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>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.</P
><P
>Please note it does not apply to Samba2.2alpha0, Samba2.2alpha1, Samba 2.0.7, TNG nor HEAD branch.
</P
><P
>I'll repeat, it does not apply to the current snapshot [ftp mirror]:/pub/samba/alpha/samba-2.2.0-alpha1.tar.gz, only to the to the current cvs.</P
><P
> Also available is a Samba 2.2 PDC <A
HREF="samba-pdc-howto.html"
TARGET="_top"
>HowTo</A
> that takes you, step
by step, over the process of setting up a very basic Samba 2.2 Primary Domain Controller
</P
><DIV
CLASS="NOTE"
><BLOCKQUOTE
CLASS="NOTE"
><P
><B
>Note: </B
>Please read the Introduction for the current <A
HREF="#AEN27"
> state of play</A
>.</P
></BLOCKQUOTE
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="TOC"
><DL
><DT
><B
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
>1. <A
HREF="#AEN25"
>Introduction</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN27"
>State of Play</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN50"
>Introduction</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>2. <A
HREF="#AEN55"
>General Information</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN57"
>What can we do ?</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN59"
>What can Samba Primary Domain Controller (PDC) do ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN92"
>Can I have a Windows 2000 client logon to a Samba controlled domain?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN95"
>What's the status of print spool (spoolss) support in the NTDOM code?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN98"
>CVS</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN101"
>What are the different Samba branches available in CVS ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN124"
>What are the CVS commands ?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DD
><DT
>3. <A
HREF="#AEN155"
>Establishing Connections</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN157"
></A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN159"
>How do I get my NT4 or W2000 Workstation to login to the Samba controlled Domain?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN164"
>What is a 'machine account' ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN171"
>"The machine account for this computer either does not exist or is not accessable."</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN177"
>How do I create machine accounts manually ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN190"
>I cannot include a '$' in a machine name.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN196"
>I get told "You already have a connection to the Domain...." when creating a
machine account.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN200"
>I get told "Cannot join domain, the credentials supplied conflict
with an existing set.."</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN204"
>"The system can not log you on (C000019B)...."</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DD
><DT
>4. <A
HREF="#AEN208"
>User Account Management</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN210"
>Domain Admins</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN212"
>How do I configure an account as a domain administrator?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN216"
>Profiles</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN218"
>Why is it bad to set "logon path = \\%N\%U\profile" in smb.conf? ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN232"
>Why are all the users listed in the "domain admin users" using the same profile?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN235"
>The roaming profiles do not seem to be updating on the server.</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN243"
>Policies</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN245"
>What are 'Policies' ?.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN252"
>I can't get system policies to work.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN266"
>What about Windows NT Policy Editor ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN280"
>Can Win95 do Policies ?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN286"
>Passwords</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN288"
>What is password sync and should I use it ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN301"
>How do I get remote password (unix and SMB) changing working ?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DD
><DT
>5. <A
HREF="#AEN307"
>Miscellaneous</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN309"
></A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN311"
>What editor can I use in DOS/Windows that won't mess with my unix EOF</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN324"
>How do I get 'User Manager' and 'Server Manager'</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN339"
>The time setting from a Samba server does not work.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN343"
>"trust account xxx should be in DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS"</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN347"
>How do I get my samba server to become a member ( not PDC ) of an NT domain?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DD
><DT
>6. <A
HREF="#AEN382"
>Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN384"
>Diagnostic tools</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN386"
>What are some diagnostics tools I can use to debug the domain logon process and where can I
find them?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN400"
>How do I install 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation or a Windows 9x box?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN429"
>What other help can I get ?</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN432"
>URLs and similar</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN481"
>How do I get help from the mailing lists ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN510"
>How do I get off the mailing lists ?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="AEN25"
>Chapter 1. Introduction</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN27"
>State of Play</A
></H1
><P
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>It should be noted that 2.2.0 in its pre-release form still has a few problems,
I'll try and keep this section current while things are still dynamic.
At the time of this update (December 15, 2000) the current state of play is :</I
></P
><P
>Comments here about W2K joining the domain apply only to Samba 2.2 from the CVS after November 27th. The
'snapshot' release Samba2.2alpha1 does not work !!! See below on how to get a CVS tree.</P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>Known Bug !</B
>W2K machines will not successfully join a domain with a name that
is made up from an even number of characters. Yep, thats right ! BIOTEST is OK as is MYDOMAI
but MYDOMAIN will not work until this bug is fixed. Hmm.., we believe
that this bug is fixed, but see below.</P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>Known Bug !</B
>After some bugs were fixed just before
Christmas, W2K SP1 machines cannot join the domain. Expected to be
fixed early in the new year. Whats that ? yeah, samba developers
have a Christmas break too !</P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>Know Bug !</B
>NTs (and possibly W2K ?) are not told the logged on user is a domain
admin if the parameter "domain admin users = user" is used. The alternative, "domain admin group"
does work. See the HowTo.</P
><P
>Client Side creation of Machine accounts does work but is not complete.
