<samba:parameter name="rpc_server" context="G" type="string" advanced="1" print="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para> With this option you can define if a rpc service should be running internal/embedded in smbd or should be redirected to an external daemon like Samba4, the endpoint mapper daemon, the spoolss daemon or the new LSA service daemon. The rpc_server prefix must be followed by the pipe name, and a value. </para> <para> This option can be set for each available rpc service in Samba. The following list shows all available pipe names services you can modify with this option. </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>epmapper - Endpoint Mapper</para></listitem> <listitem><para>winreg - Remote Registry Service</para></listitem> <listitem><para>srvsvc - Remote Server Services</para></listitem> <listitem><para>lsarpc - Local Security Authority</para></listitem> <listitem><para>samr - Security Account Management</para></listitem> <listitem><para>netlogon - Netlogon Remote Protocol</para></listitem> <listitem><para>netdfs - Settings for Distributed File System</para></listitem> <listitem><para>dssetup - Active Directory Setup</para></listitem> <listitem><para>wkssvc - Workstation Services</para></listitem> <listitem><para>spoolss - Network Printing Spooler</para></listitem> <listitem><para>svcctl - Service Control</para></listitem> <listitem><para>ntsvcs - Plug and Play Services</para></listitem> <listitem><para>eventlog - Event Logger</para></listitem> <listitem><para>initshutdown - Init Shutdown Service</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para> Three possible values currently supported are: <command moreinfo="none">embedded</command> <command moreinfo="none">external</command> <command moreinfo="none">disabled</command> </para> <para> The classic method is to run every pipe as an internal function <emphasis>embedded</emphasis> in smbd. The defaults may vary depending on the service. </para> <para> Choosing the <emphasis>external</emphasis> option allows to run a separate daemon or even a completely independent (3rd party) server capable of interfacing with samba via the MS-RPC interface over named pipes. </para> <para> Currently in Samba3 we support three daemons, spoolssd, epmd and lsasd. These daemons can be enabled using the <emphasis>rpc_daemon</emphasis> option. For spoolssd you have to to enable the daemon and proxy the named pipe with: </para> <para> Examples: <programlisting> rpc_daemon:lsasd = fork rpc_server:lsarpc = external rpc_server:samr = external rpc_server:netlogon = external rpc_server:spoolss = external rpc_server:epmapper = disabled </programlisting> </para> <para> There is one special option which allows you to enable rpc services to listen for ncacn_ip_tcp connections too. Currently this is only used for testing and doesn't scale! <programlisting> rpc_server:tcpip = yes </programlisting> </para> </description> <value type="default">embedded</value> </samba:parameter>