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-<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 33. The samba checklist</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="SAMBA Project Documentation"><link rel="up" href="troubleshooting.html" title="Part V. Troubleshooting"><link rel="previous" href="troubleshooting.html" title="Part V. Troubleshooting"><link rel="next" href="problems.html" title="Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba 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 33. The samba checklist</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="troubleshooting.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part V. Troubleshooting</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="problems.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="diagnosis"></a>Chapter 33. The samba checklist</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Andrew</span> <span class="surname">Tridgell</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:tridge@samba.org">tridge@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jelmer</span> <span class="othername">R.</span> <span class="surname">Vernooij</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">Wed Jan 15</p></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="diagnosis.html#id3003201">Introduction</a></dt><dt><a href="diagnosis.html#id3003235">Assumptions</a></dt><dt><a href="diagnosis.html#id3003407">The tests</a></dt><dt><a href="diagnosis.html#id3006959">Still having troubles?</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3003201"></a>Introduction</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 33. The Samba checklist</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="SAMBA Project Documentation"><link rel="up" href="troubleshooting.html" title="Part V. Troubleshooting"><link rel="previous" href="troubleshooting.html" title="Part V. Troubleshooting"><link rel="next" href="problems.html" title="Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba 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 33. The Samba checklist</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="troubleshooting.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part V. Troubleshooting</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="problems.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="diagnosis"></a>Chapter 33. The Samba checklist</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Andrew</span> <span class="surname">Tridgell</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:tridge@samba.org">tridge@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jelmer</span> <span class="othername">R.</span> <span class="surname">Vernooij</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>&gt;</tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">Wed Jan 15</p></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="diagnosis.html#id3006072">Introduction</a></dt><dt><a href="diagnosis.html#id3007931">Assumptions</a></dt><dt><a href="diagnosis.html#id3008108">The tests</a></dt><dt><a href="diagnosis.html#id3009283">Still having troubles?</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3006072"></a>Introduction</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
This file contains a list of tests you can perform to validate your
Samba server. It also tells you what the likely cause of the problem
is if it fails any one of these steps. If it passes all these tests
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ to solve a problem.
If you send one of the samba mailing lists an email saying &quot;it doesn't work&quot;
and you have not followed this test procedure then you should not be surprised
if your email is ignored.
-</p></div><div xmlns:ns98="" class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3003235"></a>Assumptions</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="id3007931"></a>Assumptions</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
In all of the tests it is assumed you have a Samba server called
BIGSERVER and a PC called ACLIENT both in workgroup TESTGROUP.
</p><p>
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@ following to <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt>:
path = /tmp
read only = yes
-</pre><ns98:p>
-</ns98:p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
+</pre><p>
+</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
These tests assume version 3.0 or later of the samba suite.
Some commands shown did not exist in earlier versions.
</p></div><p>
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ depending on how or if you specified logging in your <tt class="filename">smb.co
</p><p>
If you make changes to your <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file while going through these test,
don't forget to restart <span class="application">smbd</span> and <span class="application">nmbd</span>.
-</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3003407"></a>The tests</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="procedure"><p class="title"><b>Procedure 33.1. Diagnosing your samba server</b></p><ol type="1"><li><p>
+</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3008108"></a>The tests</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="procedure"><p class="title"><b>Procedure 33.1. Diagnosing your samba server</b></p><ol type="1"><li><p>
In the directory in which you store your <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file, run the command
<b class="userinput"><tt>testparm smb.conf</tt></b>. If it reports any errors then your <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt>
configuration file is faulty.
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ the following <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file entries:
bind interfaces only = Yes
</pre><p>
In the above, no allowance has been made for any session requests that
-will automatically translate to the loopback adaptor address 127.0.0.1.
+will automatically translate to the loopback adapter address 127.0.0.1.
To solve this problem change these lines to:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
hosts deny = ALL
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ to start <span class="application">smbd</span> as a daemon, it can avoid a lot o
And yet another possible cause for failure of this test is when the subnet mask
and / or broadcast address settings are incorrect. Please check that the
network interface IP Address / Broadcast Address / Subnet Mask settings are
-correct and that Samba has correctly noted these in the <tt class="filename">log.nmb</tt> file.
+correct and that Samba has correctly noted these in the <tt class="filename">log.nmbd</tt> file.
</p></li><li><p>
Run the command <b class="userinput"><tt>nmblookup -B BIGSERVER __SAMBA__</tt></b>. You should get the
IP address of your Samba server back.
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ Run the command <b class="userinput"><tt>nmblookup -d 2 '*'</tt></b>
</p><p>
This time we are trying the same as the previous test but are trying
it via a broadcast to the default broadcast address. A number of
-Netbios/TCPIP hosts on the network should respond, although Samba may
+NetBIOS / TCP/IP hosts on the network should respond, although Samba may
not catch all of the responses in the short time it listens. You
should see <span class="errorname">got a positive name query response</span>
messages from several hosts.
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ name</span> then the service <span class="emphasis"><em>&quot;tmp&quot;</em></sp
</p><p>
If it says <span class="errorname">bad password</span> then the likely causes are:
</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p>
- you have shadow passords (or some other password system) but didn't
+ you have shadow passwords (or some other password system) but didn't
compile in support for them in <span class="application">smbd</span>
</p></li><li><p>
your <b class="command">valid users</b> configuration is incorrect
@@ -236,10 +235,10 @@ to choose one of them):
fixup the <span class="application">nmbd</span> installation
</p></li><li><p>
add the IP address of BIGSERVER to the <b class="command">wins server</b> box in the
- advanced tcp/ip setup on the PC.
+ advanced TCP/IP setup on the PC.
</p></li><li><p>
enable windows name resolution via DNS in the advanced section of
- the tcp/ip setup
+ the TCP/IP setup
</p></li><li><p>
add BIGSERVER to your lmhosts file on the PC.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
@@ -298,6 +297,6 @@ capability and is in user level security mode. In this case either set
<i class="parameter"><tt>password server = Windows_NT_Machine</tt></i> in your
<tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file, or make sure <i class="parameter"><tt>encrypted passwords</tt></i> is
set to &quot;yes&quot;.
-</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3006959"></a>Still having troubles?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>Read the chapter on
+</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id3009283"></a>Still having troubles?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>Read the chapter on
<a href="problems.html" title="Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba problems">Analysing and Solving Problems</a>.
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