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<title>The Samba 2.2 PDC FAQ</title>

<bookinfo>
    <author>
        <firstname>David</firstname><surname>Bannon</surname>
        <affiliation><orgname>La Trobe University</orgname></affiliation>
    </author>
    <address><email>dbannon@samba.org</email></address>    
    <pubdate>November 2000</pubdate>
</bookinfo>


<dedication><title></title>

	<para>
	This is the FAQ for Samba 2.2 as an NTDomain controller. 
	This document is derived from the origional FAQ that was built and 
	maintained by Gerald Carter from the early days of Samba NTDomain development 
	up until recently.  It is now being updated as significent changes are 
	made to 2.2.0.
	</para> 

	<para>
	Please note it does not apply to the SAMBA_TNG nor the HEAD branch.
	</para>

	<para>
	Also available is a Samba 2.2 PDC <ulink url="samba-pdc-howto.html">HOWTO</ulink> 
	that takes you, step by step, over the process of setting up a very basic Samba 
	2.2 Primary Domain Controller
	</para>

</dedication>

<toc></toc> 

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<chapter>

<title>Introduction</title>

<sect1>
<title id=stateofplay>State of Play</title>

	<para>Much of the related code does work. For example, if an NT is removed from the 
	domain and then rejoins, the <filename>Create a Computer Account in the Domain</> dialog
	will let you reset the smbpasswd. That is you don't need to do it from
	the unix box. However, at the present, you do need to have root as an 
	administrator and use the root user name and password.</para> 

    <para><command>Policies</command> do work on a W2K machine. MS says that recent 
	builds of W2K dont observe an NT policy but it appears it does in 'legacy' 
	mode.</para>
  
</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>Introduction</title>

	<para>
	This FAQ was origionally compiled by Jerry Carter (gc) chiefly dealing 
	with the 'old HEAD' version of Samba and its NTDomain facilities. It is 
	being rewritten by David Bannon (drb) so that it addresses more 
	accurately the Samba 2.2.x release. 
	</para>

	<para>
	This document probably still contains some material that does not apply 
	to Samba 2.2 but most (all?) of the really misleading stuff has been 
	removed. Some issues are not dealt with or are dealt with badly. Please 
	send corrections and additions to <ulink
	url="mailto:D.Bannon@latrobe.edu.au">David Bannon</ulink>.
	</para> 

	<para>Hopefully, as we all become familiar with the Samba 2.2 as a 
	PDC this document will become much more usefull.</para>

</sect1>

</chapter>

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<chapter><title>General Information</>


<sect1><title>What can we do ?</title>

<sect2>
<title>What can Samba 2.2.x Primary Domain Controller (PDC) do ?</title>

	<para>
	If you wish to have Samba act as a PDC for Windows NT 4.0/2000 client, 
	then you will need to obtain the 2.2.0 version. Release of a stable, 
	full featured Samba PDC is currently slated for version 3.0. 
	</para>

	<para>
	The following is a list of included  features currently in 
	Samba 2.2:
	</para>

	<itemizedlist>
			<listitem><para>The ability to act as a limited PDC for 
			Windows NT and W2000 clients. This includes adding NT and 
			W2K machines to the domain and authenticating users logging 
			into the domain.</para></listitem> 
			
			<listitem><para>Domain account can be viewed using the User 
			Manager for Domains</para></listitem>  
			
			<listitem><para>Viewing/adding/deleting resources on the Samba 
			PDC via the Server Manager for Domains from the NT client.
			</para></listitem> 
			
			<listitem><para>Windows 95/98/ME clients will allow user 
			level security to be set and browsing of domain accounts.
			</para></listitem>  
			
			<listitem><para>Machine account password updates.</para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para>Changing of user passwords from an NT client.
			</para></listitem>  
			
			<listitem><para>Partial support for Windows NT username mapping.
			Group name mapping is slated for a later release.</para></listitem>  
		</itemizedlist>


	<para>
	These things are note expected to work in the forseeable future:
	</para>
	
