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+><H1
+CLASS="TITLE"
+><A
+NAME="IMPROVED-BROWSING"
+>Improved browsing in samba</A
+></H1
+><HR></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN3"
+>Overview of browsing</A
+></H1
+><P
+>SMB networking provides a mechanism by which clients can access a list
+of machines in a network, a so-called "browse list". This list
+contains machines that are ready to offer file and/or print services
+to other machines within the network. Thus it does not include
+machines which aren't currently able to do server tasks. The browse
+list is heavily used by all SMB clients. Configuration of SMB
+browsing has been problematic for some Samba users, hence this
+document.</P
+><P
+>Browsing will NOT work if name resolution from NetBIOS names to IP
+addresses does not function correctly. Use of a WINS server is highly
+recommended to aid the resolution of NetBIOS (SMB) names to IP addresses.
+WINS allows remote segment clients to obtain NetBIOS name_type information
+that can NOT be provided by any other means of name resolution.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN7"
+>Browsing support in samba</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Samba now fully supports browsing. The browsing is supported by nmbd
+and is also controlled by options in the smb.conf file (see smb.conf(5)).</P
+><P
+>Samba can act as a local browse master for a workgroup and the ability
+for samba to support domain logons and scripts is now available. See
+DOMAIN.txt for more information on domain logons.</P
+><P
+>Samba can also act as a domain master browser for a workgroup. This
+means that it will collate lists from local browse masters into a
+wide area network server list. In order for browse clients to
+resolve the names they may find in this list, it is recommended that
+both samba and your clients use a WINS server.</P
+><P
+>Note that you should NOT set Samba to be the domain master for a
+workgroup that has the same name as an NT Domain: on each wide area
+network, you must only ever have one domain master browser per workgroup,
+regardless of whether it is NT, Samba or any other type of domain master
+that is providing this service.</P
+><P
+>[Note that nmbd can be configured as a WINS server, but it is not
+necessary to specifically use samba as your WINS server. NTAS can
+be configured as your WINS server. In a mixed NT server and
+samba environment on a Wide Area Network, it is recommended that
+you use the NT server's WINS server capabilities. In a samba-only
+environment, it is recommended that you use one and only one nmbd
+as your WINS server].</P
+><P
+>To get browsing to work you need to run nmbd as usual, but will need
+to use the "workgroup" option in smb.conf to control what workgroup
+Samba becomes a part of.</P
+><P
+>Samba also has a useful option for a Samba server to offer itself for
+browsing on another subnet. It is recommended that this option is only
+used for 'unusual' purposes: announcements over the internet, for
+example. See "remote announce" in the smb.conf man page. </P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN16"
+>Problem resolution</A
+></H1
+><P
+>If something doesn't work then hopefully the log.nmb file will help
+you track down the problem. Try a debug level of 2 or 3 for finding
+problems. Also note that the current browse list usually gets stored
+in text form in a file called browse.dat.</P
+><P
+>Note that if it doesn't work for you, then you should still be able to
+type the server name as \\SERVER in filemanager then hit enter and
+filemanager should display the list of available shares.</P
+><P
+>Some people find browsing fails because they don't have the global
+"guest account" set to a valid account. Remember that the IPC$
+connection that lists the shares is done as guest, and thus you must
+have a valid guest account.</P
+><P
+>Also, a lot of people are getting bitten by the problem of too many
+parameters on the command line of nmbd in inetd.conf. This trick is to
+not use spaces between the option and the parameter (eg: -d2 instead
+of -d 2), and to not use the -B and -N options. New versions of nmbd
+are now far more likely to correctly find your broadcast and network
+address, so in most cases these aren't needed.</P
+><P
+>The other big problem people have is that their broadcast address,
+netmask or IP address is wrong (specified with the "interfaces" option
+in smb.conf)</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN23"
+>Browsing across subnets</A
+></H1
+><P
+>With the release of Samba 1.9.17(alpha1 and above) Samba has been
+updated to enable it to support the replication of browse lists
+across subnet boundaries. New code and options have been added to
+achieve this. This section describes how to set this feature up
+in different settings.</P
+><P
+>To see browse lists that span TCP/IP subnets (ie. networks separated
+by routers that don't pass broadcast traffic) you must set up at least
+one WINS server. The WINS server acts as a DNS for NetBIOS names, allowing
+NetBIOS name to IP address translation to be done by doing a direct
+query of the WINS server. This is done via a directed UDP packet on
+port 137 to the WINS server machine. The reason for a WINS server is
+that by default, all NetBIOS name to IP address translation is done
+by broadcasts from the querying machine. This means that machines
+on one subnet will not be able to resolve the names of machines on
+another subnet without using a WINS server.</P
+><P
+>Remember, for browsing across subnets to work correctly, all machines,
+be they Windows 95, Windows NT, or Samba servers must have the IP address
+of a WINS server given to them by a DHCP server, or by manual configuration
+(for Win95 and WinNT, this is in the TCP/IP Properties, under Network
+settings) for Samba this is in the smb.conf file.</P
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN28"
+>How does cross subnet browsing work ?</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Cross subnet browsing is a complicated dance, containing multiple
+moving parts. It has taken Microsoft several years to get the code
+that achieves this correct, and Samba lags behind in some areas.
+However, with the 1.9.17 release, Samba is capable of cross subnet
+browsing when configured correctly.</P
+><P
+>Consider a network set up as follows :</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> (DMB)
+ N1_A N1_B N1_C N1_D N1_E
+ | | | | |
+ -------------------------------------------------------
+ | subnet 1 |
+ +---+ +---+
+ |R1 | Router 1 Router 2 |R2 |
+ +---+ +---+
+ | |
+ | subnet 2 subnet 3 |
+ -------------------------- ------------------------------------
+ | | | | | | | |
+ N2_A N2_B N2_C N2_D N3_A N3_B N3_C N3_D
+ (WINS)</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Consisting of 3 subnets (1, 2, 3) connected by two routers
+(R1, R2) - these do not pass broadcasts. Subnet 1 has 5 machines
+on it, subnet 2 has 4 machines, subnet 3 has 4 machines. Assume
+for the moment that all these machines are configured to be in the
+same workgroup (for simplicities sake). Machine N1_C on subnet 1
+is configured as Domain Master Browser (ie. it will collate the
+browse lists for the workgroup). Machine N2_D is configured as
+WINS server and all the other machines are configured to register
+their NetBIOS names with it.</P
+><P
+>As all these machines are booted up, elections for master browsers
+will take place on each of the three subnets. Assume that machine
+N1_C wins on subnet 1, N2_B wins on subnet 2, and N3_D wins on
+subnet 3 - these machines are known as local master browsers for
+their particular subnet. N1_C has an advantage in winning as the
+local master browser on subnet 1 as it is set up as Domain Master
+Browser.</P
+><P
+>On each of the three networks, machines that are configured to
+offer sharing services will broadcast that they are offering
+these services. The local master browser on each subnet will
+receive these broadcasts and keep a record of the fact that
+the machine is offering a service. This list of records is
+the basis of the browse list. For this case, assume that
+all the machines are configured to offer services so all machines
+will be on the browse list.</P
+><P
+>For each network, the local master browser on that network is
+considered 'authoritative' for all the names it receives via
+local broadcast. This is because a machine seen by the local
+master browser via a local broadcast must be on the same
+network as the local master browser and thus is a 'trusted'
+and 'verifiable' resource. Machines on other networks that
+the local master browsers learn about when collating their
+browse lists have not been directly seen - these records are
+called 'non-authoritative'.</P
+><P
+>At this point the browse lists look as follows (these are
+the machines you would see in your network neighborhood if
+you looked in it on a particular network right now).</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>Subnet Browse Master List
+------ ------------- ----
+Subnet1 N1_C N1_A, N1_B, N1_C, N1_D, N1_E
+
+Subnet2 N2_B N2_A, N2_B, N2_C, N2_D
+
+Subnet3 N3_D N3_A, N3_B, N3_C, N3_D</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Note that at this point all the subnets are separate, no
+machine is seen across any of the subnets.</P
+><P
+>Now examine subnet 2. As soon as N2_B has become the local
+master browser it looks for a Domain master browser to synchronize
+its browse list with. It does this by querying the WINS server
+(N2_D) for the IP address associated with the NetBIOS name
+WORKGROUP&gt;1B&lt;. This name was registerd by the Domain master
+browser (N1_C) with the WINS server as soon as it was booted.</P
+><P
+>Once N2_B knows the address of the Domain master browser it
+tells it that is the local master browser for subnet 2 by
+sending a MasterAnnouncement packet as a UDP port 138 packet.
