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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).</P> -<P>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 Netatalk, -<A HREF="http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/">http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/</A>, and CAP, -<A HREF="http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/atalk.html">http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/atalk.html</A>. 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 -<A HREF="http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html">http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html</A></P> - - -<H2><A NAME="ss3.2">3.2 "Session request failed (131,130)" error</A></H2> - -<P> -<A NAME="sess_req_fail"></A> - -The following answer is provided by John E. Miller:</P> -<P>I'll assume that you're able to ping back and forth between the -machines by IP address and name, and that you're using some security -model where you're confident that you've got user IDs and passwords -right. The logging options (-d3 or greater) can help a lot with that. -DNS and WINS configuration can also impact connectivity as well.</P> -<P>Now, on to 'scope id's. Somewhere in your Win95 TCP/IP network -configuration (I'm too much of an NT bigot to know where it's located -in the Win95 setup, but I'll have to learn someday since I teach for a -Microsoft Solution Provider Authorized Tech Education Center - what an -acronym...) <F>Note: It's under Control Panel | Network | TCP/IP | WINS -Configuration</F> there's a little text entry field called something like -'Scope ID'.</P> -<P>This field essentially creates 'invisible' sub-workgroups on the same -wire. Boxes can only see other boxes whose Scope IDs are set to the -exact same value - it's sometimes used by OEMs to configure their -boxes to browse only other boxes from the same vendor and, in most -environments, this field should be left blank. If you, in fact, have -something in this box that EXACT value (case-sensitive!) needs to be -provided to smbclient and nmbd as the -i (lowercase) parameter. So, if -your Scope ID is configured as the string 'SomeStr' in Win95 then -you'd have to use smbclient -iSomeStr <F>otherparms</F> in connecting to -it.</P> - - -<H2><A NAME="ss3.3">3.3 How do I synchronise my PC's clock with my Samba server? </A></H2> - -<P> -<A NAME="synchronise_clock"></A> - -To syncronize your PC's clock with your Samba server: -<UL> -<LI> Copy timesync.pif to your windows directory</LI> -<LI> timesync.pif can be found at: -<A HREF="http://samba.org/samba/binaries/miscellaneous/timesync.pif">http://samba.org/samba/binaries/miscellaneous/timesync.pif</A></LI> -<LI> Add timesync.pif to your 'Start Up' group/folder</LI> -<LI> Open the properties dialog box for the program/icon</LI> -<LI> Make sure the 'Run Minimized' option is set in program 'Properties'</LI> -<LI> Change the command line section that reads <F>\\sambahost</F> to reflect the name of your server.</LI> -<LI> Close the properties dialog box by choosing 'OK'</LI> -</UL> - -Each time you start your computer (or login for Win95) your PC will -synchronize its clock with your Samba server.</P> -<P>Alternativley, if you clients support Domain Logons, you can setup Domain Logons with Samba -- see: -<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/BROWSING.txt">BROWSING.txt</A> *** for more information.</P> -<P>Then add -<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> -<PRE> -NET TIME \\%L /SET /YES -</PRE> -</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> - -as one of the lines in the logon script.</P> - -<H2><A NAME="ss3.4">3.4 Problems with WinDD, NTrigue, WinCenterPro etc</A></H2> - -<P> -<A NAME="multiple_session_clients"></A> -</P> -<P>All of the above programs are applications that sit on an NT box and -allow multiple users to access the NT GUI applications from remote -workstations (often over X).</P> -<P>What has this got to do with Samba? The problem comes when these users -use filemanager to mount shares from a Samba server. The most common -symptom is that the first user to connect get correct file permissions -and has a nice day, but subsequent connections get logged in as the -same user as the first person to login. They find that they cannot -access files in their own home directory, but that they can access -files in the first users home directory (maybe not such a nice day -after all?)</P> -<P>Why does this happen? The above products all share a common heritage -(and code base I believe). They all open just a single TCP based SMB -connection to the Samba server, and requests from all users are piped -over this connection. This is unfortunate, but not fatal.</P> -<P>It means that if you run your Samba server in share level security -(the default) then things will definately break as described -above. The share level SMB security model has no provision for -multiple user IDs on the one SMB connection. See -<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/security_level.txt">security_level.txt</A> in -the docs for more info on share/user/server level security.</P> -<P>If you run in user or server level security then you have a chance, -but only if you have a recent version of Samba (at least 1.9.15p6). In -older versions bugs in Samba meant you still would have had problems.</P> -<P>If you have a trapdoor uid system in your OS then it will never work -properly. Samba needs to be able to switch uids on the connection and -it can't if your OS has a trapdoor uid system. You'll know this -because Samba will note it in your logs.