	<itemizedlist>
	 		<listitem><para>Trust relationships</para></listitem>
			<listitem><para>PDC and BDC integration</para></listitem>
	</itemizedlist>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Can I have a Windows 2000 client logon to a Samba 
controlled domain?</title>

	<para>
	The 2.2 release branch of Samba  supports Windows 2000 domain 
	clients in legacy mode, ie as if the PDC is a NTServer, not a
	W2K server.
	</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>CVS</title>

	<para>
	CVS is a programme (publically available) that the Samba developers 
	use to maintain the central source code. Non developers can get 
	access to the source in a read only capacity. Many flavours of unix 
	now arrive with cvs installed.</>

<sect2>
<title>What are the different Samba branches available in CVS ?</title>

	<para>You can find out more about obtaining Samba's via anonymous 
	CVS from <ulink url="http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html">
	http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html</ulink>. 
	</para>

	<para>
	There are basically four branches to watch at the moment :
	</para>
	
	<variablelist>
		<varlistentry>
		<term>HEAD</term> 
		<listitem><para>Samba 3.0 ? This code boasts all the main 
		development work in Samba. Due to its developmental
		nature, its not really suitable for production work.
		</para></listitem></varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>SAMBA_2_0</term> 
		<listitem><para>This branch contains the previous stable 
		release.  At the moment it contains 2.0.8, a version that 
		will do some limited PDC stuff. If you are really going to 
		do PDC things, you consider 2.2 instead.
		</para></listitem></varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>SAMBA_2_2</term>
		<listitem><para>The 2.2.x release branch which is a subset 
		of the features of the HEAD branch.  This document addresses 
		only SAMBA_2_2.
		</para></listitem></varlistentry>

		<varlistentry>
		<term>SAMBA_TNG</term> 
		<listitem><para>This branch is no longer maintained from the Samba 
		sites.  Please see <ulink url="http://www.samba-tng.org/">
		http://www.samba-tng.org/</ulink>.  It has been requested 
		that questions about TNG are not posted to the regular Samba 
		mailing lists including samba-ntdom and samba-technical.
		</para></listitem></varlistentry>
	</variablelist>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>What are the CVS commands ?</title>

	<para>
	See <ulink url="http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html">
	http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html</ulink> for instructions
	on obtaining the SAMBA_2_2 or HEAD cvs code.
	</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>


<chapter>
<title>Establishing Connections</title>

<sect1>
<title></title>

<sect2>
<title>How do I get my NT4 or W2000 Workstation to login to the Samba 
controlled Domain?</> 

	<para>
	There is a comprehensive Samba PDC <ulink
	url="samba-pdc-howto.html">HOWTO</ulink> accessable from the samba web 
	site under 'Documentation'. Read it.
	</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>What is a 'machine account' ?</title>

	<para>
	Every NT, W2K or Samba machine that joins a Samba controlled 
	domain must be known to the Samba PDC. There are two entries 
	required, one in (typically) <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>
    and the other in (typically) <filename>/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd</filename>. 
	Under some circumstances these entries are made 
	<link linkend=machineaccounts>manually</link>, the <ulink 
	url="samba-pdc-howto.html">HOWTO</ulink> 
	discusses ways of creating them automatically.</para>
</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>"The machine account for this computer either does not 
exist or is not accessable."</>

	<para>
	When I try to join the domain I get the message "The machine account 
	for this computer either does not exist or is not accessable". Whats 
	wrong ?
	</para>

	<para>
	This problem is caused by the PDC not having a suitable machine account. 
	If you are using the <command>add user script =</> method to create 
	accounts then this would indicate that it has not worked. Ensure the domain 
	admin user system is working.
	</para>

	<para>
	Alternatively if you are creating account entries manually then they 
	have not been created correctly. Make sure that you have the entry 
	correct for the machine account in smbpasswd file on the Samba PDC. 
	If you added the account using an editor rather than using the smbpasswd 
	utility, make sure that the account name is the machine netbios name 
	with a '$' appended to it ( ie. computer_name$ ). There must be an entry 
	in both /etc/passwd and the smbpasswd file. Some people have reported 
	that inconsistent subnet masks between the Samba server and the NT 
	client have caused this problem.   Make sure that these are consistent 
	for both client and server.
	</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title id=machineaccounts>How do I create machine accounts manually ?</title>

