been
configure to include the <command>--with-ldapsam</command> option
at compile time.
@@ -3505,7 +3513,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPSSL"/>ldap ssl (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPSSL">ldap ssl (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option is used to define whether or not Samba should
use SSL when connecting to the ldap server
This is <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> related to
@@ -3539,7 +3547,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPSUFFIX"/>ldap suffix (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPSUFFIX">ldap suffix (G)</term>
<listitem>
<para>Specifies where user and machine accounts are added to the tree. Can be overriden by <command>ldap user suffix</command> and <command>ldap machine suffix</command>. It also used as the base dn for all ldap searches. </para>
@@ -3550,7 +3558,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPUSERSUFFIX"/>ldap user suffix (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPUSERSUFFIX">ldap user suffix (G)</term>
<listitem><para>It specifies where users are added to the tree.
</para>
@@ -3563,7 +3571,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPMACHINESUFFIX"/>ldap machine suffix (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPMACHINESUFFIX">ldap machine suffix (G)</term>
<listitem><para>It specifies where machines should be
added to the ldap tree.
</para>
@@ -3575,7 +3583,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPPASSWDSYNC"/>ldap passwd sync (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPPASSWDSYNC">ldap passwd sync (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option is used to define whether
or not Samba should sync the LDAP password with the NT
and LM hashes for normal accounts (NOT for
@@ -3599,7 +3607,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LDAPTRUSTIDS"/>ldap trust ids (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LDAPTRUSTIDS">ldap trust ids (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Normally, Samba validates each entry
in the LDAP server against getpwnam(). This allows
LDAP to be used for Samba with the unix system using
@@ -3618,7 +3626,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LEVEL2OPLOCKS"/>level2 oplocks (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LEVEL2OPLOCKS">level2 oplocks (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls whether Samba supports
level2 (read-only) oplocks on a share.</para>
@@ -3662,9 +3670,9 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LMANNOUNCE"/>lm announce (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter determines if <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will produce Lanman announce
+ <term><anchor id="LMANNOUNCE">lm announce (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter determines if <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">
+ <command>nmbd(8)</command></ulink> will produce Lanman announce
broadcasts that are needed by OS/2 clients in order for them to see
the Samba server in their browse list. This parameter can have three
values, <constant>yes</constant>, <constant>no</constant>, or
@@ -3689,7 +3697,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LMINTERVAL"/>lm interval (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LMINTERVAL">lm interval (G)</term>
<listitem><para>If Samba is set to produce Lanman announce
broadcasts needed by OS/2 clients (see the <link linkend="LMANNOUNCE">
<parameter>lm announce</parameter></link> parameter) then this
@@ -3709,7 +3717,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOADPRINTERS"/>load printers (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOADPRINTERS">load printers (G)</term>
<listitem><para>A boolean variable that controls whether all
printers in the printcap will be loaded for browsing by default.
See the <link linkend="PRINTERSSECT">printers</link> section for
@@ -3722,9 +3730,9 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOCALMASTER"/>local master (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This option allows <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to try and become a local master browser
+ <term><anchor id="LOCALMASTER">local master (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This option allows <ulink url="nmbd.8.html"><command>
+ nmbd(8)</command></ulink> to try and become a local master browser
on a subnet. If set to <constant>no</constant> then <command>
nmbd</command> will not attempt to become a local master browser
on a subnet and will also lose in all browsing elections. By
@@ -3743,7 +3751,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOCKDIR"/>lock dir (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOCKDIR">lock dir (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="LOCKDIRECTORY"><parameter>
lock directory</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -3751,7 +3759,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOCKDIRECTORY"/>lock directory (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOCKDIRECTORY">lock directory (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option specifies the directory where lock
files will be placed. The lock files are used to implement the
<link linkend="MAXCONNECTIONS"><parameter>max connections</parameter>
@@ -3765,7 +3773,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOCKSPINCOUNT"/>lock spin count (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOCKSPINCOUNT">lock spin count (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls the number of times
that smbd should attempt to gain a byte range lock on the
behalf of a client request. Experiments have shown that
@@ -3784,7 +3792,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOCKSPINTIME"/>lock spin time (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOCKSPINTIME">lock spin time (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The time in microseconds that smbd should
pause before attempting to gain a failed lock. See
<link linkend="LOCKSPINCOUNT"><parameter>lock spin
@@ -3798,7 +3806,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOCKING"/>locking (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOCKING">locking (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls whether or not locking will be
performed by the server in response to lock requests from the
client.</para>
@@ -3826,7 +3834,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOGFILE"/>log file (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOGFILE">log file (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows you to override the name
of the Samba log file (also known as the debug file).</para>
@@ -3840,7 +3848,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOGLEVEL"/>log level (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOGLEVEL">log level (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The value of the parameter (a astring) allows
the debug level (logging level) to be specified in the
<filename>smb.conf</filename> file. This parameter has been
@@ -3858,7 +3866,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOGONDRIVE"/>logon drive (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOGONDRIVE">logon drive (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the local path to
which the home directory will be connected (see <link
linkend="LOGONHOME"><parameter>logon home</parameter></link>)
@@ -3875,7 +3883,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOGONHOME"/>logon home (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOGONHOME">logon home (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the home directory
location when a Win95/98 or NT Workstation logs into a Samba PDC.
It allows you to do </para>
@@ -3917,7 +3925,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOGONPATH"/>logon path (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOGONPATH">logon path (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the home directory
where roaming profiles (NTuser.dat etc files for Windows NT) are
stored. Contrary to previous versions of these manual pages, it has
@@ -3965,7 +3973,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LOGONSCRIPT"/>logon script (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LOGONSCRIPT">logon script (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the batch file (.bat) or
NT command file (.cmd) to be downloaded and run on a machine when
a user successfully logs in. The file must contain the DOS
@@ -4007,7 +4015,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LPPAUSECOMMAND"/>lppause command (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LPPAUSECOMMAND">lppause command (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the command to be
executed on the server host in order to stop printing or spooling
a specific print job.</para>
@@ -4051,7 +4059,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LPQCACHETIME"/>lpq cache time (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LPQCACHETIME">lpq cache time (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls how long lpq info will be cached
for to prevent the <command>lpq</command> command being called too
often. A separate cache is kept for each variation of the <command>
@@ -4080,7 +4088,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LPQCOMMAND"/>lpq command (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LPQCOMMAND">lpq command (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the command to be
executed on the server host in order to obtain <command>lpq
</command>-style printer status information.</para>
@@ -4124,7 +4132,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LPRESUMECOMMAND"/>lpresume command (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LPRESUMECOMMAND">lpresume command (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the command to be
executed on the server host in order to restart or continue
printing or spooling a specific print job.</para>
@@ -4164,7 +4172,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="LPRMCOMMAND"/>lprm command (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="LPRMCOMMAND">lprm command (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the command to be
executed on the server host in order to delete a print job.</para>
@@ -4194,7 +4202,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MACHINEPASSWORDTIMEOUT"/>machine password timeout (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MACHINEPASSWORDTIMEOUT">machine password timeout (G)</term>
<listitem><para>If a Samba server is a member of a Windows
NT Domain (see the <link linkend="SECURITYEQUALSDOMAIN">security = domain</link>)
parameter) then periodically a running <ulink url="smbd.8.html">
@@ -4204,8 +4212,8 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
will be changed, in seconds. The default is one week (expressed in
seconds), the same as a Windows NT Domain member server.</para>
- <para>See also <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and the <link linkend="SECURITYEQUALSDOMAIN">
+ <para>See also <ulink url="smbpasswd.8.html"><command>smbpasswd(8)
+ </command></ulink>, and the <link linkend="SECURITYEQUALSDOMAIN">
security = domain</link>) parameter.</para>
<para>Default: <command>machine password timeout = 604800</command></para>
@@ -4214,7 +4222,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAGICOUTPUT"/>magic output (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAGICOUTPUT">magic output (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the name of a file
which will contain output created by a magic script (see the
<link linkend="MAGICSCRIPT"><parameter>magic script</parameter></link>
@@ -4234,7 +4242,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAGICSCRIPT"/>magic script (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAGICSCRIPT">magic script (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the name of a file which,
if opened, will be executed by the server when the file is closed.
