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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 index d60cb1b72e..54940bec29 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 +++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 @@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ message command min wins ttl +name resolve order + netbios aliases netbios name @@ -578,6 +580,8 @@ dos filetime resolution exec +fake directory create times + fake oplocks follow symlinks @@ -1349,14 +1353,45 @@ the two timestamps to match, and Visual C++ is happy. .SS encrypt passwords (G) This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords will be negotiated -with the client. Note that this option has no effect if you haven't -compiled in the necessary des libraries and encryption code. It -defaults to no. +with the client. Note that Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and above will by default +expect encrypted passwords unless a registry entry is changed. To use +encrypted passwords in Samba see the file docs/ENCRYPTION.txt. .SS exec (S) This is an alias for preexec +.SS fake directory create times (S) +NTFS and Windows VFAT file systems keep a create time for all files +and directories. This is not the same as the ctime - status change +time - that Unix keeps, so Samba by default reports the earliest +of the various times Unix does keep. Setting this parameter for a +share causes Samba to always report midnight 1-1-1980 as +the create time for directories. + +This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for Visual C++ +when used against Samba shares. Visual C++ generated makefiles +have the object directory as a dependency for each object file, +and a make rule to create the directory. Also, when NMAKE +compares timestamps it uses the creation time when examining +a directory. Thus the object directory will be created if it does +not exist, but once it does exist it will always have an earlier +timestamp than the object files it contains. + +However, Unix time semantics mean that the create time reported +by Samba will be updated whenever a file is created or deleted +in the directory. NMAKE therefore finds all object files in the +object directory bar the last one built are out of date compared +to the directory and rebuilds them. Enabling this option ensures +directories always predate their contents and an NMAKE build will +proceed as expected. + +.B Default: + fake directory create times = False + +.B Example: + fake directory create times = True + .SS fake oplocks (S) Oplocks are the way that SMB clients get permission from a server to @@ -2373,6 +2408,40 @@ The default is 6 hours (21600 seconds). .B Default: min wins ttl = 21600 +.SS name resolve order (G) + +This option is used by the programs smbd, nmbd and smbclient to determine +what naming services and in what order to resolve host names to IP addresses. +This option is most useful in smbclient. The option takes a space separated +string of different name resolution options. These are "lmhosts", "host", +"wins" and "bcast". They cause names to be resolved as follows : + +lmhosts : Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. +host : Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the + system /etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name + resolution is operating system depended (for instance on Solaris + this may be controlled by the /etc/nsswitch.conf file). +wins : Query a name with the IP address listed in the "wins server =" + parameter. If no WINS server has been specified this method will + be ignored. +bcast : Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces listed in + the "interfaces =" parameter. This is the least reliable of the + name resolution methods as it depends on the target host being + on a locally connected subnet. + +The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast and these name resolution +methods will be attempted in this order. + +This option was first introduced in Samba 1.9.18p4. + +.B Default: + name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast + +.Example: + name resolve order = lmhosts bcast host + +This will cause the local lmhosts file to be examined first, followed +by a broadcast attempt, followed by a normal system hostname lookup. .SS netbios aliases (G) @@ -2596,6 +2665,10 @@ netbios name, so if the machine's netbios name is different from its internet name then you may have to add its netbios name to /etc/hosts. +Note that with Samba 1.9.18p4 and above the name of the password +server is looked up using the parameter "name resolve order=" and +so may resolved by any method and order described in that parameter. + The password server much be a machine capable of using the "LM1.2X002" or the "LM NT 0.12" protocol, and it must be in user level security mode. @@ -3869,6 +3942,7 @@ transferring data from clients. .B Example: write raw = no + .SH NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION There are a number of ways in which a user can connect to a service. The server follows the following steps in determining if it |