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Configuration problems"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 2. Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FAQ-general.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-Config.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title"><a name="FAQ-Install"></a>Chapter 2. Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host</h2></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2808542">I can't see the Samba server in any browse lists!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2811456">Some files that I KNOW are on the server don't show up when I view the files from my client!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2811470">Some files on the server show up with really wierd filenames when I view the files from my client!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2860743">My client reports "cannot locate specified computer" or similar</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2860797">My client reports "cannot locate specified share name" or similar</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2806029">Printing doesn't work</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2807904">My client reports "This server is not configured to list shared resources"</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2807925">Log message "you appear to have a trapdoor uid system" </a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2807990">Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2811127">How do I set the printer driver name correctly?</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2808542"></a>I can't see the Samba server in any browse lists!</h2></div></div><p> +See Browsing.html in the docs directory of the samba source +for more information on browsing. +</p><p> +If your GUI client does not permit you to select non-browsable +servers, you may need to do so on the command line. For example, under +Lan Manager you might connect to the above service as disk drive M: +thusly: +</p><pre class="programlisting"> + net use M: \\mary\fred +</pre><p> +The details of how to do this and the specific syntax varies from +client to client - check your client's documentation. +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2811456"></a>Some files that I KNOW are on the server don't show up when I view the files from my client!</h2></div></div><p>See the next question.</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2811470"></a>Some files on the server show up with really wierd filenames when I view the files from my client!</h2></div></div><p> +If you check what files are not showing up, you will note that they +are files which contain upper case letters or which are otherwise not +DOS-compatible (ie, they are not legal DOS filenames for some reason). +</p><p> +The Samba server can be configured either to ignore such files +completely, or to present them to the client in "mangled" form. If you +are not seeing the files at all, the Samba server has most likely been +configured to ignore them. Consult the man page smb.conf(5) for +details of how to change this - the parameter you need to set is +"mangled names = yes". +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2860743"></a>My client reports "cannot locate specified computer" or similar</h2></div></div><p> +This indicates one of three things: You supplied an incorrect server +name, the underlying TCP/IP layer is not working correctly, or the +name you specified cannot be resolved. +</p><p> +After carefully checking that the name you typed is the name you +should have typed, try doing things like pinging a host or telnetting +to somewhere on your network to see if TCP/IP is functioning OK. If it +is, the problem is most likely name resolution. +</p><p> +If your client has a facility to do so, hardcode a mapping between the +hosts IP and the name you want to use. For example, with Lan Manager +or Windows for Workgroups you would put a suitable entry in the file +LMHOSTS. If this works, the problem is in the communication between +your client and the netbios name server. If it does not work, then +there is something fundamental wrong with your naming and the solution +is beyond the scope of this document. +</p><p> +If you do not have any server on your subnet supplying netbios name +resolution, hardcoded mappings are your only option. If you DO have a +netbios name server running (such as the Samba suite's nmbd program), +the problem probably lies in the way it is set up. Refer to Section +Two of this FAQ for more ideas. +</p><p> +By the way, remember to REMOVE the hardcoded mapping before further +tests :-) +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2860797"></a>My client reports "cannot locate specified share name" or similar</h2></div></div><p> +This message indicates that your client CAN locate the specified +server, which is a good start, but that it cannot find a service of +the name you gave. +</p><p> +The first step is to check the exact name of the service you are +trying to connect to (consult your system administrator). Assuming it +exists and you specified it correctly (read your client's docs on how +to specify a service name correctly), read on: +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>Many clients cannot accept or use service names longer than eight characters.</td></tr><tr><td>Many clients cannot accept or use service names containing spaces.</td></tr><tr><td>Some servers (not Samba though) are case sensitive with service names.</td></tr><tr><td>Some clients force service names into upper case.</td></tr></table></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2806029"></a>Printing doesn't work</h2></div></div><p> +Make sure that the specified print command for the service you are +connecting to is correct and that it has a fully-qualified path (eg., +use "/usr/bin/lpr" rather than just "lpr"). +</p><p> +Make sure that the spool directory specified for the service is +writable by the user connected to the service. In particular the user +"nobody" often has problems with printing, even if it worked with an +earlier version of Samba. Try creating another guest user other than +"nobody". +</p><p> +Make sure that the user specified in the service is permitted to use +the printer. +</p><p> +Check the debug log produced by smbd. Search for the printer name and +see if the log turns up any clues. Note that error messages to do with +a service ipc$ are meaningless - they relate to the way the client +attempts to retrieve status information when using the LANMAN1 +protocol. +</p><p> +If using WfWg then you need to set the default protocol to TCP/IP, not +Netbeui. This is a WfWg bug. +</p><p> +If using the Lanman1 protocol (the default) then try switching to +coreplus. Also not that print status error messages don't mean +printing won't work. The print status is received by a different +mechanism. +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2807904"></a>My client reports "This server is not configured to list shared resources"</h2></div></div><p> +Your guest account is probably invalid for some reason. Samba uses the +guest account for browsing in smbd. Check that your guest account is +valid. +</p><p>See also 'guest account' in smb.conf man page.