This allows a UNIX script to be sent to the Samba host and
@@ -4265,7 +4273,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MANGLECASE"/>mangle case (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MANGLECASE">mangle case (S)</term>
<listitem><para>See the section on <link linkend="NAMEMANGLINGSECT">
NAME MANGLING</link></para>
@@ -4275,7 +4283,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MANGLEDMAP"/>mangled map (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MANGLEDMAP">mangled map (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is for those who want to directly map UNIX
file names which cannot be represented on Windows/DOS. The mangling
of names is not always what is needed. In particular you may have
@@ -4300,7 +4308,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MANGLEDNAMES"/>mangled names (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MANGLEDNAMES">mangled names (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls whether non-DOS names under UNIX
should be mapped to DOS-compatible names ("mangled") and made visible,
or whether non-DOS names should simply be ignored.</para>
@@ -4359,7 +4367,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MANGLINGMETHOD"/>mangling method (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MANGLINGMETHOD">mangling method (G)</term>
<listitem><para> controls the algorithm used for the generating
the mangled names. Can take two different values, "hash" and
"hash2". "hash" is the default and is the algorithm that has been
@@ -4374,7 +4382,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MANGLEPREFIX"/>mangle prefix (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MANGLEPREFIX">mangle prefix (G)</term>
<listitem><para> controls the number of prefix
characters from the original name used when generating
the mangled names. A larger value will give a weaker
@@ -4386,10 +4394,10 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MANGLEDSTACK"/>mangled stack (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MANGLEDSTACK">mangled stack (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls the number of mangled names
- that should be cached in the Samba server <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ that should be cached in the Samba server <ulink url="smbd.8.html">
+ smbd(8)</ulink>.</para>
<para>This stack is a list of recently mangled base names
(extensions are only maintained if they are longer than 3 characters
@@ -4413,7 +4421,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MANGLINGCHAR"/>mangling char (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MANGLINGCHAR">mangling char (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls what character is used as
the <emphasis>magic</emphasis> character in <link
linkend="NAMEMANGLINGSECT">name mangling</link>. The default is a '~'
@@ -4430,7 +4438,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAPARCHIVE"/>map archive (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAPARCHIVE">map archive (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls whether the DOS archive attribute
should be mapped to the UNIX owner execute bit. The DOS archive bit
is set when a file has been modified since its last backup. One
@@ -4450,7 +4458,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAPHIDDEN"/>map hidden (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAPHIDDEN">map hidden (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls whether DOS style hidden files
should be mapped to the UNIX world execute bit.</para>
@@ -4465,7 +4473,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAPSYSTEM"/>map system (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAPSYSTEM">map system (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls whether DOS style system files
should be mapped to the UNIX group execute bit.</para>
@@ -4480,15 +4488,14 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAPTOGUEST"/>map to guest (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAPTOGUEST">map to guest (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter is only useful in <link linkend="SECURITY">
security</link> modes other than <parameter>security = share</parameter>
- i.e. <constant>user</constant>, <constant>server</constant>,
and <constant>domain</constant>.</para>
<para>This parameter can take three different values, which tell
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> what to do with user
+ <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> what to do with user
login requests that don't match a valid UNIX user in some way.</para>
<para>The three settings are :</para>
@@ -4536,7 +4543,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXCONNECTIONS"/>max connections (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXCONNECTIONS">max connections (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows the number of simultaneous
connections to a service to be limited. If <parameter>max connections
</parameter> is greater than 0 then connections will be refused if
@@ -4556,7 +4563,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXDISKSIZE"/>max disk size (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXDISKSIZE">max disk size (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows you to put an upper limit
on the apparent size of disks. If you set this option to 100
then all shares will appear to be not larger than 100 MB in
@@ -4583,7 +4590,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXLOGSIZE"/>max log size (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXLOGSIZE">max log size (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option (an integer in kilobytes) specifies
the max size the log file should grow to. Samba periodically checks
the size and if it is exceeded it will rename the file, adding
@@ -4599,7 +4606,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXMUX"/>max mux (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXMUX">max mux (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option controls the maximum number of
outstanding simultaneous SMB operations that Samba tells the client
it will allow. You should never need to set this parameter.</para>
@@ -4611,10 +4618,9 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXOPENFILES"/>max open files (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXOPENFILES">max open files (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter limits the maximum number of
- open files that one <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> file
+ open files that one <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> file
serving process may have open for a client at any one time. The
default for this parameter is set very high (10,000) as Samba uses
only one bit per unopened file.</para>
@@ -4630,11 +4636,11 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXPRINTJOBS"/>max print jobs (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXPRINTJOBS">max print jobs (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter limits the maximum number of
jobs allowable in a Samba printer queue at any given moment.
- If this number is exceeded, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will remote "Out of Space" to the client.
+ If this number is exceeded, <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>
+ smbd(8)</command></ulink> will remote "Out of Space" to the client.
See all <link linkend="TOTALPRINTJOBS"><parameter>total
print jobs</parameter></link>.
</para>
@@ -4646,7 +4652,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXPROTOCOL"/>max protocol (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXPROTOCOL">max protocol (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest
protocol level that will be supported by the server.</para>
@@ -4684,15 +4690,14 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXSMBDPROCESSES"/>max smbd processes (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXSMBDPROCESSES">max smbd processes (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter limits the maximum number of
<ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink>
processes concurrently running on a system and is intended
as a stopgap to prevent degrading service to clients in the event
that the server has insufficient resources to handle more than this
number of connections. Remember that under normal operating
- conditions, each user will have an <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> associated with him or her
+ conditions, each user will have an <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> associated with him or her
to handle connections to all shares from a given host.
</para>
@@ -4705,9 +4710,8 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXTTL"/>max ttl (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This option tells <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXTTL">max ttl (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This option tells <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink>
what the default 'time to live' of NetBIOS names should be (in seconds)
when <command>nmbd</command> is requesting a name using either a
broadcast packet or from a WINS server. You should never need to
@@ -4720,9 +4724,9 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXWINSTTL"/>max wins ttl (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This option tells <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when acting as a WINS server (<link linkend="WINSSUPPORT">
+ <term><anchor id="MAXWINSTTL">max wins ttl (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This option tells <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)
+ </ulink> when acting as a WINS server (<link linkend="WINSSUPPORT">
<parameter>wins support = yes</parameter></link>) what the maximum
'time to live' of NetBIOS names that <command>nmbd</command>
will grant will be (in seconds). You should never need to change this
@@ -4738,7 +4742,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MAXXMIT"/>max xmit (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MAXXMIT">max xmit (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option controls the maximum packet size
that will be negotiated by Samba. The default is 65535, which
is the maximum. In some cases you may find you get better performance
@@ -4753,7 +4757,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MESSAGECOMMAND"/>message command (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MESSAGECOMMAND">message command (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This specifies what command to run when the
server receives a WinPopup style message.</para>
@@ -4763,13 +4767,13 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<para>An example is:</para>
- <para><command>message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &amp;</command>
+ <para><command>message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &</command>
</para>
<para>This delivers the message using <command>xedit</command>, then
removes it afterwards. <emphasis>NOTE THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT THIS COMMAND RETURN IMMEDIATELY</emphasis>. That's why I
- have the '&amp;' on the end. If it doesn't return immediately then
+ have the '&' on the end. If it doesn't return immediately then
your PCs may freeze when sending messages (they should recover
after 30 seconds, hopefully).</para>
@@ -4814,7 +4818,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<para>Default: <emphasis>no message command</emphasis></para>
<para>Example: <command>message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;
- rm %s' &amp;</command></para>
+ rm %s' &</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -4822,7 +4826,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MINPASSWDLENGTH"/>min passwd length (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MINPASSWDLENGTH">min passwd length (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="MINPASSWORDLENGTH">
<parameter>min password length</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -4831,7 +4835,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MINPASSWORDLENGTH"/>min password length (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MINPASSWORDLENGTH">min password length (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option sets the minimum length in characters
of a plaintext password that <command>smbd</command> will accept when performing
UNIX password changing.</para>
@@ -4849,7 +4853,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MINPRINTSPACE"/>min print space (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MINPRINTSPACE">min print space (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This sets the minimum amount of free disk
space that must be available before a user will be able to spool
a print job. It is specified in kilobytes. The default is 0, which
@@ -4867,7 +4871,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MINPROTOCOL"/>min protocol (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MINPROTOCOL">min protocol (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The value of the parameter (a string) is the
lowest SMB protocol dialect than Samba will support. Please refer
to the <link linkend="MAXPROTOCOL"><parameter>max protocol</parameter></link>
@@ -4891,9 +4895,8 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MINWINSTTL"/>min wins ttl (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This option tells <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <term><anchor id="MINWINSTTL">min wins ttl (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This option tells <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink>
when acting as a WINS server (<link linkend="WINSSUPPORT"><parameter>
wins support = yes</parameter></link>) what the minimum 'time to live'
of NetBIOS names that <command>nmbd</command> will grant will be (in
@@ -4906,7 +4909,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MSDFSPROXY"/>msdfs proxy (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MSDFSPROXY">msdfs proxy (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter indicates that the share is a
stand-in for another CIFS share whose location is specified by
the value of the parameter. When clients attempt to connect to
@@ -4917,7 +4920,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
and
<link linkend="HOSTMSDFS"><parameter>host msdfs</parameter></link>
options to find out how to set up a Dfs root share.</para>
- <para>Example: <command>msdfs proxy = \\\\otherserver\\someshare</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>msdfs proxy = \otherserver\someshare</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -4925,17 +4928,17 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="MSDFSROOT"/>msdfs root (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="MSDFSROOT">msdfs root (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter is only available if
Samba is configured and compiled with the <command>
--with-msdfs</command> option. If set to <constant>yes</constant>,
Samba treats the share as a Dfs root and allows clients to browse
the distributed file system tree rooted at the share directory.
Dfs links are specified in the share directory by symbolic
- links of the form <filename>msdfs:serverA\\shareA,serverB\\shareB</filename>
+ links of the form <filename>msdfs:serverA\shareA,serverB\shareB</filename>
and so on. For more information on setting up a Dfs tree
- on Samba, refer to <ulink url="msdfs.html">"Hosting a Microsoft
- Distributed File System tree on Samba"</ulink> document.</para>
+ on Samba, refer to <ulink url="msdfs_setup.html">msdfs_setup.html
+ </ulink>.</para>
<para>See also <link linkend="HOSTMSDFS"><parameter>host msdfs
</parameter></link></para>
@@ -4945,7 +4948,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NAMECACHETIMEOUT"/>name cache timeout (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NAMECACHETIMEOUT">name cache timeout (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Specifies the number of seconds it takes before
entries in samba's hostname resolve cache time out. If
the timeout is set to 0. the caching is disabled.
@@ -4958,7 +4961,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NAMERESOLVEORDER"/>name resolve order (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NAMERESOLVEORDER">name resolve order (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option is used by the programs in the Samba
suite to determine what naming services to use and in what order
to resolve host names to IP addresses. The option takes a space
@@ -5011,7 +5014,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NETBIOSALIASES"/>netbios aliases (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NETBIOSALIASES">netbios aliases (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of NetBIOS names that <ulink
url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> will advertise as additional
names by which the Samba server is known. This allows one machine
@@ -5032,7 +5035,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NETBIOSNAME"/>netbios name (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NETBIOSNAME">netbios name (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This sets the NetBIOS name by which a Samba
server is known. By default it is the same as the first component
of the host's DNS name. If a machine is a browse server or
@@ -5051,7 +5054,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NETBIOSSCOPE"/>netbios scope (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NETBIOSSCOPE">netbios scope (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This sets the NetBIOS scope that Samba will
operate under. This should not be set unless every machine
on your LAN also sets this value.</para>
@@ -5060,7 +5063,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NISHOMEDIR"/>nis homedir (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NISHOMEDIR">nis homedir (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Get the home share server from a NIS map. For
UNIX systems that use an automounter, the user's home directory
will often be mounted on a workstation on demand from a remote
@@ -5093,7 +5096,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE"/>non unix account range (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NONUNIXACCOUNTRANGE">non unix account range (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The non unix account range parameter specifies
the range of 'user ids' that are allocated by the various 'non unix
account' passdb backends. These backends allow
@@ -5102,10 +5105,10 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
This range of ids should have no existing local or NIS users within
it as strange conflicts can occur otherwise.</para>
- <note><para>These userids never appear on the system and Samba will never
+ <para>NOTE: These userids never appear on the system and Samba will never
'become' these users. They are used only to ensure that the algorithmic
RID mapping does not conflict with normal users.