</P> -<P>Also note that you should not use the magic "homes" share name with -products like these, as otherwise all users will end up with the same -home directory. Use <F>\\server\username</F> instead.</P> - - -<H2><A NAME="ss3.5">3.5 Problem with printers under NT</A></H2> - -<P> -<A NAME="nt_printers"></A> - -This info from Stefan Hergeth -hergeth@f7axp1.informatik.fh-muenchen.de may be useful:</P> -<P>A network-printer (with ethernetcard) is connected to the NT-Clients -via our UNIX-Fileserver (SAMBA-Server), like the configuration told by -Matthew Harrell harrell@leech.nrl.navy.mil (see WinNT.txt) -<OL> -<LI>If a user has choosen this printer as the default printer in his -NT-Session and this printer is not connected to the network -(e.g. switched off) than this user has a problem with the SAMBA- -connection of his filesystems. It's very slow. -</LI> -<LI>If the printer is connected to the network everything works fine. -</LI> -<LI>When the smbd ist started with debug level 3, you can see that the -NT spooling system try to connect to the printer many times. If the -printer ist not connected to the network this request fails and the -NT spooler is wasting a lot of time to connect to the printer service. -This seems to be the reason for the slow network connection. -</LI> -<LI>Maybe it's possible to change this behaviour by setting different -printer properties in the Print-Manager-Menu of NT, but i didn't try it yet.</LI> -</OL> -</P> - - -<H2><A NAME="ss3.6">3.6 Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?</A></H2> - -<P> -<A NAME="dst_bugs"></A> - -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. -<OL> -<LI>The Unix system clock must have the correct Universal time. -Use the shell command "sh -c 'TZ=UTC0 date'" to check this. -</LI> -<LI>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'. -</LI> -<LI>TZ must have the correct value. -<OL> -<LI>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/">ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/</A>. -</LI> -<LI>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): -<PRE> - StdOffset[Dst[Offset],Date/Time,Date/Time] -</PRE> - -where: -<UL> -<LI> `Std' is the standard time designation (e.g. `PST'). -</LI> -<LI> `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. -</LI> -<LI> `Dst' is the daylight-saving time designation -(e.g. `PDT'). - -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. -</LI> -<LI> `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 <F>h</F>h<F>:mm[:ss</F>], using a 24-hour clock.</LI> -</UL> - -Other Posix string formats are allowed but you don't want -to know about them.</LI> -</OL> -</LI> -</OL> - -On the client side, you must make sure that your client's clock and -time zone is also set appropriately. <F>[I don't know how to do this.</F>] -Samba traditionally has had many problems dealing with time zones, due -to the bizarre ways that Microsoft network protocols handle time -zones. A common symptom is for file timestamps to be off by an hour. -To work around the problem, try disconnecting from your Samba server -and then reconnecting to it; or upgrade your Samba server to -1.9.16alpha10 or later.</P> - - -<H2><A NAME="ss3.7">3.7 How do I set the printer driver name correctly? </A></H2> - -<P> -<A NAME="printer_driver_name"></A> - -Question: -On NT, I opened "Printer Manager" and "Connect to Printer". -Enter <F>"\\ptdi270\ps1"</F> in the box of printer. I got the -following error message: -<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> -<PRE> - You do not have sufficient access to your machine - to connect to the selected printer, since a driver - needs to be installed locally. -</PRE> -</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> - -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: -<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> -<PRE> - printer driver = HP LaserJet 4L -</PRE> -</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> - -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> -<P>You could also try setting the driver to NULL like this: -<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> -<PRE> - printer driver = NULL -</PRE> -</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> - -this is effectively what older versions of Samba did, so if that -worked for you then give it a go. If this does work then let us know via -<A HREF="mailto:samba@samba.org">samba@samba.org</A>, -and we'll make it the default. Currently the default is a 0 length -string.</P> - - -<H2><A NAME="ss3.8">3.8 I've applied NT 4.0 SP3, and now I can't access Samba shares, Why?</A></H2> - -<P> -<A NAME="NT_SP3_FIX"></A> - -As of SP3, Microsoft has decided that they will no longer default to -passing clear text passwords over the network. To enable access to -Samba shares from NT 4.0 SP3, you must do <B>ONE</B> of two things: -<OL> -<LI> Set the Samba configuration option 'security = user' and implement all of the stuff detailed in -<A HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/ENCRYPTION.txt">ENCRYPTION.txt</A>.</LI> -<LI> Follow Microsoft's directions for setting your NT box to allow plain text passwords. see -<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q166/7/30.htm">Knowledge Base Article Q166730</A></LI> -</OL> -</P> - - -<HR> -<A HREF="sambafaq-2.html">Previous</A> -<A HREF="sambafaq-4.html">Next</A> -<A HREF="sambafaq.html#toc3">Table of Contents</A> -</BODY> -</HTML> |