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Samba ignores r/w/share modes on file open.</td></tr><tr><td>Make sure that you open the database as 'shared' and to 'lock modified records'</td></tr><tr><td>Of course locking must be enabled for the particular share (smb.conf)</td></tr></table><p> </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FAQ-Install.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-errors.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 2. Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="samba-faq.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 4. 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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><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2816189"></a>Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</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><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2818303"></a>Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> This is from Paul Eggert eggert@twinsun.com. </p><p> Most likely it's a problem with your time zone settings. @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namely, the number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Universal Time 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><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 diff --git a/docs/faq/FAQ-errors.html b/docs/faq/FAQ-errors.html index f0c4b9aa0c..45314a811c 100644 --- a/docs/faq/FAQ-errors.html +++ b/docs/faq/FAQ-errors.html @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 4. Common errors</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="samba-faq.html" title="Samba FAQ"><link rel="up" href="samba-faq.html" title="Samba FAQ"><link rel="previous" href="FAQ-ClientApp.html" title="Chapter 3. 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Common errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2817184">Not listening for calling name</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2817226">System Error 1240</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2816174">smbclient ignores -N !</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2816225">The data on the CD-Drive I've shared seems to be corrupted!</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2817184"></a>Not listening for calling name</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> </p><pre class="programlisting"> Session request failed (131,129) with myname=HOBBES destname=CALVIN Not listening for calling name </pre><p> </p><p> If you get this when talking to a Samba box then it means that your -global "hosts allow" or "hosts deny" settings are causing the Samba +global "hosts allow" or "hosts deny" settings are causing the Samba server to refuse the connection. </p><p> -Look carefully at your "hosts allow" and "hosts deny" lines in the +Look carefully at your "hosts allow" and "hosts deny" lines in the global section of smb.conf. </p><p> It can also be a problem with reverse DNS lookups not functioning correctly, leading to the remote host identity not being able to be confirmed, but that is less likely. -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2815985"></a>System Error 1240</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2817226"></a>System Error 1240</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> System error 1240 means that the client is refusing to talk to a non-encrypting server. Microsoft changed WinNT in service pack 3 to refuse to connect to servers that do not support @@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ SMB password encryption. </p><p>There are two main solutions: </p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>enable SMB password encryption in Samba. See the encryption part of the samba HOWTO Collection</td></tr><tr><td>disable this behaviour in NT. See the section about -Windows NT in the chapter "Portability" of the samba HOWTO collection +Windows NT in the chapter "Portability" of the samba HOWTO collection </td></tr></table><p> -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2816025"></a>smbclient ignores -N !</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2816174"></a>smbclient ignores -N !</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> “<span class="quote">When getting the list of shares available on a host using the command <b class="command">smbclient -N -L</b> the program always prompts for the password if the server is a Samba server. -It also ignores the "-N" argument when querying some (but not all) of our +It also ignores the "-N" argument when querying some (but not all) of our NT servers. </span>” </p><p> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This will set both the username and password to null, which is an anonymous login for SMB. Using -N would only set the password to null, and this is not accepted as an anonymous login for most SMB servers. -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2814553"></a>The data on the CD-Drive I've shared seems to be corrupted!</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2816225"></a>The data on the CD-Drive I've shared seems to be corrupted!</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> Some OSes (notably Linux) default to auto detection of file type on cdroms and do cr/lf translation. This is a very bad idea when use with Samba. 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Be sure to read the mgetty+sendfax -manual carefully.</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2814785"></a>Tools for printing faxes</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>Your incomed faxes are in: +manual carefully.</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2816474"></a>Tools for printing faxes</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>Your incomed faxes are in: <tt class="filename">/var/spool/fax/incoming</tt>. Print it with:</p><pre class="programlisting"> for i in * do @@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ for printing to HP lasers. If you want to produce files for displaying and printing with Windows, use some tools from the pbm-package like the following command: <b class="command">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><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2882696"></a>Making the fax-server</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>fetch the file <tt class="filename">mgetty+sendfax/frontends/winword/faxfilter</tt> and place it in <tt class="filename">/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 +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2816526"></a>Making the fax-server</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>fetch the file <tt class="filename">mgetty+sendfax/frontends/winword/faxfilter</tt> and place it in <tt class="filename">/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 "$user" = "bin" ] +if [ "$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. @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ lp3|fax:\ :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 class="filename">smb.conf</tt> so you have a smb based printer named "fax"</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2882789"></a>Installing the client drivers</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> -Now you have a printer called "fax" which can be used via +</pre><p>Now, edit your <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> so you have a smb based printer named "fax"</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2882877"></a>Installing the client drivers</h3></div></div><div></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 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ 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> +</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. @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ uses the found number as the fax-destination-number. 