- </para></note>
+ </para>
<para>Default: <command>non unix account range = &lt;empty string&gt;
</command></para>
@@ -5117,7 +5120,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NTACLSUPPORT"/>nt acl support (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NTACLSUPPORT">nt acl support (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter controls whether
<ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> will attempt to map
UNIX permissions into Windows NT access control lists.
@@ -5131,10 +5134,9 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NTPIPESUPPORT"/>nt pipe support (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NTPIPESUPPORT">nt pipe support (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter controls whether
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will allow Windows NT
+ <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> will allow Windows NT
clients to connect to the NT SMB specific <constant>IPC$</constant>
pipes. This is a developer debugging option and can be left
alone.</para>
@@ -5146,7 +5148,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NTSTATUSSUPPORT"/>nt status support (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NTSTATUSSUPPORT">nt status support (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter controls whether <ulink
url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> will negotiate NT specific status
support with Windows NT/2k/XP clients. This is a developer
@@ -5163,12 +5165,11 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NULLPASSWORDS"/>null passwords (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="NULLPASSWORDS">null passwords (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Allow or disallow client access to accounts
that have null passwords. </para>
- <para>See also <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para>See also <ulink url="smbpasswd.5.html">smbpasswd (5)</ulink>.</para>
<para>Default: <command>null passwords = no</command></para>
</listitem>
@@ -5178,7 +5179,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="OBEYPAMRESTRICTIONS"/>obey pam restrictions (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="OBEYPAMRESTRICTIONS">obey pam restrictions (G)</term>
<listitem><para>When Samba 2.2 is configured to enable PAM support
(i.e. --with-pam), this parameter will control whether or not Samba
should obey PAM's account and session management directives. The
@@ -5199,7 +5200,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ONLYUSER"/>only user (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ONLYUSER">only user (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a boolean option that controls whether
connections with usernames not in the <parameter>user</parameter>
list will be allowed. By default this option is disabled so that a
@@ -5227,7 +5228,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ONLYGUEST"/>only guest (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ONLYGUEST">only guest (S)</term>
<listitem><para>A synonym for <link linkend="GUESTONLY"><parameter>
guest only</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -5236,7 +5237,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="OPLOCKBREAKWAITTIME"/>oplock break wait time (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="OPLOCKBREAKWAITTIME">oplock break wait time (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a tuning parameter added due to bugs in
both Windows 9x and WinNT. If Samba responds to a client too
quickly when that client issues an SMB that can cause an oplock
@@ -5254,15 +5255,15 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="OPLOCKCONTENTIONLIMIT"/>oplock contention limit (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="OPLOCKCONTENTIONLIMIT">oplock contention limit (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a <emphasis>very</emphasis> advanced
<ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> tuning option to
improve the efficiency of the granting of oplocks under multiple
client contention for the same file.</para>
- <para>In brief it specifies a number, which causes <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>not to grant an oplock even when requested
- if the approximate number of clients contending for an oplock on the same file goes over this
+ <para>In brief it specifies a number, which causes <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> not to
+ grant an oplock even when requested if the approximate number of
+ clients contending for an oplock on the same file goes over this
limit. This causes <command>smbd</command> to behave in a similar
way to Windows NT.</para>
@@ -5278,7 +5279,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="OPLOCKS"/>oplocks (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="OPLOCKS">oplocks (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean option tells <command>smbd</command> whether to
issue oplocks (opportunistic locks) to file open requests on this
share. The oplock code can dramatically (approx. 30% or more) improve
@@ -5306,16 +5307,13 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="NTLMAUTH"/>ntlm auth (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter determines
- whether or not <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will
+ <term><anchor id="NTLMAUTH">ntlm auth (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter determines whether or not <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> will
attempt to authenticate users using the NTLM password hash.
If disabled, only the lanman password hashes will be used.
</para>
- <para>Please note that at least this option or <command>lanman auth</command> should
- be enabled in order to be able to log in.
+ <para>Please note that at least this option or <command>lanman auth</command> should be enabled in order to be able to log in.
</para>
<para>Default : <command>ntlm auth = yes</command></para>
@@ -5323,11 +5321,10 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="OSLEVEL"/>os level (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="OSLEVEL">os level (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This integer value controls what level Samba
advertises itself as for browse elections. The value of this
- parameter determines whether <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ parameter determines whether <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink>
has a chance of becoming a local master browser for the <parameter>
WORKGROUP</parameter> in the local broadcast area.</para>
@@ -5347,7 +5344,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="OS2DRIVERMAP"/>os2 driver map (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="OS2DRIVERMAP">os2 driver map (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The parameter is used to define the absolute
path to a file containing a mapping of Windows NT printer driver
names to OS/2 printer driver names. The format is:</para>
@@ -5360,9 +5357,10 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
LaserJet 5L</command>.</para>
<para>The need for the file is due to the printer driver namespace
- problem described in the <ulink url="printing.html">Samba
+ problem described in the <ulink url="printer_driver2.html">Samba
Printing HOWTO</ulink>. For more details on OS/2 clients, please
- refer to the OS2-Client-HOWTO containing in the Samba documentation.</para>
+ refer to the <ulink url="OS2-Client-HOWTO.html">OS2-Client-HOWTO
+ </ulink> containing in the Samba documentation.</para>
<para>Default: <command>os2 driver map = &lt;empty string&gt;
</command></para>
@@ -5371,7 +5369,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PAMPASSWORDCHANGE"/>pam password change (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PAMPASSWORDCHANGE">pam password change (G)</term>
<listitem><para>With the addition of better PAM support in Samba 2.2,
this parameter, it is possible to use PAM's password change control
flag for Samba. If enabled, then PAM will be used for password
@@ -5389,12 +5387,12 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PANICACTION"/>panic action (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PANICACTION">panic action (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a Samba developer option that allows a
- system command to be called when either <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> or <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> crashes. This is usually used to
- draw attention to the fact that a problem occurred.</para>
+ system command to be called when either <ulink url="smbd.8.html">
+ smbd(8)</ulink> or <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink>
+ crashes. This is usually used to draw attention to the fact that
+ a problem occurred.</para>
<para>Default: <command>panic action = &lt;empty string&gt;</command></para>
<para>Example: <command>panic action = "/bin/sleep 90000"</command></para>
@@ -5402,27 +5400,25 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PARANOIDSERVERSECURITY"/>paranoid server security (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PARANOIDSERVERSECURITY">paranoid server security (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Some version of NT 4.x allow non-guest
users with a bad passowrd. When this option is enabled, samba will not
use a broken NT 4.x server as password server, but instead complain
- to the logs and exit.
+ to the logs and exit.
</para>
- <para>Disabling this option prevents Samba from making
- this check, which involves deliberatly attempting a
- bad logon to the remote server.</para>
-
<para>Default: <command>paranoid server security = yes</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PASSDBBACKEND"/>passdb backend (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PASSDBBACKEND">passdb backend (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows the administrator to chose which backends to retrieve and store passwords with. This allows (for example) both
smbpasswd and tdbsam to be used without a recompile.
Multiple backends can be specified, separated by spaces. The backends will be searched in the order they are specified. New users are always added to the first backend specified.
+ Experimental backends must still be selected
+ (eg --with-tdbsam) at configure time.
</para>
<para>This parameter is in two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location'
@@ -5477,25 +5473,46 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<listitem><para><command>nisplussam</command> - The NIS+ based passdb backend. Takes name NIS domain as an optional argument. Only works with sun NIS+ servers. </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><command>plugin</command> - Allows Samba to load an
+ arbitary passdb backend from the .so specified as a compulsary argument.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Any characters after the (optional) second : are passed to the plugin
+ for its own processing</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><command>unixsam</command> - (EXPERIMENTAL) Allows samba to map all (other) available unix users</para>
+
+ <para>This backend uses the standard unix database for retrieving users. Users included
+ in this pdb are NOT listed in samba user listings and users included in this pdb won't be
+ able to login. The use of this backend is to always be able to display the owner of a file
+ on the samba server - even when the user doesn't have a 'real' samba account in one of the
+ other passdb backends.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>This backend should always be the last backend listed, since it contains all users in
+ the unix passdb and might 'override' mappings if specified earlier. It's meant to only return
+ accounts for users that aren't covered by the previous backends.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>Default: <command>passdb backend = smbpasswd guest</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd guest</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com guest</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd </command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = ldapsam_nua:ldaps://ldap.example.com </command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>passdb backend = plugin:/usr/local/samba/lib/my_passdb.so:my_plugin_args tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PASSWDCHAT"/>passwd chat (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PASSWDCHAT">passwd chat (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This string controls the <emphasis>"chat"</emphasis>
- conversation that takes places between <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and the local password changing
+ conversation that takes places between <ulink
+ url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> and the local password changing
program to change the user's password. The string describes a
- sequence of response-receive pairs that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> uses to determine what to send to the
+ sequence of response-receive pairs that <ulink url="smbd.8.html">
+ smbd(8)</ulink> uses to determine what to send to the
<link linkend="PASSWDPROGRAM"><parameter>passwd program</parameter>
</link> and what to expect back. If the expected output is not
received then the password is not changed.</para>
@@ -5517,8 +5534,8 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<para>The string can contain the macro <parameter>%n</parameter> which is substituted
for the new password. The chat sequence can also contain the standard
- macros <constant>\\n</constant>, <constant>\\r</constant>, <constant>
- \\t</constant> and <constant>\\s</constant> to give line-feed,
+ macros <constant>\n</constant>, <constant>\r</constant>, <constant>
+ \t</constant> and <constant>\s</constant> to give line-feed,
carriage-return, tab and space. The chat sequence string can also contain
a '*' which matches any sequence of characters.