	<para>
	This was the only option until recently, now in version 2.2 better 
	means are available.  You might still need to do it manually for a 
	couple of reasons. A machine account consists of two entries (assuming 
	a standard install and /etc/passwd use), one in /etc/passwd and the 
	other in /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd. The /etc/passwd
	entry will list the machine name with a $ appended, won't have a 
	passwd, will have a null shell and no home directory. For example 
	a machine called 'doppy' would have an /etc/passwd entry like this :</para>

	<para>
	<command>doppy$:x:505:501:NTMachine:/dev/null:/bin/false</command>
	</para>

	<para>
	On a linux system for example, you would typically add it like 
	this :
	</para>

	<para>
	<command>adduser -g machines -c NTMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false -n 
	doppy$</command>
	</para>

	<para>
	Then you need to add that entry to smbpasswd, assuming you have a suitable
	path to the <command>smbpasswd</> programme, do this :
	</para>

	<para>
	<command>smbpasswd -a -m doppy$</command>
	</para>

	<para>
	The entry will be created with a well known password, so any machine that 
	says its doppy could join the domain as long as it gets in first. So 
	don't create the accounts any earlier than you need them.
	</para>
</sect2> 

<sect2>
<title>I cannot include a '$' in a machine name.</title>

    <para>
	A 'machine name' in (typically) <filename>/etc/passwd</> consists 
    of the machine name with a '$' appended. FreeBSD (and other BSD 
	systems ?) won't create a user with a '$' in their name.
	</para>

    <para>
	The problem is only in the program used to make the entry, once 
	made, it works perfectly. So create a user without the '$' and 
	use <command>vipw</> to edit the entry, adding the '$'. Or create 
	the whole entry with vipw if you like, make sure you use a 
	unique uid !</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title id=alreadyhaveconnection>I get told "You already have a connection to the Domain...." 
when creating a machine account.</title>
	
	<para>
	This happens if you try to create a machine account from the 
	machine itself and use a user	name that does not work (for whatever 
	reason) and then try another (possibly valid) user name.
	Exit out of the network applet to close the initial connection 
	and try again.
	</para>

    <para>
	Further, if the machine is a already a 'member of a workgroup' that 
	is the same name as the domain you are joining (bad idea) you will 
	get this message.  Change the workgroup name to something else, it 
	does not matter what, reboot, and try again.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>I get told "Cannot join domain, the credentials supplied 
conflict with an existing set.."</title>

    <para>
	This is the same basic problem as mentioned above, <link 
	linkend=alreadyhaveconnection> "You already have a connection..."</link>
	</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>"The system can not log you on (C000019B)...."</title>

	<para>I joined the domain successfully but after upgrading 
	to a newer version of the Samba code I get the message, "The system 
	can not log you on (C000019B), Please try a gain or consult your 
	system administrator" when attempting to logon.
	</para>

	<para>
	This occurs when the domain SID stored in private/WORKGROUP.SID is 
	changed.  For example, you remove the file and smbd automatically 
	creates a new one.  Or you are swapping back and forth between 
	versions 2.0.7, TNG and the HEAD branch code (not recommended).  The 
	only way to correct the problem is to restore the original domain 
	SID or 	remove the domain client from the domain and rejoin.
	</para> 
</sect2>

</sect1>

</chapter>


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<chapter>
<title>User Account Management</title>

<sect1>
<title>Domain Admins</title>

<sect2>
<title>How do I configure an account as a domain administrator?</title>

	<para>
	See the NTDom <ulink url="samba-pdc-howto.html">HowTo</ulink>.
	</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>Profiles</title>

<sect2>
<title>Why is it bad to set "logon path = \\%N\%U\profile" in 
smb.conf?</title>

