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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/install.html b/docs/htmldocs/install.html index 1c107c0019..154b9705e1 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/install.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/install.html @@ -1,75 +1,155 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 2. How to Install and Test SAMBA</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.59.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="SAMBA Project Documentation"><link rel="up" href="introduction.html" title="Part I. General Installation"><link rel="previous" href="IntroSMB.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction to Samba"><link rel="next" href="type.html" title="Part II. Server Configuration Basics"></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 2. How to Install and Test SAMBA</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="IntroSMB.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part I. General Installation</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="type.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title"><a name="install"></a>Chapter 2. How to Install and Test SAMBA</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author">Andrew Tridgell</h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt><<a href="mailto:tridge@samba.org">tridge@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author">Jelmer R. Vernooij</h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt><<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author">Karl Auer</h3></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="install.html#id2812103">Obtaining and installing samba</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2812254">Configuring samba</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="install.html#id2812000">Editing the smb.conf file</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2875811">SWAT</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="install.html#id2875850">Try listing the shares available on your - server</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2875900">Try connecting with the unix client</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2876004">Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT, - Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2876065">What If Things Don't Work?</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2812103"></a>Obtaining and installing samba</h2></div></div><p>Binary packages of samba are included in almost any Linux or +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 2. How to Install and Test SAMBA</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="introduction.html" title="Part I. General Installation"><link rel="previous" href="IntroSMB.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction to Samba"><link rel="next" href="FastStart.html" title="Chapter 3. Fast Start for the Impatient"></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 2. How to Install and Test SAMBA</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="IntroSMB.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part I. General Installation</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FastStart.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="install"></a>Chapter 2. How to Install and Test SAMBA</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"><<a href="mailto:tridge@samba.org">tridge@samba.org</a>></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"><<a href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Karl</span> <span class="surname">Auer</span></h3></div></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="install.html#id2886868">Obtaining and installing samba</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2886909">Configuring samba (smb.conf)</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="install.html#id2886946">Example Configuration</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887096">SWAT</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="install.html#id2887140">Try listing the shares available on your + server</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887191">Try connecting with the unix client</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887292">Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT, + Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887355">What If Things Don't Work?</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887388">Common Errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="install.html#id2887401">Why are so many smbd processes eating memory?</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887617">I'm getting "open_oplock_ipc: Failed to get local UDP socket for address 100007f. Error was Cannot assign requested" in the logs</a></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2886868"></a>Obtaining and installing samba</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> + Binary packages of samba are included in almost any Linux or Unix distribution. There are also some packages available at <a href="http://samba.org/" target="_top">the samba homepage</a>. </p><p>If you need to compile samba from source, check the - <a href="compiling.html" title="Chapter 30. How to compile SAMBA">appropriate appendix chapter</a>.</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2812254"></a>Configuring samba</h2></div></div><p>Samba's configuration is stored in the smb.conf file, - that usually resides in <tt>/etc/samba/smb.conf</tt> - or <tt>/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</tt>. You can either + <a href="compiling.html" title="Chapter 36. How to compile SAMBA">appropriate appendix chapter</a>.</p><p>If you have already installed samba, or if your operating system + was pre-installed with samba, then you may not need to bother with this + chapter. On the other hand, you may want to read this chapter anyhow + for information about updating samba.</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2886909"></a>Configuring samba (smb.conf)</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> + Samba's configuration is stored in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file, + that usually resides in <tt class="filename">/etc/samba/smb.conf</tt> + or <tt class="filename">/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</tt>. You can either edit this file yourself or do it using one of the many graphical tools that are available, such as the web-based interface swat, that - is included with samba.</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2812000"></a>Editing the <tt>smb.conf</tt> file</h3></div></div><p>There are sample configuration files in the examples - subdirectory in the distribution. I suggest you read them - carefully so you can see how the options go together in - practice. See the man page for all the options.