+It then synchronizes with it by doing a NetServerEnum2 call. This
+tells the Domain Master Browser to send it all the server
+names it knows about. Once the domain master browser receives
+the MasterAnnouncement packet it schedules a synchronization
+request to the sender of that packet. After both synchronizations
+are done the browse lists look like :</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>Subnet Browse Master List
+------ ------------- ----
+Subnet1 N1_C N1_A, N1_B, N1_C, N1_D, N1_E,
+ N2_A(*), N2_B(*), N2_C(*), N2_D(*)
+
+Subnet2 N2_B N2_A, N2_B, N2_C, N2_D
+ N1_A(*), N1_B(*), N1_C(*), N1_D(*), N1_E(*)
+
+Subnet3 N3_D N3_A, N3_B, N3_C, N3_D
+
+Servers with a (*) after them are non-authoritative names.</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>At this point users looking in their network neighborhood on
+subnets 1 or 2 will see all the servers on both, users on
+subnet 3 will still only see the servers on their own subnet.</P
+><P
+>The same sequence of events that occured for N2_B now occurs
+for the local master browser on subnet 3 (N3_D). When it
+synchronizes browse lists with the domain master browser (N1_A)
+it gets both the server entries on subnet 1, and those on
+subnet 2. After N3_D has synchronized with N1_C and vica-versa
+the browse lists look like.</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>Subnet Browse Master List
+------ ------------- ----
+Subnet1 N1_C N1_A, N1_B, N1_C, N1_D, N1_E,
+ N2_A(*), N2_B(*), N2_C(*), N2_D(*),
+ N3_A(*), N3_B(*), N3_C(*), N3_D(*)
+
+Subnet2 N2_B N2_A, N2_B, N2_C, N2_D
+ N1_A(*), N1_B(*), N1_C(*), N1_D(*), N1_E(*)
+
+Subnet3 N3_D N3_A, N3_B, N3_C, N3_D
+ N1_A(*), N1_B(*), N1_C(*), N1_D(*), N1_E(*),
+ N2_A(*), N2_B(*), N2_C(*), N2_D(*)
+
+Servers with a (*) after them are non-authoritative names.</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>At this point users looking in their network neighborhood on
+subnets 1 or 3 will see all the servers on all sunbets, users on
+subnet 2 will still only see the servers on subnets 1 and 2, but not 3.</P
+><P
+>Finally, the local master browser for subnet 2 (N2_B) will sync again
+with the domain master browser (N1_C) and will recieve the missing
+server entries. Finally - and as a steady state (if no machines
+are removed or shut off) the browse lists will look like :</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>Subnet Browse Master List
+------ ------------- ----
+Subnet1 N1_C N1_A, N1_B, N1_C, N1_D, N1_E,
+ N2_A(*), N2_B(*), N2_C(*), N2_D(*),
+ N3_A(*), N3_B(*), N3_C(*), N3_D(*)
+
+Subnet2 N2_B N2_A, N2_B, N2_C, N2_D
+ N1_A(*), N1_B(*), N1_C(*), N1_D(*), N1_E(*)
+ N3_A(*), N3_B(*), N3_C(*), N3_D(*)
+
+Subnet3 N3_D N3_A, N3_B, N3_C, N3_D
+ N1_A(*), N1_B(*), N1_C(*), N1_D(*), N1_E(*),
+ N2_A(*), N2_B(*), N2_C(*), N2_D(*)
+
+Servers with a (*) after them are non-authoritative names.</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Synchronizations between the domain master browser and local
+master browsers will continue to occur, but this should be a
+steady state situation.</P
+><P
+>If either router R1 or R2 fails the following will occur:</P
+><P
+></P
+><OL
+TYPE="1"
+><LI
+><P
+> Names of computers on each side of the inaccessible network fragments
+ will be maintained for as long as 36 minutes, in the network neighbourhood
+ lists.
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> Attempts to connect to these inaccessible computers will fail, but the
+ names will not be removed from the network neighbourhood lists.
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> If one of the fragments is cut off from the WINS server, it will only
+ be able to access servers on its local subnet, by using subnet-isolated
+ broadcast NetBIOS name resolution. The effects are similar to that of
+ losing access to a DNS server.
+ </P
+></LI
+></OL
+></DIV
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN63"
+>Setting up a WINS server</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Either a Samba machine or a Windows NT Server machine may be set up
+as a WINS server. To set a Samba machine to be a WINS server you must
+add the following option to the smb.conf file on the selected machine :
+in the [globals] section add the line </P
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+> wins support = yes</B
+></P
+><P
+>Versions of Samba previous to 1.9.17 had this parameter default to
+yes. If you have any older versions of Samba on your network it is
+strongly suggested you upgrade to 1.9.17 or above, or at the very
+least set the parameter to 'no' on all these machines.</P
+><P
+>Machines with "<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>wins support = yes</B
+>" will keep a list of
+all NetBIOS names registered with them, acting as a DNS for NetBIOS names.</P
+><P
+>You should set up only ONE wins server. Do NOT set the
+"<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>wins support = yes</B
+>" option on more than one Samba
+server.</P
+><P
+>To set up a Windows NT Server as a WINS server you need to set up
+the WINS service - see your NT documentation for details. Note that
+Windows NT WINS Servers can replicate to each other, allowing more
+than one to be set up in a complex subnet environment. As Microsoft
+refuse to document these replication protocols Samba cannot currently
+participate in these replications. It is possible in the future that
+a Samba-&#62;Samba WINS replication protocol may be defined, in which
+case more than one Samba machine could be set up as a WINS server
+but currently only one Samba server should have the "wins support = yes"
+parameter set.</P
+><P
+>After the WINS server has been configured you must ensure that all
+machines participating on the network are configured with the address
+of this WINS server. If your WINS server is a Samba machine, fill in
+the Samba machine IP address in the "Primary WINS Server" field of
+the "Control Panel-&#62;Network-&#62;Protocols-&#62;TCP-&#62;WINS Server" dialogs
+in Windows 95 or Windows NT. To tell a Samba server the IP address
+of the WINS server add the following line to the [global] section of
+all smb.conf files :</P
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+> wins server = &gt;name or IP address&lt;</B
+></P
+><P
+>where &gt;name or IP address&lt; is either the DNS name of the WINS server
+machine or its IP address.</P
+><P
+>Note that this line MUST NOT BE SET in the smb.conf file of the Samba
+server acting as the WINS server itself. If you set both the
+"<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>wins support = yes</B
+>" option and the
+"<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>wins server = &gt;name&lt;</B
+>" option then
+nmbd will fail to start.</P
+><P
+>There are two possible scenarios for setting up cross subnet browsing.
+The first details setting up cross subnet browsing on a network containing
+Windows 95, Samba and Windows NT machines that are not configured as
+part of a Windows NT Domain. The second details setting up cross subnet
+browsing on networks that contain NT Domains.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN82"
+>Setting up Browsing in a WORKGROUP</A
+></H1
+><P
+>To set up cross subnet browsing on a network containing machines
+in up to be in a WORKGROUP, not an NT Domain you need to set up one
+Samba server to be the Domain Master Browser (note that this is *NOT*
+the same as a Primary Domain Controller, although in an NT Domain the
+same machine plays both roles). The role of a Domain master browser is
+to collate the browse lists from local master browsers on all the
+subnets that have a machine participating in the workgroup. Without
+one machine configured as a domain master browser each subnet would
+be an isolated workgroup, unable to see any machines on any other
+subnet. It is the presense of a domain master browser that makes
+cross subnet browsing possible for a workgroup.</P
+><P
+>In an WORKGROUP environment the domain master browser must be a
+Samba server, and there must only be one domain master browser per
+workgroup name. To set up a Samba server as a domain master browser,
+set the following option in the [global] section of the smb.conf file :</P
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+> domain master = yes</B
+></P
+><P
+>The domain master browser should also preferrably be the local master
+browser for its own subnet. In order to achieve this set the following
+options in the [global] section of the smb.conf file :</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> domain master = yes
+ local master = yes
+ preferred master = yes
+ os level = 65</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>The domain master browser may be the same machine as the WINS
+server, if you require.</P
+><P
+>Next, you should ensure that each of the subnets contains a
+machine that can act as a local master browser for the
+workgroup. Any NT machine should be able to do this, as will
+Windows 95 machines (although these tend to get rebooted more
+often, so it's not such a good idea to use these). To make a
+Samba server a local master browser set the following
+options in the [global] section of the smb.conf file :</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> domain master = no
+ local master = yes
+ preferred master = yes
+ os level = 65</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Do not do this for more than one Samba server on each subnet,
+or they will war with each other over which is to be the local
+master browser.</P
+><P
+>The "local master" parameter allows Samba to act as a local master
+browser. The "preferred master" causes nmbd to force a browser
+election on startup and the "os level" parameter sets Samba high
+enough so that it should win any browser elections.</P
+><P
+>If you have an NT machine on the subnet that you wish to
+be the local master browser then you can disable Samba from
+becoming a local master browser by setting the following
+options in the [global] section of the smb.conf file :</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> domain master = no
+ local master = no
+ preferred master = no
+ os level = 0</PRE
+></P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN100"
+>Setting up Browsing in a DOMAIN</A
+></H1
+><P
+>If you are adding Samba servers to a Windows NT Domain then
+you must not set up a Samba server as a domain master browser.