	<para>
	Sometimes Windows clients will maintain a connection to 
	the \\homes\ ( or [%U] ) share even after the user has logged out. 
	Consider the following scenario.
	</para> 

	<itemizedlist>
			<listitem><para> user1 logs into the Windows NT machine.  
			Therefore the [homes] share is set to \\server\user1.
			</para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para> user1 works for a while and then logs 
			out. </para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para> user2 logs into the same Windows NT  
			machine.</para></listitem> 
	</itemizedlist>

	<para>
	However, since the NT box has maintained a connection to [homes] 
	which was previously set to \\server\user1, when the operating system 
	attempts to get the profile and if it can read users1's profile, will 
	get it otherwise it will return an error. You get the picture.
	</para>

	<para>
	A better solution is to use a separate [profiles] share and 
	set the "logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U" 
	</para>
</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>Why are all the users listed in the "domain admin users" using the 
same profile?</title>

	<para>
	You are using a very very old development version of Samba. 
	Upgrade.
	</para>
</sect2>
    


<sect2>
<title>The roaming profiles do not seem to be updating on the 
server.</title>

    <para>
	There can be several reasons for this.
	</para> 

    <para>
	Make sure that the time on the client and the PDC are synchronized.  You 
	can accomplish this by executing a <command>net time  \\server /set /yes</command> 
	replacing server with the name of your PDC (or another synchronized SMB server). 
	See <link linkend="SettingTime"> about Setting Time</link>
	</para>

	<para>
	Make sure that the "logon path" is writeable by the user and make sure 
	that the connection to the logon path location is by the current user.   
	Sometimes Windows client do not drop the connection immediately upon 
	logoff.
	</para> 

    <para>
	Some people have reported that the logon path location should 
	also be browseable.  I (GC) have yet to emperically verify this, 
	but you can try.</para> 
</sect2>
</sect1>

<sect1><title>Policies</title>

<sect2>
<title>What are 'Policies' ?.</title>

    <para>
	When a user logs onto the domain via a client machine, the PDC 
	sends the client machine a list of things contained in the 
	'policy' (if it exists).  This list may do things like suppress 
	a splach screen, format the dates the way you like them or perhaps 
	remove locally stored profiles.
	</para>

    <para>
	On a samba PDC this list is obtained from a file called 
	<filename>ntconfig.pol</filename> and located in the [netlogon] 
	share. The file is created with a policy editor and must be readable 
	by anyone and writeable by only root. See <link linkend=policyeditor>
    below</link> for how  to get a suitable editor.
	</para>  
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>I can't get system policies to work.</title>

	<para>
	There are two possible reasons for system policies not 
	functioning correctly. Make sure that you have the following 
	parameters set in smb.conf 
	</para>

    <para><programlisting>
	[netlogon]
	....
	locking = no
	public = no
	browseable = yes
	....   
    </programlisting></para>

    <para>
	A policy file must be in the [netlogon] share and must be 
    readable by everyone and writeable by only root. The file 
	must be created by an NTServer <link linkend=policyeditor>Policy 
	Editor</link>.
	</para>

    <para>
	Last time I (drb) looked in the source, it was looking for 
	<filename>ntconfig.pol</filename> first then several other 
	combinations of upper and lower case. People have reported 
	success using <filename>NTconfig.pol</filename>, <filename>NTconfig.POL</filename> 
	and <filename>ntconfig.pol</filename>.   These are the case settings that 
	I (GC) use with the	filename <filename>ntconfig.pol</filename>:
	</para>

	<para><programlisting>
        case sensitive = no
        case preserve = yes
		short preserve case = no
        default case = yes
	</programlisting></para>
	 
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title id=policyeditor>What about Windows NT Policy Editor ?</title>