Double quotes can be used to collect strings with spaces
@@ -5540,10 +5557,10 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<parameter>passwd chat debug</parameter></link> and <link linkend="PAMPASSWORDCHANGE">
<parameter>pam password change</parameter></link>.</para>
- <para>Default: <command>passwd chat = *new*password* %n\\n
- *new*password* %n\\n *changed*</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>passwd chat = "*Enter OLD password*" %o\\n
- "*Enter NEW password*" %n\\n "*Reenter NEW password*" %n\\n "*Password
+ <para>Default: <command>passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n
+ *new*password* %n\n *changed*</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>passwd chat = "*Enter OLD password*" %o\n
+ "*Enter NEW password*" %n\n "*Reenter NEW password*" %n\n "*Password
changed*"</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -5551,12 +5568,11 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PASSWDCHATDEBUG"/>passwd chat debug (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PASSWDCHATDEBUG">passwd chat debug (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean specifies if the passwd chat script
parameter is run in <emphasis>debug</emphasis> mode. In this mode the
strings passed to and received from the passwd chat are printed
- in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> log with a
+ in the <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> log with a
<link linkend="DEBUGLEVEL"><parameter>debug level</parameter></link>
of 100. This is a dangerous option as it will allow plaintext passwords
to be seen in the <command>smbd</command> log. It is available to help
@@ -5579,7 +5595,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PASSWDPROGRAM"/>passwd program (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PASSWDPROGRAM">passwd program (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The name of a program that can be used to set
UNIX user passwords. Any occurrences of <parameter>%u</parameter>
will be replaced with the user name. The user name is checked for
@@ -5617,7 +5633,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PASSWORDLEVEL"/>password level (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PASSWORDLEVEL">password level (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Some client/server combinations have difficulty
with mixed-case passwords. One offending client is Windows for
Workgroups, which for some reason forces passwords to upper
@@ -5660,7 +5676,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PASSWORDSERVER"/>password server (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PASSWORDSERVER">password server (G)</term>
<listitem><para>By specifying the name of another SMB server (such
as a WinNT box) with this option, and using <command>security = domain
</command> or <command>security = server</command> you can get Samba
@@ -5681,10 +5697,10 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
the "LM1.2X002" or the "NT LM 0.12" protocol, and it must be in
user level security mode.</para>
- <note><para>Using a password server
+ <para><emphasis>NOTE:</emphasis> Using a password server
means your UNIX box (running Samba) is only as secure as your
password server. <emphasis>DO NOT CHOOSE A PASSWORD SERVER THAT
- YOU DON'T COMPLETELY TRUST</emphasis>.</para></note>
+ YOU DON'T COMPLETELY TRUST</emphasis>.</para>
<para>Never point a Samba server at itself for password
serving. This will cause a loop and could lock up your Samba
@@ -5755,7 +5771,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PATH"/>path (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PATH">path (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies a directory to which
the user of the service is to be given access. In the case of
printable services, this is where print data will spool prior to
@@ -5786,7 +5802,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PIDDIRECTORY"/>pid directory (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PIDDIRECTORY">pid directory (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option specifies the directory where pid
files will be placed. </para>
@@ -5798,9 +5814,8 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="POSIXLOCKING"/>posix locking (S)</term>
- <listitem><para>The <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <term><anchor id="POSIXLOCKING">posix locking (S)</term>
+ <listitem><para>The <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink>
daemon maintains an database of file locks obtained by SMB clients.
The default behavior is to map this internal database to POSIX
locks. This means that file locks obtained by SMB clients are
@@ -5816,7 +5831,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="POSTEXEC"/>postexec (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="POSTEXEC">postexec (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This option specifies a command to be run
whenever the service is disconnected. It takes the usual
substitutions. The command may be run as the root on some
@@ -5841,7 +5856,23 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PREEXEC"/>preexec (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="POSTSCRIPT">postscript (S)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter forces a printer to interpret
+ the print files as PostScript. This is done by adding a <constant>%!
+ </constant> to the start of print output.</para>
+
+ <para>This is most useful when you have lots of PCs that persist
+ in putting a control-D at the start of print jobs, which then
+ confuses your printer.</para>
+
+ <para>Default: <command>postscript = no</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><anchor id="PREEXEC">preexec (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This option specifies a command to be run whenever
the service is connected to. It takes the usual substitutions.</para>
@@ -5850,12 +5881,12 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
is an example:</para>
<para><command>preexec = csh -c 'echo \"Welcome to %S!\" |
- /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient -M %m -I %I' &amp; </command></para>
+ /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient -M %m -I %I' & </command></para>
<para>Of course, this could get annoying after a while :-)</para>
<para>See also <link linkend="PREEXECCLOSE"><parameter>preexec close
- </parameter></link> and <link linkend="POSTEXEC"><parameter>postexec
+ </parameter</link> and <link linkend="POSTEXEC"><parameter>postexec
</parameter></link>.</para>
<para>Default: <emphasis>none (no command executed)</emphasis></para>
@@ -5867,7 +5898,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PREEXECCLOSE"/>preexec close (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PREEXECCLOSE">preexec close (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean option controls whether a non-zero
return code from <link linkend="PREEXEC"><parameter>preexec
</parameter></link> should close the service being connected to.</para>
@@ -5878,7 +5909,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PREFERREDMASTER"/>preferred master (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PREFERREDMASTER">preferred master (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter controls if <ulink
url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> is a preferred master browser
for its workgroup.</para>
@@ -5907,7 +5938,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PREFEREDMASTER"/>prefered master (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PREFEREDMASTER">prefered master (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="PREFERREDMASTER"><parameter>
preferred master</parameter></link> for people who cannot spell :-).</para>
</listitem>
@@ -5916,7 +5947,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRELOAD"/>preload (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRELOAD">preload (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of services that you want to be
automatically added to the browse lists. This is most useful
for homes and printers services that would otherwise not be
@@ -5932,24 +5963,9 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRELOADMODULES"/>preload modules (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This is a list of paths to modules that should
- be loaded into smbd before a client connects. This improves
- the speed of smbd when reacting to new connections somewhat. </para>
-
- <para>It is recommended to only use this option on heavy-performance
- servers.</para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>preload modules = </command></para>
-
- <para>Example: <command>preload modules = /usr/lib/samba/passdb/mysql.so</command></para>
-
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRESERVECASE"/>preserve case (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRESERVECASE">preserve case (S)</term>
<listitem><para> This controls if new filenames are created
with the case that the client passes, or if they are forced to
be the <link linkend="DEFAULTCASE"><parameter>default case
@@ -5965,7 +5981,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRINTCOMMAND"/>print command (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTCOMMAND">print command (S)</term>
<listitem><para>After a print job has finished spooling to
a service, this command will be used via a <command>system()</command>
call to process the spool file. Typically the command specified will
@@ -6055,7 +6071,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRINTOK"/>print ok (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTOK">print ok (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="PRINTABLE">
<parameter>printable</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -6065,7 +6081,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRINTABLE"/>printable (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTABLE">printable (S)</term>
<listitem><para>If this parameter is <constant>yes</constant>, then
clients may open, write to and submit spool files on the directory
specified for the service. </para>
@@ -6083,7 +6099,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRINTCAP"/>printcap (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTCAP">printcap (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="PRINTCAPNAME"><parameter>
printcap name</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -6093,7 +6109,7 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRINTCAPNAME"/>printcap name (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTCAPNAME">printcap name (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter may be used to override the
compiled-in default printcap name used by the server (usually <filename>
/etc/printcap</filename>). See the discussion of the <link
@@ -6119,22 +6135,22 @@ df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
<para>A minimal printcap file would look something like this:</para>
-<para><programlisting>
-print1|My Printer 1
-print2|My Printer 2
-print3|My Printer 3
-print4|My Printer 4
-print5|My Printer 5
-</programlisting></para>
+ <para><programlisting>
+ print1|My Printer 1
+ print2|My Printer 2
+ print3|My Printer 3
+ print4|My Printer 4
+ print5|My Printer 5
+ </programlisting></para>
<para>where the '|' separates aliases of a printer. The fact
that the second alias has a space in it gives a hint to Samba
that it's a comment.</para>
- <note><para>Under AIX the default printcap
+ <para><emphasis>NOTE</emphasis>: Under AIX the default printcap
name is <filename>/etc/qconfig</filename>. Samba will assume the
file is in AIX <filename>qconfig</filename> format if the string
- <filename>qconfig</filename> appears in the printcap filename.</para></note>
+ <filename>qconfig</filename> appears in the printcap filename.</para>
<para>Default: <command>printcap name = /etc/printcap</command></para>
<para>Example: <command>printcap name = /etc/myprintcap</command></para>
@@ -6146,7 +6162,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRINTERADMIN"/>printer admin (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTERADMIN">printer admin (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of users that can do anything to
printers via the remote administration interfaces offered by MS-RPC
(usually using a NT workstation). Note that the root user always
@@ -6160,8 +6176,113 @@ print5|My Printer 5
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTERDRIVER">printer driver (S)</term>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>Note :</emphasis>This is a deprecated
+ parameter and will be removed in the next major release
+ following version 2.2. Please see the instructions in
+ the <ulink url="printer_driver2.html">Samba 2.2. Printing
+ HOWTO</ulink> for more information
+ on the new method of loading printer drivers onto a Samba server.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>This option allows you to control the string
+ that clients receive when they ask the server for the printer driver
+ associated with a printer. If you are using Windows95 or Windows NT
+ then you can use this to automate the setup of printers on your
+ system.</para>
+
+ <para>You need to set this parameter to the exact string (case
+ sensitive) that describes the appropriate printer driver for your
+ system. If you don't know the exact string to use then you should
+ first try with no <link linkend="PRINTERDRIVER"><parameter>
+ printer driver</parameter></link> option set and the client will
+ give you a list of printer drivers. The appropriate strings are
+ shown in a scroll box after you have chosen the printer manufacturer.</para>
+
+ <para>See also <link linkend="PRINTERDRIVERFILE"><parameter>printer
+ driver file</parameter></link>.</para>
+
+ <para>Example: <command>printer driver = HP LaserJet 4L</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRINTERNAME"/>printer name (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTERDRIVERFILE">printer driver file (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>Note :</emphasis>This is a deprecated
+ parameter and will be removed in the next major release
+ following version 2.2. Please see the instructions in
+ the <ulink url="printer_driver2.html">Samba 2.2. Printing
+ HOWTO</ulink> for more information
+ on the new method of loading printer drivers onto a Samba server.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>This parameter tells Samba where the printer driver
+ definition file, used when serving drivers to Windows 95 clients, is
+ to be found. If this is not set, the default is :</para>
+
+ <para><filename><replaceable>SAMBA_INSTALL_DIRECTORY</replaceable>
+ /lib/printers.def</filename></para>
+
+ <para>This file is created from Windows 95 <filename>msprint.inf
+ </filename> files found on the Windows 95 client system. For more
+ details on setting up serving of printer drivers to Windows 95
+ clients, see the outdated documentation file in the <filename>docs/</filename>
+ directory, <filename>PRINTER_DRIVER.txt</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>See also <link linkend="PRINTERDRIVERLOCATION"><parameter>
+ printer driver location</parameter></link>.</para>
+
+ <para>Default: <emphasis>None (set in compile).</emphasis></para>
+
+ <para>Example: <command>printer driver file =
+ /usr/local/samba/printers/drivers.def</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTERDRIVERLOCATION">printer driver location (S)</term>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>Note :</emphasis>This is a deprecated
+ parameter and will be removed in the next major release
+ following version 2.2. Please see the instructions in
+ the <ulink url="printer_driver2.html">Samba 2.2. Printing
+ HOWTO</ulink> for more information
+ on the new method of loading printer drivers onto a Samba server.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>This parameter tells clients of a particular printer
+ share where to find the printer driver files for the automatic
+ installation of drivers for Windows 95 machines. If Samba is set up
+ to serve printer drivers to Windows 95 machines, this should be set to</para>
+
+ <para><command>\\MACHINE\PRINTER$</command></para>
+
+ <para>Where MACHINE is the NetBIOS name of your Samba server,
+ and PRINTER$ is a share you set up for serving printer driver
+ files. For more details on setting this up see the outdated documentation
+ file in the <filename>docs/</filename> directory, <filename>
+ PRINTER_DRIVER.txt</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>See also <link linkend="PRINTERDRIVERFILE"><parameter>
+ printer driver file</parameter></link>.</para>
+
+ <para>Default: <command>none</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>printer driver location = \\MACHINE\PRINTER$
+ </command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTERNAME">printer name (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the name of the printer
to which print jobs spooled through a printable service will be sent.</para>
@@ -6178,7 +6299,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRINTER"/>printer (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTER">printer (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="PRINTERNAME"><parameter>
printer name</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -6187,7 +6308,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRINTING"/>printing (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRINTING">printing (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameters controls how printer status
information is interpreted on your system. It also affects the
default values for the <parameter>print command</parameter>,
@@ -6218,7 +6339,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PRIVATEDIR"/>private dir (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PRIVATEDIR">private dir (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameters defines the directory
smbd will use for storing such files as <filename>smbpasswd</filename>
and <filename>secrets.tdb</filename>.
