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Printing 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 6. Features</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FAQ-errors.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-Printing.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title"><a name="FAQ-features"></a>Chapter 6. Features</h2></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874269">How can I prevent my samba server from being used to distribute the Nimda worm?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874209">How can I use samba as a fax server?</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874628">Tools for printing faxes</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874681">Making the fax-server</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874774">Installing the client drivers</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874858">Example smb.conf</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874883">Samba doesn't work well together with DHCP!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874531">How can I assign NetBIOS names to clients with DHCP?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874581">How do I convert between unix and dos text formats?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874612">Does samba have wins replication support?</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2874269"></a>How can I prevent my samba server from being used to distribute the Nimda worm?</h2></div></div><p>Author: HASEGAWA Yosuke (translated by <a href="monyo@samba.gr.jp" target="_top">TAKAHASHI Motonobu</a>)</p><p> +Nimba Worm is infected through shared disks on a network, as well as through +Microsoft IIS, Internet Explorer and mailer of Outlook series. +</p><p> +At this time, the worm copies itself by the name *.nws and *.eml on +the shared disk, moreover, by the name of Riched20.dll in the folder +where *.doc file is included. +</p><p> +To prevent infection through the shared disk offered by Samba, set +up as follows: +</p><p> +</p><pre class="programlisting"> +[global] + ... + # This can break Administration installations of Office2k. + # in that case, don't veto the riched20.dll + veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/ +</pre><p> +</p><p> +By setting the "veto files" parameter, matched files on the Samba +server are completely hidden from the clients and making it impossible +to access them at all. +</p><p> +In addition to it, the following setting is also pointed out by the +samba-jp:09448 thread: when the +"readme.txt.{3050F4D8-98B5-11CF-BB82-00AA00BDCE0B}" file exists on +a Samba server, it is visible only as "readme.txt" and dangerous +code may be executed if this file is double-clicked. +</p><p> +Setting the following, +</p><pre class="programlisting"> + veto files = /*.{*}/ +</pre><p> +any files having CLSID in its file extension will be inaccessible from any +clients. +</p><p> +This technical article is created based on the discussion of +samba-jp:09448 and samba-jp:10900 threads. +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2874209"></a>How can I use samba as a fax server?</h2></div></div><p>Contributor: <a href="mailto:zuber@berlin.snafu.de" target="_top">Gerhard Zuber</a></p><p>Requirements: +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>UNIX box (Linux preferred) with SAMBA and a faxmodem</td></tr><tr><td>ghostscript package</td></tr><tr><td>mgetty+sendfax package</td></tr><tr><td>pbm package (portable bitmap tools)</td></tr></table><p> +</p><p>First, install and configure the required packages. Be sure to read the mgetty+sendfax +manual carefully.</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2874628"></a>Tools for printing faxes</h3></div></div><p>Your incomed faxes are in: +<tt>/var/spool/fax/incoming</tt>. Print it with:</p><pre class="programlisting"> +for i in * +do +g3cat $i | g3tolj | lpr -P hp +done +</pre><p> +</p><p> +g3cat is in the tools-section, g3tolj is in the contrib-section +for printing to HP lasers. +</p><p> +If you want to produce files for displaying and printing with Windows, use +some tools from the pbm-package like the following command: <b>g3cat $i | g3topbm - | ppmtopcx - >$i.pcx</b> +and view it with your favourite Windows tool (maybe paintbrush) +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2874681"></a>Making the fax-server</h3></div></div><p>fetch the file <tt>mgetty+sendfax/frontends/winword/faxfilter</tt> and place it in <tt>/usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/</tt>(replace /usr/local/ with whatever place you installed mgetty+sendfax)</p><p>prepare your faxspool file as mentioned in this file +edit fax/faxspool.in and reinstall or change the final +/usr/local/bin/faxspool too. +</p><pre class="programlisting"> +if [ "$user" = "root" -o "$user" = "fax" -o \ + "$user" = "lp" -o "$user" = "daemon" -o "$user" = "bin" ] +</pre><p>find the first line and change it to the second.</p><p> +make sure you have pbmtext (from the pbm-package). This is +needed for creating the small header line on each page. +</p><p>Prepare your faxheader <tt>/usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/faxheader</tt></p><p> +Edit your /etc/printcap file: +</p><pre class="programlisting"> +# FAX +lp3|fax:\ + :lp=/dev/null:\ + :sd=/usr/spool/lp3:\ + :if=/usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/faxfilter:sh:sf:mx#0:\ + :lf=/usr/spool/lp3/fax-log: +</pre><p>Now, edit your <tt>smb.conf</tt> so you have a smb based printer named "fax"</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2874774"></a>Installing the client drivers</h3></div></div><p> +Now you have a printer called "fax" which can be used via +TCP/IP-printing (lpd-system) or via SAMBA (windows printing). +</p><p> +On every system you are able to produce postscript-files you +are ready to fax. +</p><p> +On Windows 3.1 95 and NT: +</p><p> +Install a printer wich produces postscript output, + e.g. apple laserwriter +</p><p>Connect the "fax" to your printer.