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Samba FAQ

Samba Team

October 2002

Dedication

This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for Samba, the free and very popular SMB server product. An SMB server allows file and printer connections from clients such as Windows, OS/2, Linux and others. Current to version 3.0. Please send any corrections to the samba documentation mailinglist at samba-doc@samba.org. This FAQ was based on the old Samba FAQ by Dan Shearer and Paul Blackman, and the old samba text documents which were mostly written by John Terpstra.

Table of Contents

1. General Information

Where can I get it?
What do the version numbers mean?
What platforms are supported?
How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?

2. Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host

My client reports "cannot locate specified share name" or similar
Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?

3. Specific client application problems

MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"
How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.
Microsoft Access database opening errors

4. Common errors

Not listening for calling name
System Error 1240
smbclient ignores -N !
The data on the CD-Drive I've shared seems to be corrupted!

5. Features

How can I use samba as a fax server?

Tools for printing faxes
Making the fax-server
Installing the client drivers
Example smb.conf

Samba doesn't work well together with DHCP!

How can I assign NetBIOS names to clients with DHCP?

How do I convert between unix and dos text formats?

Does samba have wins replication support?

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