Chapter 34. Analysing and solving samba problems

There are many sources of information available in the form of mailing lists, RFC's and documentation. The docs that come with the samba distribution contain very good explanations of -general SMB topics such as browsing.

Diagnostics tools

+general SMB topics such as browsing.

Diagnostics tools

One of the best diagnostic tools for debugging problems is Samba itself. You can use the -d option for both smbd and nmbd to specify what debug level at which to run. See the man pages on smbd, nmbd and @@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ typing in your password, you can attach gdb and continue.

Some useful samba commands worth investigating:

-	$ testparam | more
+	$ testparm | more
 	$ smbclient -L //{netbios name of server}

An SMB enabled version of tcpdump is available from @@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ The version on the NT Server install CD will only allow monitoring of network traffic directed to the local NT box and broadcasts on the local subnet. Be aware that Ethereal can read and write netmon formatted files. -

Installing 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation or a Windows 9x box

Installing netmon on an NT workstation requires a couple of steps. The following are for installing Netmon V4.00.349, which comes with Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, on Microsoft Windows NT @@ -81,11 +80,11 @@ from the Windows 9x CD (\admin\nettools\netmon). Ther file located with the netmon driver files on the CD if you need information on how to do this. Copy the files from a working Netmon installation. -

Useful URL's

See how Scott Merrill simulates a BDC behavior at +

Useful URLs

See how Scott Merrill simulates a BDC behavior at http://www.skippy.net/linux/smb-howto.html.
FTP site for older SMB specs: - ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/

Getting help from the mailing lists

+ ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/

Getting help from the mailing lists

There are a number of Samba related mailing lists. Go to http://samba.org, click on your nearest mirror and then click on Support and then click on Samba related mailing lists. @@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ error messages.

(Possibly) If you have a complete netmon trace ( the pipe to the error ) you can send the *.CAP file as well.

Please think carefully before attaching a document to an email. Consider pasting the relevant parts into the body of the message. The samba mailing lists go to a huge number of people, do they all need a copy of your -smb.conf in their attach directory?

How to get off the mailinglists

To have your name removed from a samba mailing list, go to the +smb.conf in their attach directory?

How to get off the mailing lists

To have your name removed from a samba mailing list, go to the same place you went to to get on it. Go to http://lists.samba.org, click on your nearest mirror and then click on Support and then click on Samba related mailing lists. Or perhaps see @@ -127,4 +126,4 @@ then click on Samba related mailing lists. Or perhaps se

Please don't post messages to the list asking to be removed, you will just be referred to the above address (unless that process failed in some way...) -

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