	<para>
	To create or edit <filename>ntconfig.pol</filename> you must use 
	the NT Server Policy Editor, <command>poledit.exe</command>	which 
	is included with NT Server but <emphasis>not NT Workstation</emphasis>. 
	There is a Policy Editor on a NTws 
    but it is not suitable for creating <emphasis>Domain Policies</emphasis>. 
    Further, although the Windows 95 
	Policy Editor can be installed on an NT Workstation/Server, it will not
	work with NT policies because the registry key that are set by the policy templates. 
	However, the files from the NT Server will run happily enough on an NTws. 
	You need <filename>poledit.exe, common.adm</> and <filename>winnt.adm</>. It is convenient
    to put the two *.adm files in <filename>c:\winnt\inf</> which is where
    the binary will look for them unless told otherwise. Note also that that 
    directory is 'hidden'.
	</para>

	<para>The Windows NT policy editor is also included with the 
	Service Pack 3 (and later) for Windows NT 4.0. Extract the files using 
    <command>servicepackname /x</command>, ie thats <command>Nt4sp6ai.exe 
	/x</command> for service pack 6a.  The policy editor, <command>poledt.exe</command> and the 
	associated template files (*.adm) should
	be extracted as well.  It is also possible to downloaded the policy template 
	files for Office97 and get a copy of the policy editor.  Another possible 
	location is with the Zero Administration Kit available for download from Microsoft.
    </para>
</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>Can Win95 do Policies ?</title>

	<para>
	Install the group policy handler for Win9x to pick up group 
	policies.   Look on the Win98 CD in <filename>\tools\reskit\netadmin\poledit</filename>. 
	Install group policies on a Win9x client by double-clicking 
	<filename>grouppol.inf</filename>. Log off and on again a couple of 
	times and see if Win98 picks up group policies.  Unfortunately this needs 
	to be done on every Win9x machine that uses group policies....
	</para> 

	<para>
	If group policies don't work one reports suggests getting the updated 
	(read: working) grouppol.dll for Windows 9x. The group list is grabbed 
	from /etc/group.
	</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>Passwords</title>

<sect2>
<title>What is password sync and should I use it ?</title>

    <para>
	NTws users can change their domain password by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del 
	and choosing 'Change Password'. By default however, this does not change the unix password 
    (typically in <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>). 
	In lots of situations thats OK, for example :
	</para>

	<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>The server is only accessible to the user via 
		samba.</para></listitem>
		
		<listitem><para>Pam_smb or similar is installed so other applications 
        still refer to the samba password.</para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>
	But sometimes you really do need to maintain two seperate password 
	databases and there are good reasons to keep then in sync.  Trying 
	to explain to users that they need to change their passwords in two 
	seperate places or use two seperate passwords is not fun.
	</para>

    <para>
	However do understand that setting up password sync is not without 
	problems either. The chief difficulty is the interface between Samba 
	and the <command>passwd</command> command, it can be a fiddle to set 
	up and if the password the user has entered fails, the resulting errors 
	are ambiguously reported and the user is confused. Further, you need 
	to take steps to ensure that users only ever change their passwords 
	via samba (or use <command>smbpasswd</command>), otherwise they will 
	only be changing the unix password.</para>
    

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>How do I get remote password (unix and SMB) changing working ?</title>

	<para>
	Have a practice changing a user's password (as root) to see 
	what discussion takes place and change the text in the 'passwd chat' 
	line below  as necessary. The line as shown works for recent RH Linux 
	but most other systems seem to like to do something different. The '*' is 
	a wild card and will match anything (or nothing).
	</para>

	<para>
	Add these lines to smb.conf under [Global]
	</para>

	<para><programlisting> 

		unix password sync = true
   		passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   		passwd chat = *password* %n\n *password* %n\n *successful*
	</programlisting></para>

	<para>
	As mentioned above, the change to the unix password happens as root, 
	not as the user, as is indicated in ~/smbd/chgpasswd.c  If
	you are using NIS, the Samba server must be running on the NIS 
	master machine.
	</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>

</chapter>

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<chapter>
<title>Miscellaneous</title>

<sect1>
<title></title>

<sect2>
<title>What editor can I use in DOS/Windows that won't 
mess with my unix EOF</title>