</p><p>The simplest useful configuration file would be - something like this:</p><pre class="programlisting"> -[global] - workgroup = MYGROUP + is included with samba. + </p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2886946"></a>Example Configuration</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> + There are sample configuration files in the examples subdirectory in the + distribution. I suggest you read them carefully so you can see how the options + go together in practice. See the man page for all the options. + </p><p> + The simplest useful configuration file would be something like this: + </p><p> + </p><pre class="programlisting"> + [global] + workgroup = MYGROUP -[homes] - guest ok = no - read only = no - </pre><p>which would allow connections by anyone with an - account on the server, using either their login name or - "<b>homes</b>" as the service name. (Note that I also set the - workgroup that Samba is part of. See BROWSING.txt for details)</p><p>Make sure you put the <tt>smb.conf</tt> file in the same place - you specified in the<tt>Makefile</tt> (the default is to - look for it in <tt>/usr/local/samba/lib/</tt>).</p><p>For more information about security settings for the - <b>[homes]</b> share please refer to the chapter - <a href="securing-samba.html" title="Chapter 24. Securing Samba">Securing Samba</a>.</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2875758"></a>Test your config file with - <b>testparm</b></h4></div></div><p>It's important that you test the validity of your - <tt>smb.conf</tt> file using the testparm program. - If testparm runs OK then it will list the loaded services. If - not it will give an error message.</p><p>Make sure it runs OK and that the services look - reasonable before proceeding. </p><p>Always run testparm again when you change - <tt>smb.conf</tt>!</p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2875811"></a>SWAT</h3></div></div><p> + [homes] + guest ok = no + read only = no + </pre><p> + </p><p> + This will allow connections by anyone with an account on the server, using either + their login name or "<i class="parameter"><tt>homes</tt></i>" as the service name. + (Note that the workgroup that Samba must also be set.) + </p><p> + Make sure you put the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file in the same place + you specified in the <tt class="filename">Makefile</tt> (the default is to + look for it in <tt class="filename">/usr/local/samba/lib/</tt>). + </p><p> + For more information about security settings for the + <i class="parameter"><tt>[homes]</tt></i> share please refer to the chapter + <a href="securing-samba.html" title="Chapter 15. Securing Samba">Securing Samba</a>. + </p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2887041"></a>Test your config file with <b class="command">testparm</b></h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> + It's important that you test the validity of your <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> + file using the <span class="application">testparm</span> program. If testparm runs OK + then it will list the loaded services. If not it will give an error message. + </p><p> + Make sure it runs OK and that the services look reasonable before proceeding. + </p><p> + Always run testparm again when you change <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt>! + </p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2887096"></a>SWAT</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> SWAT is a web-based interface that helps you configure samba. SWAT might not be available in the samba package on your platform, but in a separate package. Please read the swat manpage on compiling, installing and configuring swat from source. - </p><p>To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and - point it at "http://localhost:901/". Replace <i><tt>localhost</tt></i> with the name of the computer you are running samba on if you - are running samba on a different computer than your browser.</p><p>Note that you can attach to SWAT from any IP connected + </p><p> + To launch SWAT just run your favorite web browser and + point it at <a href="http://localhost:901/" target="_top">http://localhost:901/</a>. Replace + <i class="replaceable"><tt>localhost</tt></i> + with the name of the computer you are running samba on if you + are running samba on a different computer than your browser. + </p><p> + Note that you can attach to SWAT from any IP connected machine but connecting from a remote machine leaves your connection open to password sniffing as passwords will be sent - in the clear over the wire. </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2875850"></a>Try listing the shares available on your - server</h2></div></div><p><tt>$ </tt><b><tt>smbclient -L - <i><tt>yourhostname</tt></i></tt></b></p><p>You should get back a list of shares available on + in the clear over the wire. + </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2887140"></a>Try listing the shares available on your + server</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p><tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>smbclient -L + <i class="replaceable"><tt>yourhostname</tt></i></tt></b></p><p>You should get back a list of shares available on your server. If you don't then something is incorrectly setup. Note that this method can also be used to see what shares are available on other LanManager clients (such as WfWg).</p><p>If you choose user level security then you may find that Samba requests a password before it will list the shares. - See the <b>smbclient</b> man page for details. (you + See the <b class="command">smbclient</b> man page for details. (you can force it to list the shares without a password by adding the option -U% to the command line. This will not work - with non-Samba servers)</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2875900"></a>Try connecting with the unix client</h2></div></div><p><tt>$ </tt><b><tt>smbclient <i><tt> - //yourhostname/aservice</tt></i></tt></b></p><p>Typically the <i><tt>yourhostname</tt></i> - would be the name of the host where you installed smbd. - The <i><tt>aservice</tt></i> is - any service you have defined in the <tt>smb.conf</tt> - file. Try your user name if you just have a <b>[homes]</b> + with non-Samba servers)</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2887191"></a>Try connecting with the unix client</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p><tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>smbclient <i class="replaceable"><tt> + //yourhostname/aservice</tt></i></tt></b></p><p>Typically the <i class="replaceable"><tt>yourhostname</tt></i> + would be the name of the host where you installed <span class="application">smbd</span>. + The <i class="replaceable"><tt>aservice</tt></i> is + any service you have defined in the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> + file. Try your user name if you just have a <i class="parameter"><tt>[homes]</tt></i> section - in <tt>smb.conf</tt>.