@@ -6232,7 +6353,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PROTOCOL"/>protocol (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PROTOCOL">protocol (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="MAXPROTOCOL">
<parameter>max protocol</parameter></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -6241,7 +6362,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="PUBLIC"/>public (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="PUBLIC">public (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="GUESTOK"><parameter>guest
ok</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -6250,7 +6371,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="QUEUEPAUSECOMMAND"/>queuepause command (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="QUEUEPAUSECOMMAND">queuepause command (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the command to be
executed on the server host in order to pause the printer queue.</para>
@@ -6279,7 +6400,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="QUEUERESUMECOMMAND"/>queueresume command (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="QUEUERESUMECOMMAND">queueresume command (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the command to be
executed on the server host in order to resume the printer queue. It
is the command to undo the behavior that is caused by the
@@ -6314,7 +6435,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="READBMPX"/>read bmpx (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="READBMPX">read bmpx (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter controls whether <ulink
url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> will support the "Read
Block Multiplex" SMB. This is now rarely used and defaults to
@@ -6329,7 +6450,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="READLIST"/>read list (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="READLIST">read list (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of users that are given read-only
access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then
they will not be given write access, no matter what the <link
@@ -6351,7 +6472,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="READONLY"/>read only (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="READONLY">read only (S)</term>
<listitem><para>An inverted synonym is <link linkend="WRITEABLE">
<parameter>writeable</parameter></link>.</para>
@@ -6370,7 +6491,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="READRAW"/>read raw (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="READRAW">read raw (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls whether or not the server
will support the raw read SMB requests when transferring data
to clients.</para>
@@ -6393,7 +6514,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="READSIZE"/>read size (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="READSIZE">read size (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The option <parameter>read size</parameter>
affects the overlap of disk reads/writes with network reads/writes.
If the amount of data being transferred in several of the SMB
@@ -6420,7 +6541,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="REALM"/>realm (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="REALM">realm (G)</term>
<listitem><para>
This option specifies the kerberos realm to use. The realm is
used as the ADS equivalent of the NT4<command>domain</command>. It
@@ -6433,7 +6554,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="REMOTEANNOUNCE"/>remote announce (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="REMOTEANNOUNCE">remote announce (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows you to setup <ulink
url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> to periodically announce itself
to arbitrary IP addresses with an arbitrary workgroup name.</para>
@@ -6458,7 +6579,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
addresses of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses
of known browse masters if your network config is that stable.</para>
- <para>See the documentation file <ulink url="improved-browsing.html">BROWSING</ulink>
+ <para>See the documentation file <filename>BROWSING.txt</filename>
in the <filename>docs/</filename> directory.</para>
<para>Default: <command>remote announce = &lt;empty string&gt;
@@ -6469,7 +6590,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="REMOTEBROWSESYNC"/>remote browse sync (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="REMOTEBROWSESYNC">remote browse sync (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows you to setup <ulink
url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> to periodically request
synchronization of browse lists with the master browser of a Samba
@@ -6507,7 +6628,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="RESTRICTANONYMOUS"/>restrict anonymous (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="RESTRICTANONYMOUS">restrict anonymous (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a integer parameter, and
mirrors as much as possible the functinality the
<constant>RestrictAnonymous</constant>
@@ -6520,7 +6641,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ROOT"/>root (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ROOT">root (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="ROOTDIRECTORY">
<parameter>root directory"</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -6529,7 +6650,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ROOTDIR"/>root dir (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ROOTDIR">root dir (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="ROOTDIRECTORY">
<parameter>root directory"</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -6537,7 +6658,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ROOTDIRECTORY"/>root directory (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ROOTDIRECTORY">root directory (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The server will <command>chroot()</command> (i.e.
Change its root directory) to this directory on startup. This is
not strictly necessary for secure operation. Even without it the
@@ -6569,7 +6690,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ROOTPOSTEXEC"/>root postexec (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ROOTPOSTEXEC">root postexec (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is the same as the <parameter>postexec</parameter>
parameter except that the command is run as root. This
is useful for unmounting filesystems
@@ -6584,7 +6705,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ROOTPREEXEC"/>root preexec (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ROOTPREEXEC">root preexec (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is the same as the <parameter>preexec</parameter>
parameter except that the command is run as root. This
is useful for mounting filesystems (such as CDROMs) when a
@@ -6602,7 +6723,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="ROOTPREEXECCLOSE"/>root preexec close (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="ROOTPREEXECCLOSE">root preexec close (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is the same as the <parameter>preexec close
</parameter> parameter except that the command is run as root.</para>
@@ -6616,14 +6737,14 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SECURITY"/>security (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SECURITY">security (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option affects how clients respond to
Samba and is one of the most important settings in the <filename>
smb.conf</filename> file.</para>
<para>The option sets the "security mode bit" in replies to
- protocol negotiations with <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to turn share level security on or off. Clients decide
+ protocol negotiations with <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)
+ </ulink> to turn share level security on or off. Clients decide
based on this bit whether (and how) to transfer user and password
information to the server.</para>
@@ -6668,7 +6789,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<para>The different settings will now be explained.</para>
- <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSSHARE"/><emphasis>SECURITY = SHARE
+ <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSSHARE"><emphasis>SECURITY = SHARE
</emphasis></para>
<para>When clients connect to a share level security server they
@@ -6737,10 +6858,10 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<para>See also the section <link linkend="VALIDATIONSECT">
NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</link>.</para>
- <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSUSER"/><emphasis>SECURITY = USER
+ <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSUSER"><emphasis>SECURITY = USER
</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is the default security setting in Samba 3.0.
+ <para>This is the default security setting in Samba 2.2.
