From 9b11bb26b1ea0adfbbf1a32f0ad12567609a1f14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samba Release Account *** Until the FAQ can be updated, please check the file:
-*** ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/BROWSING.txt
-*** for more information on browsing. See
+BROWSING.txt
+for more information on browsing. Browsing.txt can also be found
+in the docs directory of the Samba source. If your GUI client does not permit you to select non-browsable
servers, you may need to do so on the command line. For example, under
Lan Manager you might connect to the above service as disk drive M:
@@ -30,14 +31,14 @@ thusly:
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ Two of this FAQ for more ideas.
tests :-) -@@ -93,14 +94,14 @@ the name you gave.
trying to connect to (consult your system administrator). Assuming it exists and you specified it correctly (read your client's doco on how to specify a service name correctly), read on: -* Many clients cannot accept or use service names longer than -eight -characters. -* Many clients cannot accept or use service names containing -spaces. -* Some servers (not Samba though) are case sensitive with service -names. -* Some clients force service names into upper case.
++
In earlier Samba versions there were some difficulties with the very latest Microsoft products, particularly Excel 5 and Word for Windows 6. These should have all been solved. If not then please let Andrew -Tridgell know.
+Tridgell know via email at +samba-bugs@anu.edu.au.my client reports the default setting, eg. "Samba 1.9.15p4", instead of what I have changed it to in the smb.conf file.
You need to use the -C option in nmbd. The "server string" affects -what smbd puts out and -C affects what nmbd puts out. In a future -version these will probably be combined and -C will be removed, but -for now use -C
+what smbd puts out and -C affects what nmbd puts out. +Current versions of Samba (1.9.16p11 +) have combined these options into +the "server string" field of smb.conf, -C for nmbd is now obsolete.