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-<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. FastStart 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">&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><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">&lt;<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>&gt;</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#id2886809">Obtaining and installing samba</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2886850">Configuring samba (smb.conf)</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="install.html#id2886887">Example Configuration</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887037">SWAT</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="install.html#id2887081">Try listing the shares available on your
- server</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887132">Try connecting with the unix client</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887232">Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT,
- Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887296">What If Things Don't Work?</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887329">Common Errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="install.html#id2887342">Why are so many smbd processes eating memory?</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2887558">I'm getting &quot;open_oplock_ipc: Failed to get local UDP socket for address 100007f. Error was Cannot assign requested&quot; 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="id2886809"></a>Obtaining and installing samba</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+<!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 V1.60.1"><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. FastStart 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">&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><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">&lt;<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>&gt;</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#id2885029">Obtaining and installing samba</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2885071">Configuring samba (smb.conf)</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="install.html#id2884644">Example Configuration</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2884788">SWAT</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="install.html#id2884832">Try listing the shares available on your
+ server</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2884338">Try connecting with the unix client</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2884440">Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT,
+ Win2k, OS/2, etc... client</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2884501">What If Things Don't Work?</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2884530">Common Errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="install.html#id2884543">Why are so many smbd processes eating memory?</a></dt><dt><a href="install.html#id2885918">I'm getting &quot;open_oplock_ipc: Failed to get local UDP socket for address 100007f. Error was Cannot assign requested&quot; 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="id2885029"></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>.
@@ -8,29 +9,29 @@
<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="id2886850"></a>Configuring samba (smb.conf)</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+ 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="id2885071"></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><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2886887"></a>Example Configuration</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+ </p><div xmlns:ns2="" class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2884644"></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">
+ </p><ns2:p>
+ </ns2:p><pre class="programlisting">
[global]
workgroup = MYGROUP
[homes]
guest ok = no
read only = no
- </pre><p>
- </p><p>
+ </pre><ns2:p>
+ </ns2:p><p>
This will allow connections by anyone with an account on the server, using either
their login name or &quot;<i class="parameter"><tt>homes</tt></i>&quot; as the service name.
(Note that the workgroup that Samba must also be set.)
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
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="id2886982"></a>Test your config file with <b class="command">testparm</b></h4></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+ </p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2884735"></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.
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
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="id2887037"></a>SWAT</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+ </p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2884788"></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
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
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><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2887081"></a>Try listing the shares available on your
+ </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2884832"></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.
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@
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><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2887132"></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>
+ with non-Samba servers)</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2884338"></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
@@ -85,18 +86,18 @@
section
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="id2887232"></a>Try connecting from a DOS, WfWg, Win9x, WinNT,
+ </tt></b></p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2884440"></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\&gt; </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>net use d: \\servername\service
</tt></b></p><p>Try printing. eg:</p><p><tt class="prompt">C:\WINDOWS\&gt; </tt><b class="userinput"><tt>net use lpt1:
\\servername\spoolservice</tt></b></p><p><tt class="prompt">C:\WINDOWS\&gt; </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="id2887296"></a>What If Things Don't Work?</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>Then you might read the file chapter
+ </tt></b></p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2884501"></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 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 class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2887329"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+ 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="id2884530"></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="id2887342"></a>Why are so many smbd processes eating memory?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+</p><div xmlns:ns3="" class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2884543"></a>Why are so many smbd processes eating memory?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
&#8220;<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
@@ -108,8 +109,8 @@ processes of smbd running:
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>&#8221;
-</p><p>
-</p><pre class="screen">
+</p><ns3:p>
+</ns3:p><pre class="screen">
Inuse * 4096 = amount of memory being used by this process
Pid Command Inuse Pin Pgsp Virtual 64-bit Mthrd
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ Inuse * 4096 = amount of memory being used by this process
19110 smbd 8404 1906 181 4862 N N
Total memory used: 841,592,832 bytes
-</pre><p>
-</p><p>
+</pre><ns3:p>
+</ns3: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
@@ -152,4 +153,4 @@ connection made. That is why you are seeing so many of them, one (1) per client
</p><p>
<span class="application">winbindd</span> will run as one or two daemons, depending on whether or not it is being
run in &quot;split mode&quot; (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="id2887558"></a>I'm getting &quot;open_oplock_ipc: Failed to get local UDP socket for address 100007f. Error was Cannot assign requested&quot; 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. FastStart for the Impatient</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
+</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2885918"></a>I'm getting &quot;open_oplock_ipc: Failed to get local UDP socket for address 100007f. Error was Cannot assign requested&quot; 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. FastStart for the Impatient</td></tr></table></div></body></html>