+By default, a Windows NT Primary Domain Controller for a Domain
+name is also the Domain master browser for that name, and many
+things will break if a Samba server registers the Domain master
+browser NetBIOS name (DOMAIN&gt;1B&lt;) with WINS instead of the PDC.</P
+><P
+>For subnets other than the one containing the Windows NT PDC
+you may set up Samba servers as local master browsers as
+described. To make a Samba server a local master browser set
+the following options in the [global] section of the smb.conf
+file :</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> domain master = no
+ local master = yes
+ preferred master = yes
+ os level = 65</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>If you wish to have a Samba server fight the election with machines
+on the same subnet you may set the "os level" parameter to lower
+levels. By doing this you can tune the order of machines that
+will become local master browsers if they are running. For
+more details on this see the section "FORCING SAMBA TO BE THE MASTER"
+below.</P
+><P
+>If you have Windows NT machines that are members of the domain
+on all subnets, and you are sure they will always be running then
+you can disable Samba from taking part in browser elections and
+ever becoming a local master browser by setting following options
+in the [global] section of the smb.conf file :</P
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+> domain master = no
+ local master = no
+ preferred master = no
+ os level = 0</B
+></P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN110"
+>Forcing samba to be the master</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Who becomes the "master browser" is determined by an election process
+using broadcasts. Each election packet contains a number of parameters
+which determine what precedence (bias) a host should have in the
+election. By default Samba uses a very low precedence and thus loses
+elections to just about anyone else.</P
+><P
+>If you want Samba to win elections then just set the "os level" global
+option in smb.conf to a higher number. It defaults to 0. Using 34
+would make it win all elections over every other system (except other
+samba systems!)</P
+><P
+>A "os level" of 2 would make it beat WfWg and Win95, but not NTAS. A
+NTAS domain controller uses level 32.</P
+><P
+>The maximum os level is 255</P
+><P
+>If you want samba to force an election on startup, then set the
+"preferred master" global option in smb.conf to "yes". Samba will
+then have a slight advantage over other potential master browsers
+that are not preferred master browsers. Use this parameter with
+care, as if you have two hosts (whether they are windows 95 or NT or
+samba) on the same local subnet both set with "preferred master" to
+"yes", then periodically and continually they will force an election
+in order to become the local master browser.</P
+><P
+>If you want samba to be a "domain master browser", then it is
+recommended that you also set "preferred master" to "yes", because
+samba will not become a domain master browser for the whole of your
+LAN or WAN if it is not also a local master browser on its own
+broadcast isolated subnet.</P
+><P
+>It is possible to configure two samba servers to attempt to become
+the domain master browser for a domain. The first server that comes
+up will be the domain master browser. All other samba servers will
+attempt to become the domain master browser every 5 minutes. They
+will find that another samba server is already the domain master
+browser and will fail. This provides automatic redundancy, should
+the current domain master browser fail.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN119"
+>Making samba the domain master</A
+></H1
+><P
+>The domain master is responsible for collating the browse lists of
+multiple subnets so that browsing can occur between subnets. You can
+make samba act as the domain master by setting "domain master = yes"
+in smb.conf. By default it will not be a domain master.</P
+><P
+>Note that you should NOT set Samba to be the domain master for a
+workgroup that has the same name as an NT Domain.</P
+><P
+>When samba is the domain master and the master browser it will listen
+for master announcements (made roughly every twelve minutes) from local
+master browsers on other subnets and then contact them to synchronise
+browse lists.</P
+><P
+>If you want samba to be the domain master then I suggest you also set
+the "os level" high enough to make sure it wins elections, and set
+"preferred master" to "yes", to get samba to force an election on
+startup.</P
+><P
+>Note that all your servers (including samba) and clients should be
+using a WINS server to resolve NetBIOS names. If your clients are only
+using broadcasting to resolve NetBIOS names, then two things will occur:</P
+><P
+></P
+><OL
+TYPE="1"
+><LI
+><P
+> your local master browsers will be unable to find a domain master
+ browser, as it will only be looking on the local subnet.
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> if a client happens to get hold of a domain-wide browse list, and
+ a user attempts to access a host in that list, it will be unable to
+ resolve the NetBIOS name of that host.
+ </P
+></LI
+></OL
+><P
+>If, however, both samba and your clients are using a WINS server, then:</P
+><P
+></P
+><OL
+TYPE="1"
+><LI
+><P
+> your local master browsers will contact the WINS server and, as long as
+ samba has registered that it is a domain master browser with the WINS
+ server, your local master browser will receive samba's ip address
+ as its domain master browser.
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> when a client receives a domain-wide browse list, and a user attempts
+ to access a host in that list, it will contact the WINS server to
+ resolve the NetBIOS name of that host. as long as that host has
+ registered its NetBIOS name with the same WINS server, the user will
+ be able to see that host.
+ </P
+></LI
+></OL
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN137"
+>Note about broadcast addresses</A
+></H1
+><P
+>If your network uses a "0" based broadcast address (for example if it
+ends in a 0) then you will strike problems. Windows for Workgroups
+does not seem to support a 0's broadcast and you will probably find
+that browsing and name lookups won't work.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN140"
+>Multiple interfaces</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Samba now supports machines with multiple network interfaces. If you
+have multiple interfaces then you will need to use the "interfaces"
+option in smb.conf to configure them. See smb.conf(5) for details.</P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+></BODY
+></HTML
+> \ No newline at end of file
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+<HTML
+><HEAD
+><TITLE
+>Reporting Bugs</TITLE
+><META
+NAME="GENERATOR"
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+><BODY
+CLASS="ARTICLE"
+BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
+TEXT="#000000"
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+VLINK="#840084"
+ALINK="#0000FF"
+><DIV
+CLASS="ARTICLE"
+><DIV
+CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
+><H1
+CLASS="TITLE"
+><A
+NAME="BUGREPORT"
+>Reporting Bugs</A
+></H1
+><HR></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN3"
+>Introduction</A
+></H1
+><P
+>The email address for bug reports is samba@samba.org</P
+><P
+>Please take the time to read this file before you submit a bug
+report. Also, please see if it has changed between releases, as we
+may be changing the bug reporting mechanism at some time.</P
+><P
+>Please also do as much as you can yourself to help track down the
+bug. Samba is maintained by a dedicated group of people who volunteer
+their time, skills and efforts. We receive far more mail about it than
+we can possibly answer, so you have a much higher chance of an answer
+and a fix if you send us a "developer friendly" bug report that lets
+us fix it fast. </P
+><P
+>Do not assume that if you post the bug to the comp.protocols.smb
+newsgroup or the mailing list that we will read it. If you suspect that your
+problem is not a bug but a configuration problem then it is better to send
+it to the Samba mailing list, as there are (at last count) 5000 other users on
+that list that may be able to help you.</P
+><P
+>You may also like to look though the recent mailing list archives,
+which are conveniently accessible on the Samba web pages
+at http://samba.org/samba/ </P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN10"
+>General info</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Before submitting a bug report check your config for silly
+errors. Look in your log files for obvious messages that tell you that
+you've misconfigured something and run testparm to test your config
+file for correct syntax.</P
+><P
+>Have you run through the <A
+HREF="Diagnosis.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>diagnosis</A
+>?
+This is very important.</P
+><P
+>If you include part of a log file with your bug report then be sure to
+annotate it with exactly what you were doing on the client at the
+time, and exactly what the results were.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN16"
+>Debug levels</A
+></H1
+><P
+>If the bug has anything to do with Samba behaving incorrectly as a
+server (like refusing to open a file) then the log files will probably
+be very useful. Depending on the problem a log level of between 3 and
+10 showing the problem may be appropriate. A higher level givesmore
+detail, but may use too much disk space.</P
+><P
+>To set the debug level use <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>log level =</B
+> in your
+<TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>smb.conf</TT
+>. You may also find it useful to set the log
+level higher for just one machine and keep separate logs for each machine.