</p><p>For example if your unix host is <i><tt>bambi</tt></i> - and your login name is <i><tt>fred</tt></i> you would type:</p><p><tt>$ </tt><b><tt>smbclient //<i><tt>bambi</tt></i>/<i><tt>fred</tt></i> - </tt></b></p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2876004"></a>Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT, - Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</h2></div></div><p>Try mounting disks. eg:</p><p><tt>C:\WINDOWS\> </tt><b><tt>net use d: \\servername\service - </tt></b></p><p>Try printing. eg:</p><p><tt>C:\WINDOWS\> </tt><b><tt>net use lpt1: - \\servername\spoolservice</tt></b></p><p><tt>C:\WINDOWS\> </tt><b><tt>print filename - </tt></b></p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2876065"></a>What If Things Don't Work?</h2></div></div><p>Then you might read the file chapter - <a href="diagnosis.html" title="Chapter 27. The samba checklist">Diagnosis</a> and the + in <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt>.</p><p>For example if your unix host is <i class="replaceable"><tt>bambi</tt></i> + and your login name is <i class="replaceable"><tt>fred</tt></i> you would type:</p><p><tt class="prompt">$ </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>smbclient //<i class="replaceable"><tt>bambi</tt></i>/<i class="replaceable"><tt>fred</tt></i> + </tt></b></p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2887292"></a>Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT, + Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>Try mounting disks. eg:</p><p><tt class="prompt">C:\WINDOWS\> </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>net use d: \\servername\service + </tt></b></p><p>Try printing. eg:</p><p><tt class="prompt">C:\WINDOWS\> </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>net use lpt1: + \\servername\spoolservice</tt></b></p><p><tt class="prompt">C:\WINDOWS\> </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>print filename + </tt></b></p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2887355"></a>What If Things Don't Work?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>Then you might read the file chapter + <a href="diagnosis.html" title="Chapter 33. The Samba checklist">Diagnosis</a> and the FAQ. If you are still stuck then try to follow - the <a href="problems.html" title="Chapter 28. Analysing and solving samba problems">Analysing and Solving Problems chapter</a> + the <a href="problems.html" title="Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba problems">Analysing and Solving Problems chapter</a> Samba has been successfully installed at thousands of sites worldwide, - so maybe someone else has hit your problem and has overcome it. </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="IntroSMB.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="introduction.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="type.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 1. Introduction to Samba </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Part II. Server Configuration Basics</td></tr></table></div></body></html> + so maybe someone else has hit your problem and has overcome it. </p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2887388"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +The following questions and issues get raised on the samba mailing list over and over again. +</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2887401"></a>Why are so many smbd processes eating memory?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +“<span class="quote"> +Site that is running Samba on an AIX box. They are sharing out about 2 terabytes using samba. +Samba was installed using smitty and the binaries. We seem to be experiencing a memory problem +with this box. When I do a <b class="command">svmon -Pu</b> the monitoring program shows that <span class="application">smbd</span> has several +processes of smbd running: +</span>” +</p><p> + “<span class="quote"> +Is samba suppose to start this many different smbd processes? Or does it run as one smbd process? Also +is it normal for it to be taking up this much memory? +</span>” +</p><p> +</p><pre class="screen"> +Inuse * 4096 = amount of memory being used by this process + + Pid Command Inuse Pin Pgsp Virtual 64-bit Mthrd + 20950 smbd 33098 1906 181 5017 N N + 22262 smbd 9104 1906 5410 + 21060 smbd 9048 1906 181 5479 N N + 25972 smbd 8678 1906 181 5109 N N + 24524 smbd 8674 1906 181 5105 N N + 19262 smbd 8582 1906 181 5013 N N + 20722 smbd 8572 1906 181 5003 N N + 21454 smbd 8572 1906 181 5003 N N + 28946 smbd 8567 1906 181 4996 N N + 24076 smbd 8566 1906 181 4996 N N + 20138 smbd 8566 1906 181 4996 N N + 17608 smbd 8565 1906 181 4996 N N + 21820 smbd 8565 1906 181 4996 N N + 26940 smbd 8565 1906 181 4996 N N + 19884 smbd 8565 1906 181 4996 N N + 9912 smbd 8565 1906 181 4996 N N + 25800 smbd 8564 1906 181 4995 N N + 20452 smbd 8564 1906 181 4995 N N + 18592 smbd 8562 1906 181 4993 N N + 28216 smbd 8521 1906 181 4954 N N + 19110 smbd 8404 1906 181 4862 N N + + Total memory used: 841,592,832 bytes +</pre><p> +</p><p> +Samba consists on three core programs: +<span class="application">nmbd</span>, <span class="application">smbd</span>, <span class="application">winbindd</span>. <span class="application">nmbd</span> is the name server message daemon, +<span class="application">smbd</span> is the server message daemon, <span class="application">winbindd</span> is the daemon that +handles communication with Domain Controllers. +</p><p> +If your system is NOT running as a WINS server, then there will be one (1) single instance of + <span class="application">nmbd</span> running on your system. If it is running as a WINS server then there will be +two (2) instances - one to handle the WINS requests. +</p><p> +<span class="application">smbd</span> handles ALL connection requests and then spawns a new process for each client +connection made. That is why you are seeing so many of them, one (1) per client connection. +</p><p> +<span class="application">winbindd</span> will run as one or two daemons, depending on whether or not it is being +run in "split mode" (in which case there will be two instances). +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2887617"></a>I'm getting "open_oplock_ipc: Failed to get local UDP socket for address 100007f. Error was Cannot assign requested" in the logs</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>Your loopback device isn't working correctly. Make sure it's running. </p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="IntroSMB.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="introduction.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FastStart.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 1. Introduction to Samba </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 3. Fast Start for the Impatient</td></tr></table></div></body></html> |