With user-level security a client must first "log-on" with a
valid username and password (which can be mapped using the <link
linkend="USERNAMEMAP"><parameter>username map</parameter></link>
@@ -6764,27 +6885,24 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<para>See also the section <link linkend="VALIDATIONSECT">
NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</link>.</para>
- <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSDOMAIN"/><emphasis>SECURITY = DOMAIN
-
+ <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSSERVER"><emphasis>SECURITY = SERVER
</emphasis></para>
- <para>This mode will only work correctly if <citerefentry><refentrytitle>net</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> has been used to add this
- machine into a Windows NT Domain. It expects the <link
- linkend="ENCRYPTPASSWORDS"><parameter>encrypted passwords</parameter>
- </link> parameter to be set to <constant>yes</constant>. In this
- mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by passing
- it to a Windows NT Primary or Backup Domain Controller, in exactly
- the same way that a Windows NT Server would do.</para>
-
- <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that a valid UNIX user must still
- exist as well as the account on the Domain Controller to allow
- Samba to have a valid UNIX account to map file access to.</para>
+ <para>In this mode Samba will try to validate the username/password
+ by passing it to another SMB server, such as an NT box. If this
+ fails it will revert to <command>security = user</command>, but note
+ that if encrypted passwords have been negotiated then Samba cannot
+ revert back to checking the UNIX password file, it must have a valid
+ <filename>smbpasswd</filename> file to check users against. See the
+ documentation file in the <filename>docs/</filename> directory
+ <filename>ENCRYPTION.txt</filename> for details on how to set this
+ up.</para>
- <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that from the client's point
- of view <command>security = domain</command> is the same as <command>security = user
- </command>. It only affects how the server deals with the authentication,
- it does not in any way affect what the client sees.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that from the client's point of
+ view <command>security = server</command> is the same as <command>
+ security = user</command>. It only affects how the server deals
+ with the authentication, it does not in any way affect what the
+ client sees.</para>
<para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that the name of the resource being
requested is <emphasis>not</emphasis> sent to the server until after
@@ -6802,42 +6920,27 @@ print5|My Printer 5
server</parameter></link> parameter and the <link
linkend="ENCRYPTPASSWORDS"><parameter>encrypted passwords</parameter>
</link> parameter.</para>
-
- <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSSERVER"/><emphasis>SECURITY = SERVER
+
+ <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSDOMAIN"><emphasis>SECURITY = DOMAIN
</emphasis></para>
- <para>In this mode Samba will try to validate the username/password
- by passing it to another SMB server, such as an NT box. If this
- fails it will revert to <command>security =
- user</command>. It expects the <link
+ <para>This mode will only work correctly if <ulink
+ url="smbpasswd.8.html">smbpasswd(8)</ulink> has been used to add this
+ machine into a Windows NT Domain. It expects the <link
linkend="ENCRYPTPASSWORDS"><parameter>encrypted passwords</parameter>
- </link> parameter to be set to
- <constant>yes</constant>, unless the remote server
- does not support them. However note
- that if encrypted passwords have been negotiated then Samba cannot
- revert back to checking the UNIX password file, it must have a valid
- <filename>smbpasswd</filename> file to check users against. See the
- documentation file in the <filename>docs/</filename> directory
- <filename>ENCRYPTION.txt</filename> for details on how to set this
- up.</para>
+ </link> parameter to be set to <constant>yes</constant>. In this
+ mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by passing
+ it to a Windows NT Primary or Backup Domain Controller, in exactly
+ the same way that a Windows NT Server would do.</para>
- <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> this mode of operation
- has significant pitfalls, due to the fact that is
- activly initiates a man-in-the-middle attack on the
- remote SMB server. In particular, this mode of
- operation can cause significant resource consuption on
- the PDC, as it must maintain an active connection for
- the duration of the user's session. Furthermore, if
- this connection is lost, there is no way to
- reestablish it, and futher authenticaions to the Samba
- server may fail. (From a single client, till it
- disconnects). </para>
+ <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that a valid UNIX user must still
+ exist as well as the account on the Domain Controller to allow
+ Samba to have a valid UNIX account to map file access to.</para>
- <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that from the client's point of
- view <command>security = server</command> is the same as <command>
- security = user</command>. It only affects how the server deals
- with the authentication, it does not in any way affect what the
- client sees.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that from the client's point
+ of view <command>security = domain</command> is the same as <command>security = user
+ </command>. It only affects how the server deals with the authentication,
+ it does not in any way affect what the client sees.</para>
<para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that the name of the resource being
requested is <emphasis>not</emphasis> sent to the server until after
@@ -6848,6 +6951,14 @@ print5|My Printer 5
See the <link linkend="MAPTOGUEST"><parameter>map to guest</parameter>
</link> parameter for details on doing this.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>BUG:</emphasis> There is currently a bug in the
+ implementation of <command>security = domain</command> with respect
+ to multi-byte character set usernames. The communication with a
+ Domain Controller must be done in UNICODE and Samba currently
+ does not widen multi-byte user names to UNICODE correctly, thus
+ a multi-byte username will not be recognized correctly at the
+ Domain Controller. This issue will be addressed in a future release.</para>
+
<para>See also the section <link linkend="VALIDATIONSECT">
NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</link>.</para>
@@ -6855,17 +6966,16 @@ print5|My Printer 5
server</parameter></link> parameter and the <link
linkend="ENCRYPTPASSWORDS"><parameter>encrypted passwords</parameter>
</link> parameter.</para>
-
+
<para>Default: <command>security = USER</command></para>
<para>Example: <command>security = DOMAIN</command></para>
-
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SECURITYMASK"/>security mask (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SECURITYMASK">security mask (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls what UNIX permission
bits can be modified when a Windows NT client is manipulating
the UNIX permission on a file using the native NT security
@@ -6925,7 +7035,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SERVERSTRING"/>server string (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SERVERSTRING">server string (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls what string will show up in the
printer comment box in print manager and next to the IPC connection
in <command>net view</command>. It can be any string that you wish
@@ -6969,7 +7079,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SETDIRECTORY"/>set directory (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SETDIRECTORY">set directory (S)</term>
<listitem><para>If <command>set directory = no</command>, then
users of the service may not use the setdir command to change
directory.</para>
@@ -6985,7 +7095,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SHAREMODES"/>share modes (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SHAREMODES">share modes (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This enables or disables the honoring of
the <parameter>share modes</parameter> during a file open. These
modes are used by clients to gain exclusive read or write access
@@ -7014,7 +7124,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SHORTPRESERVECASE"/>short preserve case (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SHORTPRESERVECASE">short preserve case (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter controls if new files
which conform to 8.3 syntax, that is all in upper case and of
suitable length, are created upper case, or if they are forced
@@ -7034,7 +7144,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SHOWADDPRINTERWIZARD"/>show add printer wizard (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SHOWADDPRINTERWIZARD">show add printer wizard (G)</term>
<listitem><para>With the introduction of MS-RPC based printing support
for Windows NT/2000 client in Samba 2.2, a "Printers..." folder will
appear on Samba hosts in the share listing. Normally this folder will
@@ -7069,7 +7179,7 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SHUTDOWNSCRIPT"/>shutdown script (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SHUTDOWNSCRIPT">shutdown script (G)</term>
<listitem><para><emphasis>This parameter only exists in the HEAD cvs branch</emphasis>
This a full path name to a script called by
<ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink> that
@@ -7095,15 +7205,15 @@ print5|My Printer 5
<para>Default: <emphasis>None</emphasis>.</para>
<para>Example: <command>abort shutdown script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/shutdown %m %t %r %f</command></para>
<para>Shutdown script example:
-<programlisting>
-#!/bin/bash
+ <programlisting>
+ #!/bin/bash
-$time=0
-let "time/60"
-let "time++"
+ $time=0
+ let "time/60"
+ let "time++"
-/sbin/shutdown $3 $4 +$time $1 &amp;
-</programlisting>
+ /sbin/shutdown $3 $4 +$time $1 &
+ </programlisting>
Shutdown does not return so we need to launch it in background.
</para>
@@ -7113,7 +7223,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SMBPASSWDFILE"/>smb passwd file (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SMBPASSWDFILE">smb passwd file (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option sets the path to the encrypted
smbpasswd file. By default the path to the smbpasswd file
is compiled into Samba.</para>
@@ -7128,7 +7238,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SMBPORTS"/>smb ports (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SMBPORTS">smb ports (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Specifies which ports the server should listen on
for SMB traffic.
</para>
@@ -7139,7 +7249,7 @@ let "time++"
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SOCKETADDRESS"/>socket address (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SOCKETADDRESS">socket address (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows you to control what
address Samba will listen for connections on. This is used to
support multiple virtual interfaces on the one server, each
@@ -7156,7 +7266,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SOCKETOPTIONS"/>socket options (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SOCKETOPTIONS">socket options (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows you to set socket options
to be used when talking with the client.</para>
@@ -7229,7 +7339,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SOURCEENVIRONMENT"/>source environment (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SOURCEENVIRONMENT">source environment (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter causes Samba to set environment
variables as per the content of the file named.</para>
@@ -7251,23 +7361,17 @@ let "time++"
/usr/local/smb_env_vars</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><anchor id="SPNEGO">use spnego (G)</term>
+<listitem><para> This variable controls controls whether samba will try to use Simple and Protected NEGOciation (as specified by rfc2478) with WindowsXP and Windows2000sp2 clients to agree upon an authentication mechanism. As of samba 3.0alpha it must be set to "no" for these clients to join a samba domain controller. It can be set to "yes" to allow samba to participate in an AD domain controlled by a Windows2000 domain controller.</para>
+<para>Default: <emphasis>use spnego = yes</emphasis></para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SPNEGO"/>use spnego (G)</term>
- <listitem><para> This variable controls controls whether samba will try
- to use Simple and Protected NEGOciation (as specified by rfc2478) with
- WindowsXP and Windows2000sp2 clients to agree upon an authentication mechanism.
- Unless further issues are discovered with our SPNEGO
- implementation, there is no reason this should ever be
- disabled.</para>
- <para>Default: <emphasis>use spnego = yes</emphasis></para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="STATCACHE"/>stat cache (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter determines if <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will use a cache in order to
+ <term><anchor id="STATCACHE">stat cache (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter determines if <ulink
+ url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)</ulink> will use a cache in order to
speed up case insensitive name mappings. You should never need
to change this parameter.</para>
@@ -7276,7 +7380,7 @@ let "time++"
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="STATCACHESIZE"/>stat cache size (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="STATCACHESIZE">stat cache size (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter determines the number of
entries in the <parameter>stat cache</parameter>. You should
never need to change this parameter.</para>
@@ -7288,7 +7392,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="STRICTALLOCATE"/>strict allocate (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="STRICTALLOCATE">strict allocate (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a boolean that controls the handling of
disk space allocation in the server. When this is set to <constant>yes</constant>
the server will change from UNIX behaviour of not committing real
@@ -7312,7 +7416,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="STRICTLOCKING"/>strict locking (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="STRICTLOCKING">strict locking (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a boolean that controls the handling of
file locking in the server. When this is set to <constant>yes</constant>
the server will check every read and write access for file locks, and
@@ -7332,7 +7436,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="STRICTSYNC"/>strict sync (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="STRICTSYNC">strict sync (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Many Windows applications (including the Windows
98 explorer shell) seem to confuse flushing buffer contents to
disk with doing a sync to disk. Under UNIX, a sync call forces
@@ -7340,8 +7444,7 @@ let "time++"
all outstanding data in kernel disk buffers has been safely stored
onto stable storage. This is very slow and should only be done
rarely. Setting this parameter to <constant>no</constant> (the
- default) means that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> ignores the Windows applications requests for
+ default) means that <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> ignores the Windows applications requests for
a sync call. There is only a possibility of losing data if the
operating system itself that Samba is running on crashes, so there is
little danger in this default setting. In addition, this fixes many
@@ -7357,7 +7460,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="STRIPDOT"/>strip dot (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="STRIPDOT">strip dot (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a boolean that controls whether to
strip trailing dots off UNIX filenames. This helps with some
CDROMs that have filenames ending in a single dot.</para>
@@ -7369,7 +7472,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SYNCALWAYS"/>sync always (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SYNCALWAYS">sync always (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a boolean parameter that controls
whether writes will always be written to stable storage before
the write call returns. If this is <constant>no</constant> then the server will be
@@ -7391,7 +7494,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SYSLOG"/>syslog (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SYSLOG">syslog (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter maps how Samba debug messages
are logged onto the system syslog logging levels. Samba debug
level zero maps onto syslog <constant>LOG_ERR</constant>, debug
@@ -7411,7 +7514,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="SYSLOGONLY"/>syslog only (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="SYSLOGONLY">syslog only (G)</term>
<listitem><para>If this parameter is set then Samba debug
messages are logged into the system syslog only, and not to
the debug log files.</para>
@@ -7423,7 +7526,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="TEMPLATEHOMEDIR"/>template homedir (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="TEMPLATEHOMEDIR">template homedir (G)</term>
<listitem><para>When filling out the user information for a Windows NT
user, the <ulink url="winbindd.8.html">winbindd(8)</ulink> daemon
uses this parameter to fill in the home directory for that user.