</p><p> +Now write your first fax. Use your favourite wordprocessor, +write, winword, notepad or whatever you want, and start +with the headerpage. +</p><p> +Usually each fax has a header page. It carries your name, +your address, your phone/fax-number. +</p><p> +It carries also the recipient, his address and his *** fax +number ***. Now here is the trick: +</p><p> +Use the text: +</p><pre class="programlisting"> +Fax-Nr: 123456789 +</pre><p> +as the recipients fax-number. Make sure this text does not +occur in regular text ! Make sure this text is not broken +by formatting information, e.g. format it as a single entity. +(Windows Write and Win95 Wordpad are functional, maybe newer + versions of Winword are breaking formatting information). +</p><p> +The trick is that postscript output is human readable and +the faxfilter program scans the text for this pattern and +uses the found number as the fax-destination-number. +</p><p> +Now print your fax through the fax-printer and it will be +queued for later transmission. Use faxrunq for sending the +queue out. +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2874858"></a>Example smb.conf</h3></div></div><pre class="programlisting"> +[global] + printcap name = /etc/printcap + print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -P %p %s + lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P %p + lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P %p %j + +[fax] + comment = FAX (mgetty+sendfax) + path = /tmp + printable = yes + public = yes + writable = no + create mode = 0700 + browseable = yes + guest ok = no +</pre></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2874883"></a>Samba doesn't work well together with DHCP!</h2></div></div><p> +We wish to help those folks who wish to use the ISC DHCP Server and provide +sample configuration settings. Most operating systems today come ship with +the ISC DHCP Server. ISC DHCP is available from: +<a href="ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp" target="_top">ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp</a> +</p><p> +Incorrect configuration of MS Windows clients (Windows9X, Windows ME, Windows +NT/2000) will lead to problems with browsing and with general network +operation. Windows 9X/ME users often report problems where the TCP/IP and related +network settings will inadvertantly become reset at machine start-up resulting +in loss of configuration settings. This results in increased maintenance +overheads as well as serious user frustration. +</p><p> +In recent times users on one mailing list incorrectly attributed the cause of +network operating problems to incorrect configuration of Samba. +</p><p> +One user insisted that the only way to provent Windows95 from periodically +performing a full system reset and hardware detection process on start-up was +to install the NetBEUI protocol in addition to TCP/IP. This assertion is not +correct. +</p><p> +In the first place, there is NO need for NetBEUI. All Microsoft Windows clients +natively run NetBIOS over TCP/IP, and that is the only protocol that is +recognised by Samba. Installation of NetBEUI and/or NetBIOS over IPX will +cause problems with browse list operation on most networks. Even Windows NT +networks experience these problems when incorrectly configured Windows95 +systems share the same name space. It is important that only those protocols +that are strictly needed for site specific reasons should EVER be installed. +</p><p> +Secondly, and totally against common opinion, DHCP is NOT an evil design but is +an extension of the BOOTP protocol that has been in use in Unix environments +for many years without any of the melt-down problems that some sensationalists +would have us believe can be experienced with DHCP. In fact, DHCP in covered by +rfc1541 and is a very safe method of keeping an MS Windows desktop environment +under control and for ensuring stable network operation. +</p><p> +Please note that MS Windows systems as of MS Windows NT 3.1 and MS Windows 95 +store all network configuration settings a registry. There are a few reports +from MS Windows network administrators that warrant mention here. It would appear +that when one sets certain MS TCP/IP protocol settings (either directly or via +DHCP) that these do get written to the registry. Even though a subsequent +change of setting may occur the old value may persist in the registry. This +has been known to create serious networking problems. +</p><p> +An example of this occurs when a manual TCP/IP environment is configured to +include a NetBIOS Scope. In this event, when the administrator then changes the +configuration of the MS TCP/IP protocol stack, without first deleting the +current settings, by simply checking the box to configure the MS TCP/IP stack +via DHCP then the NetBIOS Scope that is still persistent in the registry WILL be +applied to the resulting DHCP offered settings UNLESS the DHCP server also sets +a NetBIOS Scope. It may therefore be prudent to forcibly apply a NULL NetBIOS +Scope from your DHCP server. The can be done in the dhcpd.conf file with the +parameter: +<b>option netbios-scope "";</b> +</p><p> +While it is true that the Microsoft DHCP server that comes with Windows NT +Server provides only a sub-set of rfc1533 functionality this is hardly an issue +in those sites that already have a large investment and commitment to Unix +systems and technologies. The current state of the art of the DHCP Server +specification in covered in rfc2132. +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2874531"></a>How can I assign NetBIOS names to clients with DHCP?</h2></div></div><p> +SMB network clients need to be configured so that all standard TCP/IP name to +address resolution works correctly. Once this has been achieved the SMB +environment provides additional tools and services that act as helper agents in +the translation of SMB (NetBIOS) names to their appropriate IP Addresses. One +such helper agent is the NetBIOS Name Server (NBNS) or as Microsoft called it +in their Windows NT Server implementation WINS (Windows Internet Name Server). +</p><p> +A client needs to be configured so that it has a unique Machine (Computer) +Name. +</p><p> +This can be done, but needs a few NT registry hacks and you need to be able to +speak UNICODE, which is of course no problem for a True Wizzard(tm) :) +Instructions on how to do this (including a small util for less capable +Wizzards) can be found at +</p><p><a href="http://www.unixtools.org/~nneul/sw/nt/dhcp-netbios-hostname.html" target="_top">http://www.unixtools.org/~nneul/sw/nt/dhcp-netbios-hostname.html</a></p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2874581"></a>How do I convert between unix and dos text formats?</h2></div></div><p> +Jim barry has written an <a href="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/contributed/fixcrlf.zip" target="_top"> +excellent drag-and-drop cr/lf converter for +windows</a>. Just drag your file onto the icon and it converts the file. +</p><p> +The utilities unix2dos and dos2unix(in the mtools package) should do +the job under unix. +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2874612"></a>Does samba have wins replication support?</h2></div></div><p> +At the time of writing there is currently being worked on a wins replication implementation(wrepld). +</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FAQ-errors.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-Printing.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 5. 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