+To do this use:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>log level = 10
+log file = /usr/local/samba/lib/log.%m
+include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>then create a file
+<TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.machine</TT
+> where
+"machine" is the name of the client you wish to debug. In that file
+put any smb.conf commands you want, for example
+<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>log level=</B
+> may be useful. This also allows you to
+experiment with different security systems, protocol levels etc on just
+one machine.</P
+><P
+>The <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>smb.conf</TT
+> entry <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>log level =</B
+>
+is synonymous with the entry <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>debuglevel =</B
+> that has been
+used in older versions of Samba and is being retained for backwards
+compatibility of smb.conf files.</P
+><P
+>As the <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>log level =</B
+> value is increased you will record
+a significantly increasing level of debugging information. For most
+debugging operations you may not need a setting higher than 3. Nearly
+all bugs can be tracked at a setting of 10, but be prepared for a VERY
+large volume of log data.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN33"
+>Internal errors</A
+></H1
+><P
+>If you get a "INTERNAL ERROR" message in your log files it means that
+Samba got an unexpected signal while running. It is probably a
+segmentation fault and almost certainly means a bug in Samba (unless
+you have faulty hardware or system software)</P
+><P
+>If the message came from smbd then it will probably be accompanied by
+a message which details the last SMB message received by smbd. This
+info is often very useful in tracking down the problem so please
+include it in your bug report.</P
+><P
+>You should also detail how to reproduce the problem, if
+possible. Please make this reasonably detailed.</P
+><P
+>You may also find that a core file appeared in a "corefiles"
+subdirectory of the directory where you keep your samba log
+files. This file is the most useful tool for tracking down the bug. To
+use it you do this:</P
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>gdb smbd core</B
+></P
+><P
+>adding appropriate paths to smbd and core so gdb can find them. If you
+don't have gdb then try "dbx". Then within the debugger use the
+command "where" to give a stack trace of where the problem
+occurred. Include this in your mail.</P
+><P
+>If you known any assembly language then do a "disass" of the routine
+where the problem occurred (if its in a library routine then
+disassemble the routine that called it) and try to work out exactly
+where the problem is by looking at the surrounding code. Even if you
+don't know assembly then incuding this info in the bug report can be
+useful. </P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN43"
+>Attaching to a running process</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Unfortunately some unixes (in particular some recent linux kernels)
+refuse to dump a core file if the task has changed uid (which smbd
+does often). To debug with this sort of system you could try to attach
+to the running process using "gdb smbd PID" where you get PID from
+smbstatus. Then use "c" to continue and try to cause the core dump
+using the client. The debugger should catch the fault and tell you
+where it occurred.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN46"
+>Patches</A
+></H1
+><P
+>The best sort of bug report is one that includes a fix! If you send us
+patches please use <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>diff -u</B
+> format if your version of
+diff supports it, otherwise use <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>diff -c4</B
+>. Make sure
+your do the diff against a clean version of the source and let me know
+exactly what version you used. </P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+></BODY
+></HTML
+> \ No newline at end of file
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+<HTML
+><HEAD
+><TITLE
+>Diagnosing your samba server</TITLE
+><META
+NAME="GENERATOR"
+CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.57"></HEAD
+><BODY
+CLASS="ARTICLE"
+BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
+TEXT="#000000"
+LINK="#0000FF"
+VLINK="#840084"
+ALINK="#0000FF"
+><DIV
+CLASS="ARTICLE"
+><DIV
+CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
+><H1
+CLASS="TITLE"
+><A
+NAME="DIAGNOSIS"
+>Diagnosing your samba server</A
+></H1
+><HR></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN3"
+>Introduction</A
+></H1
+><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
+then it is probably working fine.</P
+><P
+>You should do ALL the tests, in the order shown. I have tried to
+carefully choose them so later tests only use capabilities verified in
+the earlier tests.</P
+><P
+>If you send me an email saying "it doesn't work" and you have not
+followed this test procedure then you should not be surprised if I
+ignore your email.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN8"
+>Assumptions</A
+></H1
+><P
+>In all of the tests I assume you have a Samba server called BIGSERVER
+and a PC called ACLIENT both in workgroup TESTGROUP. I also assume the
+PC is running windows for workgroups with a recent copy of the
+microsoft tcp/ip stack. Alternatively, your PC may be running Windows
+95 or Windows NT (Workstation or Server).</P
+><P
+>The procedure is similar for other types of clients.</P
+><P
+>I also assume you know the name of an available share in your
+smb.conf. I will assume this share is called "tmp". You can add a
+"tmp" share like by adding the following to smb.conf:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>&#13;[tmp]
+ comment = temporary files
+ path = /tmp
+ read only = yes&#13;</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>THESE TESTS ASSUME VERSION 2.0.6 OR LATER OF THE SAMBA SUITE. SOME
+COMMANDS SHOWN DID NOT EXIST IN EARLIER VERSIONS</P
+><P
+>Please pay attention to the error messages you receive. If any error message
+reports that your server is being unfriendly you should first check that you
+IP name resolution is correctly set up. eg: Make sure your /etc/resolv.conf
+file points to name servers that really do exist.</P
+><P
+>Also, if you do not have DNS server access for name resolution please check
+that the settings for your smb.conf file results in "dns proxy = no". The
+best way to check this is with "testparm smb.conf"</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN18"
+>Tests</A
+></H1
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN20"
+>Test 1</A
+></H2
+><P
+>In the directory in which you store your smb.conf file, run the command
+"testparm smb.conf". If it reports any errors then your smb.conf
+configuration file is faulty.</P
+><P
+>Note: Your smb.conf file may be located in: <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/etc</TT
+>
+ Or in: <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/usr/local/samba/lib</TT
+></P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN26"
+>Test 2</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Run the command "ping BIGSERVER" from the PC and "ping ACLIENT" from
+the unix box. If you don't get a valid response then your TCP/IP
+software is not correctly installed. </P
+><P
+>Note that you will need to start a "dos prompt" window on the PC to
+run ping.</P
+><P
+>If you get a message saying "host not found" or similar then your DNS
+software or /etc/hosts file is not correctly setup. It is possible to
+run samba without DNS entries for the server and client, but I assume
+you do have correct entries for the remainder of these tests. </P
+><P
+>Another reason why ping might fail is if your host is running firewall
+software. You will need to relax the rules to let in the workstation
+in question, perhaps by allowing access from another subnet (on Linux
+this is done via the ipfwadm program.)</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN32"
+>Test 3</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Run the command "smbclient -L BIGSERVER" on the unix box. You
+should get a list of available shares back. </P
+><P
+>If you get a error message containing the string "Bad password" then
+you probably have either an incorrect "hosts allow", "hosts deny" or
+"valid users" line in your smb.conf, or your guest account is not
+valid. Check what your guest account is using "testparm" and
+temporarily remove any "hosts allow", "hosts deny", "valid users" or
+"invalid users" lines.</P
+><P
+>If you get a "connection refused" response then the smbd server may
+not be running. If you installed it in inetd.conf then you probably edited
+that file incorrectly. If you installed it as a daemon then check that
+it is running, and check that the netbios-ssn port is in a LISTEN
+state using "netstat -a".</P
+><P
+>If you get a "session request failed" then the server refused the
+connection. If it says "Your server software is being unfriendly" then
+its probably because you have invalid command line parameters to smbd,
+or a similar fatal problem with the initial startup of smbd. Also
+check your config file (smb.conf) for syntax errors with "testparm"
+and that the various directories where samba keeps its log and lock
+files exist.</P
+><P
+>There are a number of reasons for which smbd may refuse or decline
+a session request. The most common of these involve one or more of
+the following smb.conf file entries:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> hosts deny = ALL
+ hosts allow = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yy
+ bind interfaces only = Yes</PRE
+></P
+><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.