@@ -7439,10 +7542,9 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="TEMPLATESHELL"/>template shell (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="TEMPLATESHELL">template shell (G)</term>
<listitem><para>When filling out the user information for a Windows NT
- user, the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon
+ user, the <ulink url="winbindd.8.html">winbindd(8)</ulink> daemon
uses this parameter to fill in the login shell for that user.</para>
<para>Default: <command>template shell = /bin/false</command></para>
@@ -7452,7 +7554,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="TIMEOFFSET"/>time offset (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="TIMEOFFSET">time offset (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter is a setting in minutes to add
to the normal GMT to local time conversion. This is useful if
you are serving a lot of PCs that have incorrect daylight
@@ -7466,9 +7568,9 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="TIMESERVER"/>time server (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter determines if <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> advertises itself as a time server to Windows
+ <term><anchor id="TIMESERVER">time server (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter determines if <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">
+ nmbd(8)</ulink> advertises itself as a time server to Windows
clients.</para>
<para>Default: <command>time server = no</command></para>
@@ -7477,7 +7579,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="TIMESTAMPLOGS"/>timestamp logs (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="TIMESTAMPLOGS">timestamp logs (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="DEBUGTIMESTAMP"><parameter>
debug timestamp</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -7488,17 +7590,16 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="TOTALPRINTJOBS"/>total print jobs (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="TOTALPRINTJOBS">total print jobs (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter accepts an integer value which defines
a limit on the maximum number of print jobs that will be accepted
system wide at any given time. If a print job is submitted
- by a client which will exceed this number, then <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will return an
+ by a client which will exceed this number, then <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> will return an
error indicating that no space is available on the server. The
default value of 0 means that no such limit exists. This parameter
can be used to prevent a server from exceeding its capacity and is
designed as a printing throttle. See also
- <link linkend="MAXPRINTJOBS"><parameter>max print jobs</parameter></link>.
+ <link linkend="MAXPRINTJOBS"><parameter>max print jobs</parameter</link>.
</para>
<para>Default: <command>total print jobs = 0</command></para>
@@ -7507,7 +7608,7 @@ let "time++"
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="UNICODE"/>unicode (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="UNICODE">unicode (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Specifies whether Samba should try
to use unicode on the wire by default. Note: This does NOT
mean that samba will assume that the unix machine uses unicode!
@@ -7519,19 +7620,19 @@ let "time++"
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="UNIXCHARSET"/>unix charset (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="UNIXCHARSET">unix charset (G)</term>
<listitem><para>Specifies the charset the unix machine
Samba runs on uses. Samba needs to know this in order to be able to
convert text to the charsets other SMB clients use.
</para>
- <para>Default: <command>unix charset = UTF8</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>unix charset = ASCII</command></para>
+ <para>Default: <command>unix charset = ASCII</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>unix charset = UTF8</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="UNIXEXTENSIONS"/>unix extensions(G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="UNIXEXTENSIONS">unix extensions(G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter controls whether Samba
implments the CIFS UNIX extensions, as defined by HP.
These extensions enable Samba to better serve UNIX CIFS clients
@@ -7547,7 +7648,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"/>unix password sync (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC">unix password sync (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter controls whether Samba
attempts to synchronize the UNIX password with the SMB password
when the encrypted SMB password in the smbpasswd file is changed.
@@ -7568,7 +7669,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="UPDATEENCRYPTED"/>update encrypted (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="UPDATEENCRYPTED">update encrypted (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter allows a user logging
on with a plaintext password to have their encrypted (hashed)
password in the smbpasswd file to be updated automatically as
@@ -7599,7 +7700,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="USECLIENTDRIVER"/>use client driver (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="USECLIENTDRIVER">use client driver (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter applies only to Windows NT/2000
clients. It has no affect on Windows 95/98/ME clients. When
serving a printer to Windows NT/2000 clients without first installing
@@ -7637,7 +7738,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="USEMMAP"/>use mmap (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="USEMMAP">use mmap (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This global parameter determines if the tdb internals of Samba can
depend on mmap working correctly on the running system. Samba requires a coherent
mmap/read-write system memory cache. Currently only HPUX does not have such a
@@ -7655,7 +7756,27 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="USER"/>user (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="USERHOSTS">use rhosts (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>If this global parameter is <constant>yes</constant>, it specifies
+ that the UNIX user's <filename>.rhosts</filename> file in their home directory
+ will be read to find the names of hosts and users who will be allowed
+ access without specifying a password.</para>
+
+ <para><emphasis>NOTE:</emphasis> The use of <parameter>use rhosts
+ </parameter> can be a major security hole. This is because you are
+ trusting the PC to supply the correct username. It is very easy to
+ get a PC to supply a false username. I recommend that the <parameter>
+ use rhosts</parameter> option be only used if you really know what
+ you are doing.</para>
+
+ <para>Default: <command>use rhosts = no</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><anchor id="USER">user (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="USERNAME"><parameter>
username</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -7664,7 +7785,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="USERS"/>users (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="USERS">users (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="USERNAME"><parameter>
username</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -7672,7 +7793,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="USERNAME"/>username (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="USERNAME">username (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Multiple users may be specified in a comma-delimited
list, in which case the supplied password will be tested against
each username in turn (left to right).</para>
@@ -7713,7 +7834,7 @@ let "time++"
will be looked up only in the UNIX groups database and will
expand to a list of all users in the group of that name.</para>
- <para>If any of the usernames begin with a '&amp;' then the name
+ <para>If any of the usernames begin with a '&'then the name
will be looked up only in the NIS netgroups database (if Samba
is compiled with netgroup support) and will expand to a list
of all users in the netgroup group of that name.</para>
@@ -7737,7 +7858,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="USERNAMELEVEL"/>username level (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="USERNAMELEVEL">username level (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option helps Samba to try and 'guess' at
the real UNIX username, as many DOS clients send an all-uppercase
username. By default Samba tries all lowercase, followed by the
@@ -7760,7 +7881,7 @@ let "time++"
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="USERNAMEMAP"/>username map (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="USERNAMEMAP">username map (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows you to specify a file containing
a mapping of usernames from the clients to the server. This can be
used for several purposes. The most common is to map usernames
@@ -7823,10 +7944,10 @@ let "time++"
'!' to tell Samba to stop processing if it gets a match on
that line.</para>
-<para><programlisting>
-!sys = mary fred
-guest = *
-</programlisting></para>
+ <para><programlisting>
+ !sys = mary fred
+ guest = *
+ </programlisting></para>
<para>Note that the remapping is applied to all occurrences
of usernames. Thus if you connect to \\server\fred and <constant>
@@ -7852,7 +7973,7 @@ guest = *
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="USESENDFILE"/>use sendfile (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="USESENDFILE">use sendfile (S)</term>
<listitem><para>If this parameter is <constant>yes</constant>, and Samba
was built with the --with-sendfile-support option, and the underlying operating
system supports sendfile system call, then some SMB read calls (mainly ReadAndX
@@ -7869,7 +7990,7 @@ guest = *
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="UTMP"/>utmp (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="UTMP">utmp (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter is only available if
Samba has been configured and compiled with the option <command>
--with-utmp</command>. If set to <constant>yes</constant> then Samba will attempt
@@ -7891,7 +8012,7 @@ guest = *
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="UTMPDIRECTORY"/>utmp directory(G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="UTMPDIRECTORY">utmp directory(G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter is only available if Samba has
been configured and compiled with the option <command>
--with-utmp</command>. It specifies a directory pathname that is
@@ -7908,7 +8029,7 @@ guest = *
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WTMPDIRECTORY"/>wtmp directory(G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WTMPDIRECTORY">wtmp directory(G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter is only available if Samba has
been configured and compiled with the option <command>
--with-utmp</command>. It specifies a directory pathname that is
@@ -7930,9 +8051,9 @@ guest = *
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="VALIDUSERS"/>valid users (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="VALIDUSERS">valid users (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of users that should be allowed
- to login to this service. Names starting with '@', '+' and '&amp;'
+ to login to this service. Names starting with '@', '+' and '&'
are interpreted using the same rules as described in the
<parameter>invalid users</parameter> parameter.</para>
@@ -7957,7 +8078,7 @@ guest = *
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="VETOFILES"/>veto files(S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="VETOFILES">veto files(S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of files and directories that
are neither visible nor accessible. Each entry in the list must
be separated by a '/', which allows spaces to be included
@@ -8005,7 +8126,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="VETOOPLOCKFILES"/>veto oplock files (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="VETOOPLOCKFILES">veto oplock files (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter is only valid when the <link
linkend="OPLOCKS"><parameter>oplocks</parameter></link>
parameter is turned on for a share. It allows the Samba administrator
@@ -8031,7 +8152,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="VFSPATH"/>vfs path (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="VFSPATH">vfs path (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies the directory
to look in for vfs modules. The name of every <command>vfs object
</command> will be prepended by this directory
@@ -8044,7 +8165,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="VFSOBJECT"/>vfs object (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="VFSOBJECT">vfs object (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter specifies a shared object files that
are used for Samba VFS I/O operations. By default, normal
disk I/O operations are used but these can be overloaded
@@ -8058,7 +8179,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="VFSOPTIONS"/>vfs options (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="VFSOPTIONS">vfs options (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter allows parameters to be passed
to the vfs layer at initialization time.
