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The 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 update is available as a free download from +the Thursby web site (the speed of finder copies has been greatly +enhanced, and there are bug-fixes included). +</para> + +<para> +Alternatives - There are two free implementations of AppleTalk for +several kinds of UNIX machnes, and several more commercial ones. +These products allow you to run file services and print services +natively to Macintosh users, with no additional support required on +the Macintosh. The two free omplementations are +<ulink url="http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/">Netatalk</ulink>, and +<ulink url="http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/atalk.html">CAP</ulink>. +What Samba offers MS +Windows users, these packages offer to Macs. For more info on these +packages, Samba, and Linux (and other UNIX-based systems) see +<ulink url="http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html">http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html</ulink> +</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>OS2 Client</title> + + <sect2> + <title>How can I configure OS/2 Warp Connect or + OS/2 Warp 4 as a client for Samba?</title> + + <para>A more complete answer to this question can be + found on <ulink url="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/warp.html"> + http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/warp.html</ulink>.</para> + + <para>Basically, you need three components:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>The File and Print Client ('IBM Peer') + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>TCP/IP ('Internet support') + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>The "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" driver ('TCPBEUI') + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>Installing the first two together with the base operating + system on a blank system is explained in the Warp manual. If Warp + has already been installed, but you now want to install the + networking support, use the "Selective Install for Networking" + object in the "System Setup" folder.</para> + + <para>Adding the "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" driver is not described + in the manual and just barely in the online documentation. Start + MPTS.EXE, click on OK, click on "Configure LAPS" and click + on "IBM OS/2 NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP" in 'Protocols'. This line + is then moved to 'Current Configuration'. Select that line, + click on "Change number" and increase it from 0 to 1. Save this + configuration.</para> + + <para>If the Samba server(s) is not on your local subnet, you + can optionally add IP names and addresses of these servers + to the "Names List", or specify a WINS server ('NetBIOS + Nameserver' in IBM and RFC terminology). For Warp Connect you + may need to download an update for 'IBM Peer' to bring it on + the same level as Warp 4. See the webpage mentioned above.</para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>How can I configure OS/2 Warp 3 (not Connect), + OS/2 1.2, 1.3 or 2.x for Samba?</title> + + <para>You can use the free Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2c Client + for OS/2 from + <ulink url="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN.OS2/"> + ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/BusSys/Clients/LANMAN.OS2/</ulink>. + See <ulink url="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/lanman.html"> + http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/lanman.html</ulink> for + more information on how to install and use this client. In + a nutshell, edit the file \OS2VER in the root directory of + the OS/2 boot partition and add the lines:</para> + + <para><programlisting> + 20=setup.exe + 20=netwksta.sys + 20=netvdd.sys + </programlisting></para> + + <para>before you install the client. Also, don't use the + included NE2000 driver because it is buggy. Try the NE2000 + or NS2000 driver from + <ulink url="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/"> + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/</ulink> instead. + </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Are there any other issues when OS/2 (any version) + is used as a client?</title> + + <para>When you do a NET VIEW or use the "File and Print + Client Resource Browser", no Samba servers show up. This can + be fixed by a patch from <ulink + url="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/fix.html"> + http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/fix.html</ulink>. + The patch will be included in a later version of Samba. It also + fixes a couple of other problems, such as preserving long + filenames when objects are dragged from the Workplace Shell + to the Samba server. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>How do I get printer driver download working + for OS/2 clients?</title> + + <para>First, create a share called [PRINTDRV] that is + world-readable. Copy your OS/2 driver files there. Note + that the .EA_ files must still be separate, so you will need + to use the original install files, and not copy an installed + driver from an OS/2 system.</para> + + <para>Install the NT driver first for that printer. Then, + add to your smb.conf a parameter, os2 driver map = + <replaceable>filename</replaceable>". Then, in the file + specified by <replaceable>filename</replaceable>, map the + name of the NT driver name to the OS/2 driver name as + follows:</para> + + <para><command>nt driver name = os2 "driver + name"."device name"</command>, e.g.: + HP LaserJet 5L = LASERJET.HP LaserJet 5L</para> + + <para>You can have multiple drivers mapped in this file.</para> + + <para>If you only specify the OS/2 driver name, and not the + device name, the first attempt to download the driver will + actually download the files, but the OS/2 client will tell + you the driver is not available. On the second attempt, it + will work. This is fixed simply by adding the device name + to the mapping, after which it will work on the first attempt. + </para> + </sect2> +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>Windows for Workgroups</title> + +<sect2> +<title>Use latest TCP/IP stack from Microsoft</title> + +<para>Use the latest TCP/IP stack from microsoft if you use Windows +for workgroups. +</para> + +<para>The early TCP/IP stacks had lots of bugs.