+To solve this problem change these lines to:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> hosts deny = ALL
+ hosts allow = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yy 127.</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Do NOT use the "bind interfaces only" parameter where you may wish to
+use the samba password change facility, or where smbclient may need to
+access local service for name resolution or for local resource
+connections. (Note: the "bind interfaces only" parameter deficiency
+where it will not allow connections to the loopback address will be
+fixed soon).</P
+><P
+>Another common cause of these two errors is having something already running
+on port 139, such as Samba (ie: smbd is running from inetd already) or
+something like Digital's Pathworks. Check your inetd.conf file before trying
+to start smbd as a daemon, it can avoid a lot of frustration!</P
+><P
+>And yet another possible cause for failure of TEST 3 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 log.nmb file.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN47"
+>Test 4</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Run the command "nmblookup -B BIGSERVER __SAMBA__". You should get the
+IP address of your Samba server back.</P
+><P
+>If you don't then nmbd is incorrectly installed. Check your inetd.conf
+if you run it from there, or that the daemon is running and listening
+to udp port 137.</P
+><P
+>One common problem is that many inetd implementations can't take many
+parameters on the command line. If this is the case then create a
+one-line script that contains the right parameters and run that from
+inetd.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN52"
+>Test 5</A
+></H2
+><P
+>run the command <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>nmblookup -B ACLIENT '*'</B
+></P
+><P
+>You should get the PCs IP address back. If you don't then the client
+software on the PC isn't installed correctly, or isn't started, or you
+got the name of the PC wrong. </P
+><P
+>If ACLIENT doesn't resolve via DNS then use the IP address of the
+client in the above test.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN58"
+>Test 6</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Run the command <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>nmblookup -d 2 '*'</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
+not catch all of the responses in the short time it listens. You
+should see "got a positive name query response" messages from several
+hosts.</P
+><P
+>If this doesn't give a similar result to the previous test then
+nmblookup isn't correctly getting your broadcast address through its
+automatic mechanism. In this case you should experiment use the
+"interfaces" option in smb.conf to manually configure your IP
+address, broadcast and netmask. </P
+><P
+>If your PC and server aren't on the same subnet then you will need to
+use the -B option to set the broadcast address to the that of the PCs
+subnet.</P
+><P
+>This test will probably fail if your subnet mask and broadcast address are
+not correct. (Refer to TEST 3 notes above).</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN66"
+>Test 7</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Run the command <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>smbclient //BIGSERVER/TMP</B
+>. You should
+then be prompted for a password. You should use the password of the account
+you are logged into the unix box with. If you want to test with
+another account then add the -U &gt;accountname&lt; option to the end of
+the command line. eg:
+<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>smbclient //bigserver/tmp -Ujohndoe</B
+></P
+><P
+>Note: It is possible to specify the password along with the username
+as follows:
+<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>smbclient //bigserver/tmp -Ujohndoe%secret</B
+></P
+><P
+>Once you enter the password you should get the "smb&#62;" prompt. If you
+don't then look at the error message. If it says "invalid network
+name" then the service "tmp" is not correctly setup in your smb.conf.</P
+><P
+>If it says "bad password" then the likely causes are:</P
+><P
+></P
+><OL
+TYPE="1"
+><LI
+><P
+> you have shadow passords (or some other password system) but didn't
+ compile in support for them in smbd
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> your "valid users" configuration is incorrect
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> you have a mixed case password and you haven't enabled the "password
+ level" option at a high enough level
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> the "path =" line in smb.conf is incorrect. Check it with testparm
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> you enabled password encryption but didn't create the SMB encrypted
+ password file
+ </P
+></LI
+></OL
+><P
+>Once connected you should be able to use the commands
+<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>dir</B
+> <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>get</B
+> <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>put</B
+> etc.
+Type <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>help &gt;command&lt;</B
+> for instructions. You should
+especially check that the amount of free disk space shown is correct
+when you type <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>dir</B
+>.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN92"
+>Test 8</A
+></H2
+><P
+>On the PC type the command <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>net view \\BIGSERVER</B
+>. You will
+need to do this from within a "dos prompt" window. You should get back a
+list of available shares on the server.</P
+><P
+>If you get a "network name not found" or similar error then netbios
+name resolution is not working. This is usually caused by a problem in
+nmbd. To overcome it you could do one of the following (you only need
+to choose one of them):</P
+><P
+></P
+><OL
+TYPE="1"
+><LI
+><P
+> fixup the nmbd installation</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> add the IP address of BIGSERVER to the "wins server" box in the
+ 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</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> add BIGSERVER to your lmhosts file on the PC.</P
+></LI
+></OL
+><P
+>If you get a "invalid network name" or "bad password error" then the
+same fixes apply as they did for the "smbclient -L" test above. In
+particular, make sure your "hosts allow" line is correct (see the man
+pages)</P
+><P
+>Also, do not overlook that fact that when the workstation requests the
+connection to the samba server it will attempt to connect using the
+name with which you logged onto your Windows machine. You need to make
+sure that an account exists on your Samba server with that exact same
+name and password.</P
+><P
+>If you get "specified computer is not receiving requests" or similar
+it probably means that the host is not contactable via tcp services.
+Check to see if the host is running tcp wrappers, and if so add an entry in
+the hosts.allow file for your client (or subnet, etc.)</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN109"
+>Test 9</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Run the command <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>net use x: \\BIGSERVER\TMP</B
+>. You should
+be prompted for a password then you should get a "command completed
+successfully" message. If not then your PC software is incorrectly
+installed or your smb.conf is incorrect. make sure your "hosts allow"
+and other config lines in smb.conf are correct.</P
+><P
+>It's also possible that the server can't work out what user name to
+connect you as. To see if this is the problem add the line "user =
+USERNAME" to the [tmp] section of smb.conf where "USERNAME" is the
+username corresponding to the password you typed. If you find this
+fixes things you may need the username mapping option.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN114"
+>Test 10</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Run the command <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>nmblookup -M TESTGROUP</B
+> where
+TESTGROUP is the name of the workgroup that your Samba server and
+Windows PCs belong to. You should get back the IP address of the
+master browser for that workgroup.</P
+><P
+>If you don't then the election process has failed. Wait a minute to
+see if it is just being slow then try again. If it still fails after
+that then look at the browsing options you have set in smb.conf. Make
+sure you have <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>preferred master = yes</B
+> to ensure that
+an election is held at startup.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN120"
+>Test 11</A
+></H2
+><P
+>From file manager try to browse the server. Your samba server should
+appear in the browse list of your local workgroup (or the one you
+specified in smb.conf). You should be able to double click on the name
+of the server and get a list of shares. If you get a "invalid
+password" error when you do then you are probably running WinNT and it
+is refusing to browse a server that has no encrypted password
+capability and is in user level security mode. In this case either set
+<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>security = server</B
+> AND
+<B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>password server = Windows_NT_Machine</B
+> in your
+smb.conf file, or enable encrypted passwords AFTER compiling in support
+for encrypted passwords (refer to the Makefile).</P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN125"
+>Still having troubles?</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Try the mailing list or newsgroup, or use the ethereal utility to
+sniff the problem. The official samba mailing list can be reached at
+<A
+HREF="mailto:samba@samba.org"
+TARGET="_top"
+>samba@samba.org</A
+>. To find
+out more about samba and how to subscribe to the mailing list check
+out the samba web page at
+<A
+HREF="http://samba.org/samba"
+TARGET="_top"
+>http://samba.org/samba</A
+></P
+><P
+>Also look at the other docs in the Samba package!</P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+></BODY
+></HTML
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+>Debugging Printing Problems</TITLE
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+><DIV
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+><DIV
+CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
+><H1
+CLASS="TITLE"
+><A
+NAME="PRINTING_DEBUG"
+>Debugging Printing Problems</A
+></H1
+><HR></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN3"
+>Introduction</A
+></H1
+><P
+>This is a short description of how to debug printing problems with
+Samba. This describes how to debug problems with printing from a SMB
+client to a Samba server, not the other way around. For the reverse
+see the examples/printing directory.</P
+><P
+>Ok, so you want to print to a Samba server from your PC. The first
+thing you need to understand is that Samba does not actually do any
+printing itself, it just acts as a middleman between your PC client
+and your Unix printing subsystem. Samba receives the file from the PC
+then passes the file to a external "print command". What print command
+you use is up to you.</P
+><P
+>The whole things is controlled using options in smb.conf. The most
+relevant options (which you should look up in the smb.conf man page)
+are:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> [global]
+ print command - send a file to a spooler
+ lpq command - get spool queue status
+ lprm command - remove a job
+ [printers]
+ path = /var/spool/lpd/samba</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>The following are nice to know about:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> queuepause command - stop a printer or print queue
+ queueresume command - start a printer or print queue</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Example:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -P%p %s
+ lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p %s
+ lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j
+ queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p stop
+ queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p start</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Samba should set reasonable defaults for these depending on your
+system type, but it isn't clairvoyant. It is not uncommon that you
+have to tweak these for local conditions. The commands should
+always have fully specified pathnames, as the smdb may not have
+the correct PATH values.</P
+><P
+>When you send a job to Samba to be printed, it will make a temporary
+copy of it in the directory specified in the [printers] section.