See also <link linkend="VFSOBJECT"><parameter>
@@ -8071,7 +8192,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="VOLUME"/>volume (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="VOLUME">volume (S)</term>
<listitem><para> This allows you to override the volume label
returned for a share. Useful for CDROMs with installation programs
that insist on a particular volume label.</para>
@@ -8083,7 +8204,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WIDELINKS"/>wide links (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WIDELINKS">wide links (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls whether or not links
in the UNIX file system may be followed by the server. Links
that point to areas within the directory tree exported by the
@@ -8102,10 +8223,9 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINBINDCACHETIME"/>winbind cache time (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter specifies the number of
- seconds the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon will cache
+ <term><anchor id="WINBINDCACHETIME">winbind cache time (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter specifies the number of seconds the
+ <ulink url="winbindd.8.html">winbindd(8)</ulink> daemon will cache
user and group information before querying a Windows NT server
again.</para>
@@ -8115,10 +8235,11 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINBINDENUMUSERS"/>winbind enum users (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>On large installations using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> it may be
- necessary to suppress the enumeration of users through the <command>setpwent()</command>,
+ <term><anchor id="WINBINDENUMUSERS">winbind enum users (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>On large installations using
+ <ulink url="winbindd.8.html">winbindd(8)</ulink> it may be
+ necessary to suppress the enumeration of users through the
+ <command> setpwent()</command>,
<command>getpwent()</command> and
<command>endpwent()</command> group of system calls. If
the <parameter>winbind enum users</parameter> parameter is
@@ -8136,10 +8257,11 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINBINDENUMGROUPS"/>winbind enum groups (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>On large installations using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> it may be necessary to suppress
- the enumeration of groups through the <command>setgrent()</command>,
+ <term><anchor id="WINBINDENUMGROUPS">winbind enum groups (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>On large installations using
+ <ulink url="winbindd.8.html">winbindd(8)</ulink> it may be
+ necessary to suppress the enumeration of groups through the
+ <command> setgrent()</command>,
<command>getgrent()</command> and
<command>endgrent()</command> group of system calls. If
the <parameter>winbind enum groups</parameter> parameter is
@@ -8156,10 +8278,10 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINBINDGID"/>winbind gid (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WINBINDGID">winbind gid (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The winbind gid parameter specifies the range of group
- ids that are allocated by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon. This range of group ids should have no
+ ids that are allocated by the <ulink url="winbindd.8.html">
+ winbindd(8)</ulink> daemon. This range of group ids should have no
existing local or NIS groups within it as strange conflicts can
occur otherwise.</para>
@@ -8172,7 +8294,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINBINDSEPARATOR"/>winbind separator (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WINBINDSEPARATOR">winbind separator (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter allows an admin to define the character
used when listing a username of the form of <replaceable>DOMAIN
</replaceable>\<replaceable>user</replaceable>. This parameter
@@ -8193,10 +8315,10 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINBINDUID"/>winbind uid (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WINBINDUID">winbind uid (G)</term>
<listitem><para>The winbind gid parameter specifies the range of group
- ids that are allocated by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon. This range of ids should have no
+ ids that are allocated by the <ulink url="winbindd.8.html">
+ winbindd(8)</ulink> daemon. This range of ids should have no
existing local or NIS users within it as strange conflicts can
occur otherwise.</para>
@@ -8209,10 +8331,12 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINBINDUSEDEFAULTDOMAIN"/>winbind use default domain (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This parameter specifies whether the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon should operate on users
- without domain component in their username.
+ <term>winbind use default domain</term>
+
+ <term><anchor id="WINBINDUSEDEFAULTDOMAIN">winbind use default domain (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter specifies whether the <ulink url="winbindd.8.html">
+ winbindd(8)</ulink>
+ daemon should operate on users without domain component in their username.
Users without a domain component are treated as is part of the winbindd server's
own domain. While this does not benifit Windows users, it makes SSH, FTP and e-mail
function in a way much closer to the way they would in a native unix system.</para>
@@ -8225,7 +8349,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINSHOOK"/>wins hook (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WINSHOOK">wins hook (G)</term>
<listitem><para>When Samba is running as a WINS server this
allows you to call an external program for all changes to the
WINS database. The primary use for this option is to allow the
@@ -8273,7 +8397,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINSPROXY"/>wins proxy (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WINSPROXY">wins proxy (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a boolean that controls if <ulink
url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> will respond to broadcast name
queries on behalf of other hosts. You may need to set this
@@ -8287,46 +8411,33 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINSSERVER"/>wins server (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WINSSERVER">wins server (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This specifies the IP address (or DNS name: IP
- address for preference) of the WINS server that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> should register with. If you have a WINS server on
+ address for preference) of the WINS server that <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">
+ nmbd(8)</ulink> should register with. If you have a WINS server on
your network then you should set this to the WINS server's IP.</para>
<para>You should point this at your WINS server if you have a
multi-subnetted network.</para>
- <para>If you want to work in multiple namespaces, you can
- give every wins server a 'tag'. For each tag, only one
- (working) server will be queried for a name. The tag should be
- seperated from the ip address by a colon.
- </para>
-
- <note><para>You need to set up Samba to point
+ <para><emphasis>NOTE</emphasis>. You need to set up Samba to point
to a WINS server if you have multiple subnets and wish cross-subnet
- browsing to work correctly.</para></note>
-
+ browsing to work correctly.</para>
- <para>See the documentation file <ulink url="improved-browsing.html">Browsing</ulink> in the samba howto collection.</para>
+ <para>See the documentation file <filename>BROWSING.txt</filename>
+ in the docs/ directory of your Samba source distribution.</para>
<para>Default: <emphasis>not enabled</emphasis></para>
- <para>Example: <command>wins server = mary:192.9.200.1 fred:192.168.3.199 mary:192.168.2.61</command></para>
- <para>For this example when querying a certain name, 192.19.200.1 will
- be asked first and if that doesn't respond 192.168.2.61. If either
- of those doesn't know the name 192.168.3.199 will be queried.
- </para>
-
- <para>Example: <command>wins server = 192.9.200.1 192.168.2.61</command></para>
-
+ <para>Example: <command>wins server = 192.9.200.1</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINSSUPPORT"/>wins support (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This boolean controls if the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> process in Samba will act as a WINS server. You should
+ <term><anchor id="WINSSUPPORT">wins support (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>This boolean controls if the <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">
+ nmbd(8)</ulink> process in Samba will act as a WINS server. You should
not set this to <constant>yes</constant> unless you have a multi-subnetted network and
you wish a particular <command>nmbd</command> to be your WINS server.
Note that you should <emphasis>NEVER</emphasis> set this to <constant>yes</constant>
@@ -8339,7 +8450,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WORKGROUP"/>workgroup (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WORKGROUP">workgroup (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This controls what workgroup your server will
appear to be in when queried by clients. Note that this parameter
also controls the Domain name used with the <link
@@ -8355,7 +8466,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WRITABLE"/>writable (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WRITABLE">writable (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="WRITEABLE"><parameter>
writeable</parameter></link> for people who can't spell :-).</para>
</listitem>
@@ -8364,7 +8475,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WRITECACHESIZE"/>write cache size (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WRITECACHESIZE">write cache size (S)</term>
<listitem><para>If this integer parameter is set to non-zero value,
Samba will create an in-memory cache for each oplocked file
(it does <emphasis>not</emphasis> do this for
@@ -8396,7 +8507,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WRITELIST"/>write list (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WRITELIST">write list (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a list of users that are given read-write
access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then
they will be given write access, no matter what the <link
@@ -8421,7 +8532,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WINSPARTNERS"/>wins partners (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WINSPARTNERS">wins partners (G)</term>
<listitem><para>A space separated list of partners' IP addresses for
WINS replication. WINS partners are always defined as push/pull
partners as defining only one way WINS replication is unreliable.
@@ -8437,7 +8548,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WRITEOK"/>write ok (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WRITEOK">write ok (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Inverted synonym for <link linkend="READONLY"><parameter>
read only</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -8446,7 +8557,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WRITERAW"/>write raw (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WRITERAW">write raw (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter controls whether or not the server
will support raw write SMB's when transferring data from clients.
You should never need to change this parameter.</para>
@@ -8458,7 +8569,7 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="WRITEABLE"/>writeable (S)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="WRITEABLE">writeable (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Inverted synonym for <link linkend="READONLY"><parameter>
read only</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -8478,8 +8589,8 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
problem - but be aware of the possibility.</para>
<para>On a similar note, many clients - especially DOS clients -
- limit service names to eight characters. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> has no such limitation, but attempts to connect from such
+ limit service names to eight characters. <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd(8)
+ </ulink> has no such limitation, but attempts to connect from such
clients will fail if they truncate the service names. For this reason
you should probably keep your service names down to eight characters
in length.</para>
@@ -8494,22 +8605,22 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<refsect1>
<title>VERSION</title>
- <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</para>
+ <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
+ the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmblookup</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testprns</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para><ulink url="samba.7.html">samba(7)</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="smbpasswd.8.html"><command>smbpasswd(8)</command></ulink>,
+ <ulink url="swat.8.html"><command>swat(8)</command></ulink>,
+ <ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink>,
+ <ulink url="nmbd.8.html"><command>nmbd(8)</command></ulink>,
+ <ulink url="smbclient.1.html"><command>smbclient(1)</command></ulink>,
+ <ulink url="nmblookup.1.html"><command>nmblookup(1)</command></ulink>,
+ <ulink url="testparm.1.html"><command>testparm(1)</command></ulink>,
+ <ulink url="testprns.1.html"><command>testprns(1)</command></ulink>
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -8522,11 +8633,11 @@ veto files = /.AppleDouble/.bin/.AppleDesktop/Network Trash Folder/
<para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
- excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
+ excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
+ <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
- Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2
- for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
+ Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>