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><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2882874"></a>Example smb.conf</h3></div></div><div></div></div><pre class="programlisting"> +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2882962"></a>Example smb.conf</h3></div></div><div></div></div><pre class="programlisting"> [global] printcap name = /etc/printcap print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -P %p %s @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ queue out. create mode = 0700 browseable = yes guest ok = no -</pre></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2882898"></a>Samba doesn't work well together with DHCP!</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</pre></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2882986"></a>Samba doesn't work well together with DHCP!</h2></div></div><div></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: @@ -141,14 +141,14 @@ 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 class="command">option netbios-scope "";</b> +<b class="command">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><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2883025"></a>How can I assign NetBIOS names to clients with DHCP?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2883112"></a>How can I assign NetBIOS names to clients with DHCP?</h2></div></div><div></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 @@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ 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><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2883072"></a>How do I convert between unix and dos text formats?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</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><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2883160"></a>How do I convert between unix and dos text formats?</h2></div></div><div></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><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2883101"></a>Does samba have wins replication support?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2883189"></a>Does samba have wins replication support?</h2></div></div><div></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"> </td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 4. 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If you are brave, by all means take the plunge and help with the testing and development - @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use 1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)</td></tr><tr><td>Just after major changes are made the software is considered unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for example 1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what they are -doing. The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who +doing. The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who are just looking for the latest version to install.</td></tr><tr><td>When the release manager, currently Jerry, thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the -same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</td></tr><tr><td>Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch +same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</td></tr><tr><td>Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.16p2.</td></tr></table><p> </p><p> So the progression goes: @@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended version. -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2867958"></a>What platforms are supported?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2814212"></a>What platforms are supported?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</p><p> At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier versions): -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>A/UX 3.0</td></tr><tr><td>AIX</td></tr><tr><td>Altos Series 386/1000</td></tr><tr><td>Amiga</td></tr><tr><td>Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</td></tr><tr><td>BSDI </td></tr><tr><td>B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</td></tr><tr><td>Cray, Unicos 8.0</td></tr><tr><td>Convex</td></tr><tr><td>DGUX. </td></tr><tr><td>DNIX.</td></tr><tr><td>FreeBSD</td></tr><tr><td>HP-UX</td></tr><tr><td>Intergraph. </td></tr><tr><td>Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</td></tr><tr><td>LYNX 2.3.0</td></tr><tr><td>MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</td></tr><tr><td>Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</td></tr><tr><td>NetBSD</td></tr><tr><td>NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</td></tr><tr><td>OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</td></tr><tr><td>OSF1</td></tr><tr><td>QNX 4.22</td></tr><tr><td>RiscIX. </td></tr><tr><td>RISCOs 5.0B</td></tr><tr><td>SEQUENT. </td></tr><tr><td>SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</td></tr><tr><td>SGI.</td></tr><tr><td>SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</td></tr><tr><td>SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</td></tr><tr><td>SUNOS 4</td></tr><tr><td>SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</td></tr><tr><td>Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</td></tr><tr><td>SVR4</td></tr><tr><td>System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</td></tr><tr><td>ULTRIX.</td></tr><tr><td>UNIXWARE</td></tr><tr><td>UXP/DS</td></tr></table></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2816450"></a>How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>A/UX 3.0</td></tr><tr><td>AIX</td></tr><tr><td>Altos Series 386/1000</td></tr><tr><td>Amiga</td></tr><tr><td>Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</td></tr><tr><td>BSDI </td></tr><tr><td>B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</td></tr><tr><td>Cray, Unicos 8.0</td></tr><tr><td>Convex</td></tr><tr><td>DGUX. </td></tr><tr><td>DNIX.</td></tr><tr><td>FreeBSD</td></tr><tr><td>HP-UX</td></tr><tr><td>Intergraph. </td></tr><tr><td>Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</td></tr><tr><td>LYNX 2.3.0</td></tr><tr><td>MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</td></tr><tr><td>Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</td></tr><tr><td>NetBSD</td></tr><tr><td>NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</td></tr><tr><td>OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</td></tr><tr><td>OSF1</td></tr><tr><td>QNX 4.22</td></tr><tr><td>RiscIX. </td></tr><tr><td>RISCOs 5.0B</td></tr><tr><td>SEQUENT. </td></tr><tr><td>SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</td></tr><tr><td>SGI.</td></tr><tr><td>SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</td></tr><tr><td>SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</td></tr><tr><td>SUNOS 4</td></tr><tr><td>SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</td></tr><tr><td>Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</td></tr><tr><td>SVR4</td></tr><tr><td>System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</td></tr><tr><td>ULTRIX.</td></tr><tr><td>UNIXWARE</td></tr><tr><td>UXP/DS</td></tr></table></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2817416"></a>How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> Look at <a href="http://samba.org/samba/archives.html" target="_top">the samba mailing list page</a> </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="samba-faq.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-Install.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Samba FAQ </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="samba-faq.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 2. 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