</para> + +<para> +Microsoft has released an incremental upgrade to their TCP/IP 32-Bit +VxD drivers. The latest release can be found on their ftp site at +ftp.microsoft.com, located in /peropsys/windows/public/tcpip/wfwt32.exe. +There is an update.txt file there that describes the problems that were +fixed. New files include WINSOCK.DLL, TELNET.EXE, WSOCK.386, VNBT.386, +WSTCP.386, TRACERT.EXE, NETSTAT.EXE, and NBTSTAT.EXE. +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Delete .pwl files after password change</title> + +<para> +WfWg does a lousy job with passwords. I find that if I change my +password on either the unix box or the PC the safest thing to do is to +delete the .pwl files in the windows directory. The PC will complain about not finding the files, but will soon get over it, allowing you to enter the new password. +</para> + +<para> +If you don't do this you may find that WfWg remembers and uses the old +password, even if you told it a new one. +</para> + +<para> +Often WfWg will totally ignore a password you give it in a dialog box. +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Configure WfW password handling</title> + +<para> +There is a program call admincfg.exe +on the last disk (disk 8) of the WFW 3.11 disk set. To install it +type EXPAND A:\ADMINCFG.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\ADMINCFG.EXE Then add an icon +for it via the "Progam Manager" "New" Menu. This program allows you +to control how WFW handles passwords. ie disable Password Caching etc +for use with <command>security = user</command> +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Case handling of passwords</title> + +<para>Windows for Workgroups uppercases the password before sending it to the server. Unix passwords can be case-sensitive though. Check the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</ulink> information on <command>password level</command> to specify what characters samba should try to uppercase when checking.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Use TCP/IP as default protocol</title> + +<para>To support print queue reporting you may find +that you have to use TCP/IP as the default protocol under +WfWg. For some reason if you leave Netbeui as the default +it may break the print queue reporting on some systems. +It is presumably a WfWg bug.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Speed improvement</title> + +<para> +Note that some people have found that setting DefaultRcvWindow in +the [MSTCP] section of the SYSTEM.INI file under WfWg to 3072 gives a +big improvement. I don't know why. +</para> + +<para> +My own experience wth DefaultRcvWindow is that I get much better +performance with a large value (16384 or larger). Other people have +reported that anything over 3072 slows things down enourmously. One +person even reported a speed drop of a factor of 30 when he went from +3072 to 8192. I don't know why. +</para> +</sect2> +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>Windows '95/'98</title> + +<para> +When using Windows 95 OEM SR2 the following updates are recommended where Samba +is being used. Please NOTE that the above change will affect you once these +updates have been installed. +</para> + +<para> +There are more updates than the ones mentioned here. You are referred to the +Microsoft Web site for all currently available updates to your specific version +of Windows 95. +</para> + +<orderedlist> +<listitem><para>Kernel Update: KRNLUPD.EXE</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Ping Fix: PINGUPD.EXE</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>RPC Update: RPCRTUPD.EXE</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>TCP/IP Update: VIPUPD.EXE</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Redirector Update: VRDRUPD.EXE</para></listitem> +</orderedlist> + +<para> +Also, if using MS OutLook it is desirable to install the OLEUPD.EXE fix. This +fix may stop your machine from hanging for an extended period when exiting +OutLook and you may also notice a significant speedup when accessing network +neighborhood services. +</para> + +<sect2> +<title>Speed improvement</title> + +<para> +Configure the win95 TCPIP registry settings to give better +performance. I use a program called MTUSPEED.exe which I got off the +net. There are various other utilities of this type freely available. +</para> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>Windows 2000 Service Pack 2</title> + +<para> +There are several annoyances with Windows 2000 SP2. One of which +only appears when using a Samba server to host user profiles +to Windows 2000 SP2 clients in a Windows domain. This assumes +that Samba is a member of the domain, but the problem will +likely occur if it is not. +</para> + +<para> +In order to server profiles successfully to Windows 2000 SP2 +clients (when not operating as a PDC), Samba must have +<command>nt acl support = no</command> +added to the file share which houses the roaming profiles. +If this is not done, then the Windows 2000 SP2 client will +complain about not being able to access the profile (Access +Denied) and create multiple copies of it on disk (DOMAIN.user.001, +DOMAIN.user.002, etc...). See the +<ulink url="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</ulink> man page +for more details on this option. Also note that the +<command>nt acl support</command> parameter was formally a global parameter in +releases prior to Samba 2.2.2. +</para> + +<para> +The following is a minimal profile share: +</para> + +<para><programlisting> + [profile] + path = /export/profile + create mask = 0600 + directory mask = 0700 + nt acl support = no + read only = no +</programlisting></para> + +<para> +The reason for this bug is that the Win2k SP2 client copies +the security descriptor for the profile which contains +the Samba server's SID, and not the domain SID. The client +compares the SID for SAMBA\user and realizes it is +different that the one assigned to DOMAIN\user. Hence the reason +for the "access denied" message. +</para> + +<para> +By disabling the <command>nt acl support</command> parameter, Samba will send +the Win2k client a response to the QuerySecurityDescriptor +trans2 call which causes the client to set a default ACL +for the profile. This default ACL includes +</para> + +<para><command>DOMAIN\user "Full Control"</command></para> + +<note><para>This bug does not occur when using winbind to +create accounts on the Samba host for Domain users.</para></note> + +</sect1> + +<sect1> +<title>Windows NT 3.1</title> + +<para>If you have problems communicating across routers with Windows +NT 3.1 workstations, read <ulink url="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q103765">this Microsoft Knowledge Base article</ulink>. + +</para> + +</sect1> + +</chapter> |