+and it should be periodically cleaned out. The lpr -r option
+requests that the temporary copy be removed after printing; If
+printing fails then you might find leftover files in this directory,
+and it should be periodically cleaned out. Samba used the lpq
+command to determine the "job number" assigned to your print job
+by the spooler.</P
+><P
+>The %&gt;letter&lt; are "macros" that get dynamically replaced with appropriate
+values when they are used. The %s gets replaced with the name of the spool
+file that Samba creates and the %p gets replaced with the name of the
+printer. The %j gets replaced with the "job number" which comes from
+the lpq output.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN19"
+>Debugging printer problems</A
+></H1
+><P
+>One way to debug printing problems is to start by replacing these
+command with shell scripts that record the arguments and the contents
+of the print file. A simple example of this kind of things might
+be:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> print command = /tmp/saveprint %p %s
+
+ #!/bin/saveprint
+ # we make sure that we are the right user
+ /usr/bin/id -p &#62;/tmp/tmp.print
+ # we run the command and save the error messages
+ # replace the command with the one appropriate for your system
+ /usr/bin/lpr -r -P$1 $2 2&#62;&#62;&#38;/tmp/tmp.print</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Then you print a file and try removing it. You may find that the
+print queue needs to be stopped in order to see the queue status
+and remove the job:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>&#13;h4: {42} % echo hi &#62;/tmp/hi
+h4: {43} % smbclient //localhost/lw4
+added interface ip=10.0.0.4 bcast=10.0.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
+Password:
+Domain=[ASTART] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.7]
+smb: \&#62; print /tmp/hi
+putting file /tmp/hi as hi-17534 (0.0 kb/s) (average 0.0 kb/s)
+smb: \&#62; queue
+1049 3 hi-17534
+smb: \&#62; cancel 1049
+Error cancelling job 1049 : code 0
+smb: \&#62; cancel 1049
+Job 1049 cancelled
+smb: \&#62; queue
+smb: \&#62; exit</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>The 'code 0' indicates that the job was removed. The comment
+by the smbclient is a bit misleading on this.
+You can observe the command output and then and look at the
+/tmp/tmp.print file to see what the results are. You can quickly
+find out if the problem is with your printing system. Often people
+have problems with their /etc/printcap file or permissions on
+various print queues.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN28"
+>What printers do I have?</A
+></H1
+><P
+>You can use the 'testprns' program to check to see if the printer
+name you are using is recognized by Samba. For example, you can
+use:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> testprns printer /etc/printcap</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Samba can get its printcap information from a file or from a program.
+You can try the following to see the format of the extracted
+information:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> testprns -a printer /etc/printcap
+
+ testprns -a printer '|/bin/cat printcap'</PRE
+></P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN36"
+>Setting up printcap and print servers</A
+></H1
+><P
+>You may need to set up some printcaps for your Samba system to use.
+It is strongly recommended that you use the facilities provided by
+the print spooler to set up queues and printcap information.</P
+><P
+>Samba requires either a printcap or program to deliver printcap
+information. This printcap information has the format:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> name|alias1|alias2...:option=value:...</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>For almost all printing systems, the printer 'name' must be composed
+only of alphanumeric or underscore '_' characters. Some systems also
+allow hyphens ('-') as well. An alias is an alternative name for the
+printer, and an alias with a space in it is used as a 'comment'
+about the printer. The printcap format optionally uses a \ at the end of lines
+to extend the printcap to multiple lines.</P
+><P
+>Here are some examples of printcap files:</P
+><P
+><P
+></P
+><OL
+TYPE="1"
+><LI
+><P
+>pr just printer name</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>pr|alias printer name and alias</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>pr|My Printer printer name, alias used as comment</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>pr:sh:\ Same as pr:sh:cm= testing
+ :cm= \
+ testing</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>pr:sh Same as pr:sh:cm= testing
+ :cm= testing</P
+></LI
+></OL
+></P
+><P
+>Samba reads the printcap information when first started. If you make
+changes in the printcap information, then you must do the following:</P
+><P
+></P
+><OL
+TYPE="1"
+><LI
+><P
+>make sure that the print spooler is aware of these changes.
+The LPRng system uses the 'lpc reread' command to do this.</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>make sure that the spool queues, etc., exist and have the
+correct permissions. The LPRng system uses the 'checkpc -f'
+command to do this.</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>You now should send a SIGHUP signal to the smbd server to have
+it reread the printcap information.</P
+></LI
+></OL
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN64"
+>Job sent, no output</A
+></H1
+><P
+>This is the most frustrating part of printing. You may have sent the
+job, verified that the job was forwarded, set up a wrapper around
+the command to send the file, but there was no output from the printer.</P
+><P
+>First, check to make sure that the job REALLY is getting to the
+right print queue. If you are using a BSD or LPRng print spooler,
+you can temporarily stop the printing of jobs. Jobs can still be
+submitted, but they will not be printed. Use:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> lpc -Pprinter stop</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Now submit a print job and then use 'lpq -Pprinter' to see if the
+job is in the print queue. If it is not in the print queue then
+you will have to find out why it is not being accepted for printing.</P
+><P
+>Next, you may want to check to see what the format of the job really
+was. With the assistance of the system administrator you can view
+the submitted jobs files. You may be surprised to find that these
+are not in what you would expect to call a printable format.
+You can use the UNIX 'file' utitily to determine what the job
+format actually is:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> cd /var/spool/lpd/printer # spool directory of print jobs
+ ls # find job files
+ file dfA001myhost</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>You should make sure that your printer supports this format OR that
+your system administrator has installed a 'print filter' that will
+convert the file to a format appropriate for your printer.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN75"
+>Job sent, strange output</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Once you have the job printing, you can then start worrying about
+making it print nicely.</P
+><P
+>The most common problem is extra pages of output: banner pages
+OR blank pages at the end.</P
+><P
+>If you are getting banner pages, check and make sure that the
+printcap option or printer option is configured for no banners.
+If you have a printcap, this is the :sh (suppress header or banner
+page) option. You should have the following in your printer.</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> printer: ... :sh</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>If you have this option and are still getting banner pages, there
+is a strong chance that your printer is generating them for you
+automatically. You should make sure that banner printing is disabled
+for the printer. This usually requires using the printer setup software
+or procedures supplied by the printer manufacturer.</P
+><P
+>If you get an extra page of output, this could be due to problems
+with your job format, or if you are generating PostScript jobs,
+incorrect setting on your printer driver on the MicroSoft client.
+For example, under Win95 there is a option:</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> Printers|Printer Name|(Right Click)Properties|Postscript|Advanced|</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>that allows you to choose if a Ctrl-D is appended to all jobs.
+This is a very bad thing to do, as most spooling systems will
+automatically add a ^D to the end of the job if it is detected as
+PostScript. The multiple ^D may cause an additional page of output.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN87"
+>Raw PostScript printed</A
+></H1
+><P
+>This is a problem that is usually caused by either the print spooling
+system putting information at the start of the print job that makes
+the printer think the job is a text file, or your printer simply
+does not support PostScript. You may need to enable 'Automatic
+Format Detection' on your printer.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN90"
+>Advanced Printing</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Note that you can do some pretty magic things by using your
+imagination with the "print command" option and some shell scripts.
