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diff --git a/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ.sgml b/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ.sgml index 8f57e73aa3..eddad19e25 100644 --- a/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ.sgml +++ b/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ.sgml @@ -329,6 +329,22 @@ to specify a service name correctly), read on: <item> Some clients force service names into upper case. </itemize> +<sect1>My client reports "cannot find domain controller", "cannot log on to the network" or similar <p> <label id="cant_see_net"> +Nothing is wrong - Samba does not implement the primary domain name +controller stuff for several reasons, including the fact that the +whole concept of a primary domain controller and "logging in to a +network" doesn't fit well with clients possibly running on multiuser +machines (such as users of smbclient under Unix). Having said that, +several developers are working hard on building it in to the next +major version of Samba. If you can contribute, send a message to +<htmlurl url="mailto:samba@samba.org" name="samba@samba.org"> ! + +Seeing this message should not affect your ability to mount redirected +disks and printers, which is really what all this is about. + +For many clients (including Windows for Workgroups and Lan Manager), +setting the domain to STANDALONE at least gets rid of the message. + <sect1>Printing doesn't work :-(<p> <label id="no_printing"> Make sure that the specified print command for the service you are @@ -356,6 +372,29 @@ coreplus. Also not that print status error messages don't mean printing won't work. The print status is received by a different mechanism. +<sect1>My programs install on the server OK, but refuse to work properly<p><label id="programs_wont_run"> +There are numerous possible reasons for this, but one MAJOR +possibility is that your software uses locking. Make sure you are +using Samba 1.6.11 or later. It may also be possible to work around +the problem by setting "locking=no" in the Samba configuration file +for the service the software is installed on. This should be regarded +as a strictly temporary solution. + +In earlier Samba versions there were some difficulties with the very +latest Microsoft products, particularly Excel 5 and Word for Windows +6. These should have all been solved. If not then please let Andrew +Tridgell know via email at <htmlurl url="mailto:samba@samba.org" name="samba@samba.org">. + +<sect1>My "server string" doesn't seem to be recognised<p><label id="bad_server_string"> +OR My client reports the default setting, eg. "Samba 1.9.15p4", instead +of what I have changed it to in the smb.conf file. + +You need to use the -C option in nmbd. The "server string" affects +what smbd puts out and -C affects what nmbd puts out. + +Current versions of Samba (1.9.16 +) have combined these options into +the "server string" field of smb.conf, -C for nmbd is now obsolete. + <sect1>My client reports "This server is not configured to list shared resources" <p> <label id="cant_list_shares"> Your guest account is probably invalid for some reason. Samba uses the guest account for browsing in smbd. Check that your guest account is @@ -404,4 +443,50 @@ 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! +<sect1>Issues specific to IBM OS/2 systems<p><label id="OS2Issues"> + +<url url="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/samba2.html" name="Samba for OS/2"> + +<sect1>Issues specific to IBM MVS systems<p><label id="MVSIssues"> + +<url url="ftp://ftp.mks.com/pub/samba/" name="Samba for OS/390 MVS"> + +<sect1>Issues specific to Digital VMS systems<p><label id="VMSIssues"> + +<sect1>Issues specific to Amiga systems<p><label id="AmigaIssues"> + +<url url="http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c948374/Amiga/Samba/" name="Samba for Amiga"> + +There is a mailing list for Samba on the Amiga. + + Subscribing. + + Send an email to rask-samba-request@kampsax.dtu.dk with the word subscribe +in the message. The list server will use the address in the Reply-To: or +From: header field, in that order. + + Unsubscribing. + + Send an email to rask-samba-request@kampsax.dtu.dk with the word +unsubscribe in the message. The list server will use the address in the +Reply-To: or From: header field, in that order. If you are unsure which +address you are subscribed with, look at the headers. You should see a +"From " (no colon) or Return-Path: header looking something like + + rask-samba-owner-myname=my.domain@kampsax.dtu.dk + +where myname=my.domain gives you the address myname@my.domain. This also +means that I will always be able to find out which address is causing +bounces, for example. + List archive. + + Messages sent to the list are archived in HTML. See the mailing list home +page at <URL url="http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c948374/Amiga/Samba/mailinglist/"> + +<sect1>Issues specific to Novell IntraNetware systems<p><label id="NetwareIssues"> + +<sect1>Issues specific to Stratos VOS systems<p><label id="NetwareIssues"> + +<url url="ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/tools/" name="Samba for Stratus VOS"> + </article> |