</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2807925"></a>Log message "you appear to have a trapdoor uid system" </h2></div></div><p> +This can have several causes. It might be because you are using a uid +or gid of 65535 or -1. This is a VERY bad idea, and is a big security +hole. Check carefully in your /etc/passwd file and make sure that no +user has uid 65535 or -1. Especially check the "nobody" user, as many +broken systems are shipped with nobody setup with a uid of 65535. +</p><p>It might also mean that your OS has a trapdoor uid/gid system :-)</p><p> +This means that once a process changes effective uid from root to +another user it can't go back to root. Unfortunately Samba relies on +being able to change effective uid from root to non-root and back +again to implement its security policy. If your OS has a trapdoor uid +system this won't work, and several things in Samba may break. Less +things will break if you use user or server level security instead of +the default share level security, but you may still strike +problems. +</p><p> +The problems don't give rise to any security holes, so don't panic, +but it does mean some of Samba's capabilities will be unavailable. +In particular you will not be able to connect to the Samba server as +two different uids at once. This may happen if you try to print as a +"guest" while accessing a share as a normal user. It may also affect +your ability to list the available shares as this is normally done as +the guest user. +</p><p> +Complain to your OS vendor and ask them to fix their system. +</p><p> +Note: the reason why 65535 is a VERY bad choice of uid and gid is that +it casts to -1 as a uid, and the setreuid() system call ignores (with +no error) uid changes to -1. This means any daemon attempting to run +as uid 65535 will actually run as root. This is not good! +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2807990"></a>Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?</h2></div></div><p> +This is from Paul Eggert eggert@twinsun.com. +</p><p> +Most likely it's a problem with your time zone settings. +</p><p> +Internally, Samba maintains time in traditional Unix format, +namely, the number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Universal Time +(or ``GMT''), not counting leap seconds. +</p><p> +On the server side, Samba uses the Unix TZ variable to convert +internal timestamps to and from local time. So on the server side, there are +two things to get right. +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>The Unix system clock must have the correct Universal time. Use the shell command "sh -c 'TZ=UTC0 date'" to check this.</td></tr><tr><td>The TZ environment variable must be set on the server before Samba is invoked. The details of this depend on the server OS, but typically you must edit a file whose name is /etc/TIMEZONE or /etc/default/init, or run the command `zic -l'.</td></tr></table><p> +</p><p>TZ must have the correct value.</p><p> +If possible, use geographical time zone settings +(e.g. TZ='America/Los_Angeles' or perhaps + TZ=':US/Pacific'). These are supported by most +popular Unix OSes, are easier to get right, and are +more accurate for historical timestamps. If your +operating system has out-of-date tables, you should be +able to update them from the public domain time zone +tables at <a href="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/" target="_top">ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/</a>. +</p><p>If your system does not support geographical timezone +settings, you must use a Posix-style TZ strings, e.g. +TZ='PST8PDT,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2' for US Pacific time. +Posix TZ strings can take the following form (with optional + items in brackets): +</p><pre class="programlisting"> + StdOffset[Dst[Offset],Date/Time,Date/Time] +</pre><p> + where: +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>`Std' is the standard time designation (e.g. `PST').</td></tr><tr><td>`Offset' is the number of hours behind UTC (e.g. `8'). +Prepend a `-' if you are ahead of UTC, and +append `:30' if you are at a half-hour offset. +Omit all the remaining items if you do not use +daylight-saving time.</td></tr><tr><td>`Dst' is the daylight-saving time designation +(e.g. `PDT').</td></tr><tr><td>The optional second `Offset' is the number of +hours that daylight-saving time is behind UTC. +The default is 1 hour ahead of standard time. +</td></tr><tr><td>`Date/Time,Date/Time' specify when daylight-saving +time starts and ends. The format for a date is +`Mm.n.d', which specifies the dth day (0 is Sunday) +of the nth week of the mth month, where week 5 means +the last such day in the month. The format for a +time is [h]h[:mm[:ss]], using a 24-hour clock. +</td></tr></table><p> +</p><p> +Other Posix string formats are allowed but you don't want +to know about them.</p><p> +On the client side, you must make sure that your client's clock and +time zone is also set appropriately. [[I don't know how to do this.]] +Samba traditionally has had many problems dealing with time zones, due +to the bizarre ways that Microsoft network protocols handle time +zones. +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2811127"></a>How do I set the printer driver name correctly?</h2></div></div><p>Question: +“ On NT, I opened "Printer Manager" and "Connect to Printer". + Enter ["\\ptdi270\ps1"] in the box of printer. I got the + following error message + ”</p><p> + </p><pre class="programlisting"> + You do not have sufficient access to your machine + to connect to the selected printer, since a driver + needs to be installed locally. + </pre><p> + </p><p>Answer:</p><p>In the more recent versions of Samba you can now set the "printer +driver" in smb.conf. This tells the client what driver to use. For +example:</p><pre class="programlisting"> + printer driver = HP LaserJet 4L +</pre><p>With this, NT knows to use the right driver. You have to get this string +exactly right.</p><p>To find the exact string to use, you need to get to the dialog box in +your client where you select which printer driver to install. The +correct strings for all the different printers are shown in a listbox +in that dialog box.</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FAQ-general.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="samba-faq.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-Config.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 1. General Information </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="samba-faq.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 3. Configuration problems</td></tr></table></div></body></html> |