+Doing print accounting is easy by passing the %U option to a print
+command shell script. You could even make the print command detect
+the type of output and its size and send it to an appropriate
+printer.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN93"
+>Real debugging</A
+></H1
+><P
+>If the above debug tips don't help, then maybe you need to bring in
+the bug guns, system tracing. See Tracing.txt in this directory.</P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+></BODY
+></HTML
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+>Samba performance issues</TITLE
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+><DIV
+CLASS="ARTICLE"
+><DIV
+CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
+><H1
+CLASS="TITLE"
+><A
+NAME="SPEED"
+>Samba performance issues</A
+></H1
+><HR></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN3"
+>Comparisons</A
+></H1
+><P
+>The Samba server uses TCP to talk to the client. Thus if you are
+trying to see if it performs well you should really compare it to
+programs that use the same protocol. The most readily available
+programs for file transfer that use TCP are ftp or another TCP based
+SMB server.</P
+><P
+>If you want to test against something like a NT or WfWg server then
+you will have to disable all but TCP on either the client or
+server. Otherwise you may well be using a totally different protocol
+(such as Netbeui) and comparisons may not be valid.</P
+><P
+>Generally you should find that Samba performs similarly to ftp at raw
+transfer speed. It should perform quite a bit faster than NFS,
+although this very much depends on your system.</P
+><P
+>Several people have done comparisons between Samba and Novell, NFS or
+WinNT. In some cases Samba performed the best, in others the worst. I
+suspect the biggest factor is not Samba vs some other system but the
+hardware and drivers used on the various systems. Given similar
+hardware Samba should certainly be competitive in speed with other
+systems.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN9"
+>Oplocks</A
+></H1
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN11"
+>Overview</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Oplocks are the way that SMB clients get permission from a server to
+locally cache file operations. If a server grants an oplock
+(opportunistic lock) then the client is free to assume that it is the
+only one accessing the file and it will agressively cache file
+data. With some oplock types the client may even cache file open/close
+operations. This can give enormous performance benefits.</P
+><P
+>With the release of Samba 1.9.18 we now correctly support opportunistic
+locks. This is turned on by default, and can be turned off on a share-
+by-share basis by setting the parameter :</P
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>oplocks = False</B
+></P
+><P
+>We recommend that you leave oplocks on however, as current benchmark
+tests with NetBench seem to give approximately a 30% improvement in
+speed with them on. This is on average however, and the actual
+improvement seen can be orders of magnitude greater, depending on
+what the client redirector is doing.</P
+><P
+>Previous to Samba 1.9.18 there was a 'fake oplocks' option. This
+option has been left in the code for backwards compatibility reasons
+but it's use is now deprecated. A short summary of what the old
+code did follows.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN19"
+>Level2 Oplocks</A
+></H2
+><P
+>With Samba 2.0.5 a new capability - level2 (read only) oplocks is
+supported (although the option is off by default - see the smb.conf
+man page for details). Turning on level2 oplocks (on a share-by-share basis)
+by setting the parameter :</P
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>level2 oplocks = true</B
+></P
+><P
+>should speed concurrent access to files that are not commonly written
+to, such as application serving shares (ie. shares that contain common
+.EXE files - such as a Microsoft Office share) as it allows clients to
+read-ahread cache copies of these files.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="AEN25"
+>Old 'fake oplocks' option - deprecated</A
+></H2
+><P
+>Samba can also fake oplocks, by granting a oplock whenever a client
+asks for one. This is controlled using the smb.conf option "fake
+oplocks". If you set "fake oplocks = yes" then you are telling the
+client that it may agressively cache the file data for all opens.</P
+><P
+>Enabling 'fake oplocks' on all read-only shares or shares that you know
+will only be accessed from one client at a time you will see a big
+performance improvement on many operations. If you enable this option
+on shares where multiple clients may be accessing the files read-write
+at the same time you can get data corruption.</P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN29"
+>Socket options</A
+></H1
+><P
+>There are a number of socket options that can greatly affect the
+performance of a TCP based server like Samba.</P
+><P
+>The socket options that Samba uses are settable both on the command
+line with the -O option, or in the smb.conf file.</P
+><P
+>The "socket options" section of the smb.conf manual page describes how
+to set these and gives recommendations.</P
+><P
+>Getting the socket options right can make a big difference to your
+performance, but getting them wrong can degrade it by just as
+much. The correct settings are very dependent on your local network.</P
+><P
+>The socket option TCP_NODELAY is the one that seems to make the
+biggest single difference for most networks. Many people report that
+adding "socket options = TCP_NODELAY" doubles the read performance of
+a Samba drive. The best explanation I have seen for this is that the
+Microsoft TCP/IP stack is slow in sending tcp ACKs.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN36"
+>Read size</A
+></H1
+><P
+>The option "read size" affects the overlap of disk reads/writes with
+network reads/writes. If the amount of data being transferred in
+several of the SMB commands (currently SMBwrite, SMBwriteX and
+SMBreadbraw) is larger than this value then the server begins writing
+the data before it has received the whole packet from the network, or
+in the case of SMBreadbraw, it begins writing to the network before
+all the data has been read from disk.</P
+><P
+>This overlapping works best when the speeds of disk and network access
+are similar, having very little effect when the speed of one is much
+greater than the other.</P
+><P
+>The default value is 16384, but very little experimentation has been
+done yet to determine the optimal value, and it is likely that the best
+value will vary greatly between systems anyway. A value over 65536 is
+pointless and will cause you to allocate memory unnecessarily.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN41"
+>Max xmit</A
+></H1
+><P
+>At startup the client and server negotiate a "maximum transmit" size,
+which limits the size of nearly all SMB commands. You can set the
+maximum size that Samba will negotiate using the "max xmit = " option
+in smb.conf. Note that this is the maximum size of SMB request that
+Samba will accept, but not the maximum size that the *client* will accept.
+The client maximum receive size is sent to Samba by the client and Samba
+honours this limit.</P
+><P
+>It defaults to 65536 bytes (the maximum), but it is possible that some
+clients may perform better with a smaller transmit unit. Trying values
+of less than 2048 is likely to cause severe problems.</P
+><P
+>In most cases the default is the best option.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN46"
+>Locking</A
+></H1
+><P
+>By default Samba does not implement strict locking on each read/write
+call (although it did in previous versions). If you enable strict
+locking (using "strict locking = yes") then you may find that you
+suffer a severe performance hit on some systems.</P
+><P
+>The performance hit will probably be greater on NFS mounted
+filesystems, but could be quite high even on local disks.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN50"
+>Share modes</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Some people find that opening files is very slow. This is often
+because of the "share modes" code needed to fully implement the dos
+share modes stuff. You can disable this code using "share modes =
+no". This will gain you a lot in opening and closing files but will
+mean that (in some cases) the system won't force a second user of a
+file to open the file read-only if the first has it open
+read-write. For many applications that do their own locking this
+doesn't matter, but for some it may. Most Windows applications
+depend heavily on "share modes" working correctly and it is
+recommended that the Samba share mode support be left at the
+default of "on".</P
+><P
+>The share mode code in Samba has been re-written in the 1.9.17
+release following tests with the Ziff-Davis NetBench PC Benchmarking
+tool. It is now believed that Samba 1.9.17 implements share modes
+similarly to Windows NT.</P
+><P
+>NOTE: In the most recent versions of Samba there is an option to use
+shared memory via mmap() to implement the share modes. This makes
+things much faster. See the Makefile for how to enable this.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN55"
+>Log level</A
+></H1
+><P
+>If you set the log level (also known as "debug level") higher than 2
+then you may suffer a large drop in performance. This is because the
+server flushes the log file after each operation, which can be very
+expensive. </P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN58"
+>Wide lines</A
+></H1
+><P
+>The "wide links" option is now enabled by default, but if you disable
+it (for better security) then you may suffer a performance hit in
+resolving filenames. The performance loss is lessened if you have
+"getwd cache = yes", which is now the default.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN61"
+>Read raw</A
+></H1
+><P
+>The "read raw" operation is designed to be an optimised, low-latency
+file read operation. A server may choose to not support it,
+however. and Samba makes support for "read raw" optional, with it
+being enabled by default.</P
+><P
+>In some cases clients don't handle "read raw" very well and actually
+get lower performance using it than they get using the conventional
+read operations. </P
+><P
+>So you might like to try "read raw = no" and see what happens on your
+network. It might lower, raise or not affect your performance. Only
+testing can really tell.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN66"
+>Write raw</A
+></H1
+><P
+>The "write raw" operation is designed to be an optimised, low-latency
+file write operation. A server may choose to not support it,
+however. and Samba makes support for "write raw" optional, with it
+being enabled by default.</P
+><P
+>Some machines may find "write raw" slower than normal write, in which
+case you may wish to change this option.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN70"
+>Read prediction</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Samba can do read prediction on some of the SMB commands. Read
+prediction means that Samba reads some extra data on the last file it
+read while waiting for the next SMB command to arrive. It can then
+respond more quickly when the next read request arrives.</P
+><P
+>This is disabled by default. You can enable it by using "read
+prediction = yes".</P
+><P
+>Note that read prediction is only used on files that were opened read
+only.</P
+><P
+>Read prediction should particularly help for those silly clients (such
+as "Write" under NT) which do lots of very small reads on a file.</P
+><P
+>Samba will not read ahead more data than the amount specified in the
+"read size" option. It always reads ahead on 1k block boundaries.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN77"
+>Memory mapping</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Samba supports reading files via memory mapping them. One some
+machines this can give a large boost to performance, on others it
+makes not difference at all, and on some it may reduce performance.</P
+><P
+>To enable you you have to recompile Samba with the -DUSE_MMAP option
+on the FLAGS line of the Makefile.</P
+><P
+>Note that memory mapping is only used on files opened read only, and
+is not used by the "read raw" operation. Thus you may find memory
+mapping is more effective if you disable "read raw" using "read raw =
+no".</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN82"
+>Slow Clients</A
+></H1
+><P
+>One person has reported that setting the protocol to COREPLUS rather
+than LANMAN2 gave a dramatic speed improvement (from 10k/s to 150k/s).</P
+><P
+>I suspect that his PC's (386sx16 based) were asking for more data than
+they could chew. I suspect a similar speed could be had by setting
+"read raw = no" and "max xmit = 2048", instead of changing the
+protocol. Lowering the "read size" might also help.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN86"
+>Slow Logins</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Slow logins are almost always due to the password checking time. Using
+the lowest practical "password level" will improve things a lot. You
+could also enable the "UFC crypt" option in the Makefile.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN89"
+>Client tuning</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Often a speed problem can be traced to the client. The client (for
+example Windows for Workgroups) can often be tuned for better TCP
+performance.</P
+><P
+>See your client docs for details. In particular, I have heard rumours
+that the WfWg options TCPWINDOWSIZE and TCPSEGMENTSIZE can have a
+large impact on performance.</P
+><P
+>Also note that some people have found that setting DefaultRcvWindow in
+the [MSTCP] section of the SYSTEM.INI file under WfWg to 3072 gives a
+big improvement. I don't know why.</P
+><P
+>My own experience wth DefaultRcvWindow is that I get much better
+performance with a large value (16384 or larger). Other people have
+reported that anything over 3072 slows things down enourmously. One
+person even reported a speed drop of a factor of 30 when he went from
+3072 to 8192. I don't know why.</P
+><P
+>It probably depends a lot on your hardware, and the type of unix box
+you have at the other end of the link.</P
+><P
+>Paul Cochrane has done some testing on client side tuning and come
+to the following conclusions:</P
+><P
+>Install the W2setup.exe file from www.microsoft.com. This is an
+update for the winsock stack and utilities which improve performance.</P
+><P
+>Configure the win95 TCPIP registry settings to give better
+perfomance. I use a program called MTUSPEED.exe which I got off the
+net. There are various other utilities of this type freely available.