    <para>There are a number of Windows or DOS based editors that will 
	understand, and leave intact, the unix eof (as opposed to a DOS CL/LF). 
	List members suggested :
	</para>

	<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>UltraEdit at <ulink url="http://www.ultraedit.com">www.ultraedit.com</ulink></para></listitem>

	    <listitem><para>VI for windows at <ulink url="http://home.snafu.de/ramo/WinViEn.htm">
        home.snafu.de/ramo/WinViEn.htm</ulink></para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>The author prefers PFE at <ulink url="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/">
		www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/</ulink> but its no longer being developed...</para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
</sect2>




<sect2>
<title>How do I get 'User Manager' and 'Server Manager'</title>

	<para>
	Since I don't need to buy an NT Server CD now, how do I get 
	the 'User Manager for Domains', the 'Server Manager' ?
	</para>

	<para>
	Microsoft distributes a version of 
	these tools called nexus for installation on Windows 95 systems.  The 
	tools set includes
	</para>
	
	<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>Server Manager</para></listitem> 
		
		<listitem><para>User Manager for Domains</para></listitem> 

		<listitem><para>Event Viewer</para></listitem> 
	</itemizedlist>

	<para>
	Click here to download the archived file <ulink 
	url="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/NEXUS.EXE">ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/NEXUS.EXE</ulink>
	</para>

	<para>
	The Windows NT 4.0 version of the 'User Manager for 
	Domains' and 'Server Manager' are available from Microsoft via ftp 
	from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/SRVTOOLS.EXE">ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/SRVTOOLS.EXE</ulink>
	</para>
</sect2>


<sect2><title id="SettingTime">The time setting from a Samba server does not work.</title>
	<para>If it works OK when you log on as Domain Admin then the problem is that ordinary users
	don't have permission to change the time. (The system is running with their permission
	at logon time.) This is not a Samba problem, you will have the same problem where ever
	you connect. You can give 'everyone' permission to change the time from the User Manager.
	</para>

	<para>Anyone know what the registry settings are so this could be done with a Policy ?</para>
</sect2>

<sect2><title>"trust account xxx should be in DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS"</>
	<para>I keep getting the message "trust account xxx should be in DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS." 
	in the logs. What do I need to do?</para>

	<para>You are using one of the old development versions. Upgrade. 
	(The message is unimportant, was a reminder to a developer)</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>How do I get my samba server to become a member ( not PDC ) of an NT domain?</title>


	<para>
	Please refer to the <ulink url="DOMAIN_MEMBER.html">Domain Member 
	HOWTO</ulink> for more information on this.
	</para>

</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>


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<chapter><title>Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting</title>

<sect1><title>Diagnostic tools</title>

<sect2><title>What are some diagnostics tools I can use to debug the domain logon process and where can I
	find them? </title>

    <para>
	One of the best diagnostic tools for debugging problems is Samba itself.  
	You can use the -d option for both smbd and nmbd to specifiy what 
	'debug level' at which to run.  See the man pages on smbd, nmbd  and 
	smb.conf for more information on debugging options.  The debug 
	level can range from 1 (the default) to 10 (100 for debugging passwords).
	</para>
	
	<para>
	Another helpful method of debugging is to compile samba using the 
	<command>gcc -g </command> flag.   This will include debug 
	information in the binaries and allow you to attch gdb to the 
	running smbd / nmbd process.  In order to attach gdb to an smbd 
	process for an NT workstation, first get the workstation to make the 
	connection. Pressing ctrl-alt-delete and going down to the domain box 
	is sufficient (at least, on the first time you join the domain) to 
	generate a 'LsaEnumTrustedDomains'. Thereafter, the workstation 
	maintains an open connection, and therefore there will be an smbd 
	process running (assuming that you haven't set a really short smbd 
	idle timeout)  So, in between pressing ctrl alt delete, and actually 
	typing in your password, you can gdb attach and continue.
	</para>

	<para>
	Some usefull samba commands worth investigating:
	</para>
	
	<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>testparam | more</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>smbclient -L //{netbios name of server}</para></listitem>
	</itemizedlist>
    
    <para>
	An SMB enabled version of tcpdump is available from 
    <ulink url="http://www.tcpdump.org/">http://www.tcpdump.org/</ulink>.
	Ethereal, another good packet sniffer for UNIX and Win32
	hosts, can be downloaded from <ulink 
	url="http://www.ethereal.com/">http://www.ethereal.com</ulink>.
	</para>
	
	<para>
	For tracing things on the Microsoft Windows NT, Network Monitor 
	(aka. netmon) is available on the Microsoft Developer Network CD's, 
	the Windows NT Server install CD and the SMS CD's.  The version of 
	netmon that ships with SMS allows for dumping packets between any two 
	computers (ie. placing the network interface in promiscuous mode).  
	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.
	</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>How do I install 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation 
or a Windows 9x box?</title>

	<para>
	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 
	Workstation 4.0.  The process should be similar for other version of 
	Windows NT / Netmon.  You will need both the Microsoft Windows 
	NT Server 4.0 Install CD and the Workstation 4.0 Install CD.
	</para> 

	<para>
	Initially you will need to install 'Network Monitor Tools and Agent' 
	on the NT Server.  To do this 
	</para>

	<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>Goto Start - Settings - Control Panel - 
		Network - Services - Add </para></listitem>
		
		<listitem><para>Select the 'Network Monitor Tools and Agent' and 
		click on 'OK'.</para></listitem> 
		
		<listitem><para>Click 'OK' on the Network Control Panel.
		</para></listitem> 
		
		<listitem><para>Insert the Windows NT Server 4.0 install CD 
		when prompted.</para></listitem> 
	</itemizedlist>

	<para>
	At this point the Netmon files should exist in 
	<filename>%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\netmon\*.*</filename>.    
	Two subdirectories exist as well, <filename>parsers\</filename> 
	which contains the necessary DLL's for parsing the netmon packet 
	dump, and <filename>captures\</filename>.
	</para>

	<para>
	In order to install the Netmon tools on an NT Workstation, you will 
	first need to install the 'Network  Monitor Agent' from the Workstation 
	install CD.
	</para>

	<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>Goto Start - Settings - Control Panel - 
		Network - Services - Add</para></listitem> 

		<listitem><para>Select the 'Network Monitor Agent' and click 
		on 'OK'.</para></listitem> 
		
		<listitem><para>Click 'OK' on the Network Control Panel.
		</para></listitem> 
		
		<listitem><para>Insert the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 install 
		CD when prompted.</para></listitem> 
	</itemizedlist>


	<para>
	Now copy the files from the NT Server in %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\netmon\*.* 
	to %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\netmon\*.* on the Workstation and set 
	permissions as  you deem appropriate for your site. You will need 
	administrative rights on the NT box to run netmon.
	</para>

	<para>
	To install Netmon on a Windows 9x box install the network monitor agent 
	from the Windows 9x CD (\admin\nettools\netmon).  There is a readme 
	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.
	</para> 
</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>What other help can I get ? </title>

	<para>
	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.</para> 

<sect2>
<title id=urls>URLs and similar</title>


	<itemizedlist>

    <listitem><para>Home of Samba site <ulink url="http://samba.org">
        http://samba.org</ulink>. We have a mirror near you !</para></listitem>

    <listitem><para> The <emphasis role=strong>Development</emphasis> document 
		on the Samba mirrors might mention your problem. If so,
		it might mean that the developers are working on it.</para></listitem>
 
	<listitem><para> Ignacio Coupeau has a very comprehesive look at LDAP with Samba at 
		<ulink url="http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb-howto.html">
		http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb-howto.html</ulink> 
		Be a little carefull however, I suspect that it does not specificly 
		address samba 2.2.x. The HEAD pre-2.1 may possibly be the best
		stream to look at.</para></listitem>