+The setting which give the best performance for me are:</P
+><P
+></P
+><OL
+TYPE="1"
+><LI
+><P
+>MaxMTU Remove</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>RWIN Remove</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>MTUAutoDiscover Disable</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>MTUBlackHoleDetect Disable</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>Time To Live Enabled</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>Time To Live - HOPS 32</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>NDI Cache Size 0</P
+></LI
+></OL
+><P
+>I tried virtually all of the items mentioned in the document and
+the only one which made a difference to me was the socket options. It
+turned out I was better off without any!!!!!</P
+><P
+>In terms of overall speed of transfer, between various win95 clients
+and a DX2-66 20MB server with a crappy NE2000 compatible and old IDE
+drive (Kernel 2.0.30). The transfer rate was reasonable for 10 baseT.</P
+><P
+>FIXME
+The figures are: Put Get
+P166 client 3Com card: 420-440kB/s 500-520kB/s
+P100 client 3Com card: 390-410kB/s 490-510kB/s
+DX4-75 client NE2000: 370-380kB/s 330-350kB/s</P
+><P
+>I based these test on transfer two files a 4.5MB text file and a 15MB
+textfile. The results arn't bad considering the hardware Samba is
+running on. It's a crap machine!!!!</P
+><P
+>The updates mentioned in 1 and 2 brought up the transfer rates from
+just over 100kB/s in some clients.</P
+><P
+>A new client is a P333 connected via a 100MB/s card and hub. The
+transfer rates from this were good: 450-500kB/s on put and 600+kB/s
+on get.</P
+><P
+>Looking at standard FTP throughput, Samba is a bit slower (100kB/s
+upwards). I suppose there is more going on in the samba protocol, but
+if it could get up to the rate of FTP the perfomance would be quite
+staggering.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN121"
+>My Results</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Some people want to see real numbers in a document like this, so here
+they are. I have a 486sx33 client running WfWg 3.11 with the 3.11b
+tcp/ip stack. It has a slow IDE drive and 20Mb of ram. It has a SMC
+Elite-16 ISA bus ethernet card. The only WfWg tuning I've done is to
+set DefaultRcvWindow in the [MSTCP] section of system.ini to 16384. My
+server is a 486dx3-66 running Linux. It also has 20Mb of ram and a SMC
+Elite-16 card. You can see my server config in the examples/tridge/
+subdirectory of the distribution.</P
+><P
+>I get 490k/s on reading a 8Mb file with copy.
+I get 441k/s writing the same file to the samba server.</P
+><P
+>Of course, there's a lot more to benchmarks than 2 raw throughput
+figures, but it gives you a ballpark figure.</P
+><P
+>I've also tested Win95 and WinNT, and found WinNT gave me the best
+speed as a samba client. The fastest client of all (for me) is
+smbclient running on another linux box. Maybe I'll add those results
+here someday ...</P
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+CLASS="ARTICLE"
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+><DIV
+CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
+><H1
+CLASS="TITLE"
+><A
+NAME="SECURITY_LEVELS"
+>Security levels</A
+></H1
+><HR></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN3"
+>Introduction</A
+></H1
+><P
+>Samba supports the following options to the global smb.conf parameter</P
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>[global]
+<A
+HREF="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITY"
+TARGET="_top"
+><TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>security</I
+></TT
+></A
+> = [share|user(default)|domain|ads]</PRE
+></P
+><P
+>Please refer to the smb.conf man page for usage information and to the document
+<A
+HREF="DOMAIN_MEMBER.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>DOMAIN_MEMBER.html</A
+> for further background details
+on domain mode security. The Windows 2000 Kerberos domain security model
+(security = ads) is described in the <A
+HREF="ADS-HOWTO.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>ADS-HOWTO.html</A
+>.</P
+><P
+>Of the above, "security = server" means that Samba reports to clients that
+it is running in "user mode" but actually passes off all authentication
+requests to another "user mode" server. This requires an additional
+parameter "password server =" that points to the real authentication server.
+That real authentication server can be another Samba server or can be a
+Windows NT server, the later natively capable of encrypted password support.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN14"
+>More complete description of security levels</A
+></H1
+><P
+>A SMB server tells the client at startup what "security level" it is
+running. There are two options "share level" and "user level". Which
+of these two the client receives affects the way the client then tries
+to authenticate itself. It does not directly affect (to any great
+extent) the way the Samba server does security. I know this is
+strange, but it fits in with the client/server approach of SMB. In SMB
+everything is initiated and controlled by the client, and the server
+can only tell the client what is available and whether an action is
+allowed. </P
+><P
+>I'll describe user level security first, as its simpler. In user level
+security the client will send a "session setup" command directly after
+the protocol negotiation. This contains a username and password. The
+server can either accept or reject that username/password
+combination. Note that at this stage the server has no idea what
+share the client will eventually try to connect to, so it can't base
+the "accept/reject" on anything other than:</P
+><P
+></P
+><OL
+TYPE="1"
+><LI
+><P
+>the username/password</P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+>the machine that the client is coming from</P
+></LI
+></OL
+><P
+>If the server accepts the username/password then the client expects to
+be able to mount any share (using a "tree connection") without
+specifying a password. It expects that all access rights will be as
+the username/password specified in the "session setup". </P
+><P
+>It is also possible for a client to send multiple "session setup"
+requests. When the server responds it gives the client a "uid" to use
+as an authentication tag for that username/password. The client can
+maintain multiple authentication contexts in this way (WinDD is an
+example of an application that does this)</P
+><P
+>Ok, now for share level security. In share level security the client
+authenticates itself separately for each share. It will send a
+password along with each "tree connection" (share mount). It does not
+explicitly send a username with this operation. The client is
+expecting a password to be associated with each share, independent of
+the user. This means that samba has to work out what username the
+client probably wants to use. It is never explicitly sent the
+username. Some commercial SMB servers such as NT actually associate
+passwords directly with shares in share level security, but samba
+always uses the unix authentication scheme where it is a
+username/password that is authenticated, not a "share/password".</P
+><P
+>Many clients send a "session setup" even if the server is in share
+level security. They normally send a valid username but no
+password. Samba records this username in a list of "possible
+usernames". When the client then does a "tree connection" it also adds
+to this list the name of the share they try to connect to (useful for
+home directories) and any users listed in the "user =" smb.conf
+line. The password is then checked in turn against these "possible
+usernames". If a match is found then the client is authenticated as
+that user.</P
+><P
+>Finally "server level" security. In server level security the samba
+server reports to the client that it is in user level security. The
+client then does a "session setup" as described earlier. The samba
+server takes the username/password that the client sends and attempts
+to login to the "password server" by sending exactly the same
+username/password that it got from the client. If that server is in
+user level security and accepts the password then samba accepts the
+clients connection. This allows the samba server to use another SMB
+server as the "password server". </P
+><P
+>You should also note that at the very start of all this, where the
+server tells the client what security level it is in, it also tells
+the client if it supports encryption. If it does then it supplies the
+client with a random "cryptkey". The client will then send all
+passwords in encrypted form. You have to compile samba with encryption
+enabled to support this feature, and you have to maintain a separate
+smbpasswd file with SMB style encrypted passwords. It is
+cryptographically impossible to translate from unix style encryption
+to SMB style encryption, although there are some fairly simple management
+schemes by which the two could be kept in sync.</P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+></BODY
+></HTML
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