	<listitem><para>  Lars Kneschke's site covers <ulink url="http://www.samba-tng.org">
        Samba-TNG</ulink> at 
		<ulink url="http://www.kneschke.de/projekte/samba_tng">
		http://www.kneschke.de/projekte/samba_tng</ulink>, but again, a 
		lot of it does not apply to the main stream Samba.</para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>See how Scott Merrill simulates a BDC behaviour at 
        <ulink url="http://www.skippy.net/linux/smb-howto.html">
        http://www.skippy.net/linux/smb-howto.html</>. </para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>Although 2.0.7 has almost had its day as a PDC, I (drb) will
        keep the 2.0.7 PDC pages at <ulink url="http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba">
        http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba</ulink> going for a while yet.</para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>Misc links to CIFS information 
        <ulink url="http://samba.org/cifs/">http://samba.org/cifs/</ulink></para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>NT Domains for Unix <ulink url="http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl/ntdom/">
        http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl/ntdom/</ulink></para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>FTP site for older SMB specs: 
        <ulink url="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/">
        ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/</ulink></para></listitem>

	</itemizedlist>


	<para>
	You should also refer to the MS archives at
	<ulink url="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/">ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/"</ulink>
	</para>

</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>How do I get help from the mailing lists ?</title>

    <para> There are a number of Samba related mailing lists. Go to <ulink url=
        "http://samba.org">http://samba.org</ulink>, click on your nearest mirror
        and then click on <command>Support</> and then click on <command>
        Samba related mailing lists</>.</para>

    <para>For questions relating to Samba TNG go to
        <ulink url="http://www.samba-tng.org/">http://www.samba-tng.org/</ulink> 
	    It has been requested that you don't post questions about Samba-TNG to the
        main stream Samba lists.</para>
	 
<itemizedlist><title>If you post a message to one of the lists please
	 observe the following guide lines :</title>

	<listitem><para> Always remember that the developers are volunteers, they are 
		not paid and they never guarantee to produce a particular feature at 
		a particular time. Any time lines are 'best guess' and nothing more.
		</para></listitem>

	<listitem><para> Always mention what version of samba you are using and what 
		operating system its running under. You should probably list the
        relevant sections of your smb.conf file, at least the options 
        in [global] that affect PDC support.</para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>In addition to the version, if you obtained Samba via
        CVS mention the date when you last checked it out.</para></listitem>

	<listitem><para> Try and make your question clear and brief, lots of long, 
		convoluted questions get deleted before	they are completely read ! 
		Don't post html encoded messages (if you can select colour or font 
		size its html).</para></listitem>

	<listitem><para> If you run one of those niffy 'I'm on holidays' things when 
		you are away, make sure its configured	to not answer mailing lists.
		</para></listitem> 

	<listitem><para> Don't cross post. Work out which is the best list to post to 
		and see what happens, ie don't post to both samba-ntdom and samba-technical.
        Many people active on the lists subscribe to more 
		than one list and get annoyed to see the same message two or more times. 
		Often someone will see a message and thinking it would be better dealt 
		with on another, will forward it on for you.</para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>You might include <emphasis>partial</emphasis>
        log files written at a debug level set to as much as 20.  
        Please don't send the entire log but enough to give the context of the 
        error messages.</para></listitem>

    <listitem><para>(Possibly) If you have a complete netmon trace ( from the opening of 
        the pipe to the error ) you can send the *.CAP file as well.</para></listitem> 

    <listitem><para>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 ?</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>
</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>How do I get off the mailing lists ?</title>

    <para>To have your name removed from a samba mailing list, go to the
        same place you went to to get on it. Go to <ulink url=
        "http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org</ulink>, click 
		on your nearest mirror and then click on <command>Support</> and 
		then click on <command> Samba related mailing lists</>. Or perhaps see 
        <ulink url="http://lists.samba.org/mailman/roster/samba-ntdom">here</ulink></para>

    <para>
	Please don't post messages to the list asking to be removed, you will just
        be refered to the above address (unless that process failed in some way...)
    </para>
</sect2>
      
</sect1>

</chapter>




</book>