Firstly, the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>add user script</TT
> runs as the user who's
name was entered, not as root. Secondly, the machine name passed to the script (%U)
has an underscore at the end, not a '$'. One alternative is to use %m and add the $.
This method is documented in the <A
HREF="samba-pdc-howto.html"
TARGET="_top"
>HowTo</A
>.
And thirdly, it does not work with NT4ws.
</P
><P
>A W2K machine can join the domain. See the <A
HREF="samba-pdc-howto.html"
TARGET="_top"
>HowTo</A
>
which explains the process. The methods
described are 'work arounds' and should be regarded as temporary. Although I (drb)
have tested these procedures a number of people have had difficulty so there
may be other issues at work. JFM is aware of these
problems and will attend to them when he can.</P
><P
>A Domain Admin account is required and at present it appears that only root
is a suitable candidate.</P
><P
>Much of the related code does work. For example, if an NT is removed from the
domain and then rejoins, the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>Create a Computer Account in the Domain</TT
> 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.</P
><P
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>Actually I'm
not sure that last paragraph is correct ....</I
></P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>Policies</B
> 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.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN50"
>Introduction</A
></H1
><P
>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 planned for release late 2000. </P
><P
>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
David Bannon at D.Bannon@latrobe.edu.au</P
><P
>Hopefully, as we all become familiar with the Samba 2.2 as a PDC this document will
become much more usefull.</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="AEN55"
>Chapter 2. General Information</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN57"
>What can we do ?</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN59"
>What can Samba Primary Domain Controller (PDC) do ?</A
></H2
><P
>If you wish to have Samba act as a PDC for Windows NT 3.51.and 4.0 or W2000 client, then you
will need to obtain the 2.2.0 version, currently in pre-release. Release of a stable,
full featured Samba PDC is currently slated for version 3.0. </P
><P
>The following is a list of included features currently in Samba 2.2:</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>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.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Domain account can be viewed using the User Manager for
Domains ????</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Viewing resources on the Samba PDC via the Server Manager for Domains
from the NT client. ??</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Windows 95 clients will allow user level security to be set
but will not currently allow browsing of accounts.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Machine account password updates.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Changing of user passwords from an NT client.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Partial support for Windows NT group and username mapping.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Support for a LDAP password database backend.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Printing.</P
></LI
></UL
><P
></P
><P
><B
>These things are note expected to work in the forseeable future</B
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>Trust relationships</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>PDC and BDC integration</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Windows NT ACLs (on the Samba shares)</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Offer a list of domain users to User Manager for Domains
(or the Security Tab etc).</P
></LI
></UL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN92"
>Can I have a Windows 2000 client logon to a Samba controlled domain?</A
></H2
><P
>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.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN95"
>What's the status of print spool (spoolss) support in the NTDOM code?</A
></H2
><P
>The implementation of support for SPOOLSS pipe is complete and it will be available
in the 2.2.0 release. This means that Samba will support the automatic downloading of printer
drivers for Windows NT clients just as it currently does for Windows 9x clients.</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN98"
>CVS</A
></H1
><P
>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.</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN101"
>What are the different Samba branches available in CVS ?</A
></H2
><P
>You can find out more about obtaining Samba's via
anonymous CVS from
<A
HREF="http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html"
TARGET="_top"
> http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html"</A
>. </P
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><P
><B
>There are basically four branches to watch at the moment :</B
></P
><DL
><DT
>HEAD</DT
><DD
><P
>Samba 3.0 ? This code boasts all the main development
work in Samba. Two things that most people are not aware of
which live in the HEAD branch code are winbind NSS module and
Tim Potter's VFS implementation. Due to its developmental
nature, its not really suitable for production work.
</P
></DD
><DT
>SAMBA_2_0</DT
><DD
><P
>This branch contains the current stable release release.
At the moment it contains 2.0.7, a version that will do some
limited PDC stuff. If you are really going to do PDC things then
I (drb) suggest that you consider 2.2 instead.
</P
></DD
><DT
>SAMBA_2_2</DT
><DD
><P
>The next stable release, currently in a 'alpha' form.
It provides the Samba developers, testers and interested
people with an approximation of what is to come. This document
addresses only SAMBA_2_2.
</P
></DD
><DT
>SAMBA_TNG</DT
><DD
><P
>This branch is no longer maintained from the Samba sites.
Please see <A
HREF="http://www.samba-tng.org/"
TARGET="_top"
> http://www.samba-tng.org/</A
>. It has been requested
that questions about TNG are not posted to the regular Samba mailing
lists including samba-ntdom and samba-technical.
</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN124"
>What are the CVS commands ?</A
></H2
><P
>See <A
HREF="http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html"
TARGET="_top"
> http://pserver.samba.org/samba/cvs.html</A
></P
><P
></P
><P
><B
>To get the Samba 2.2 version, tag SAMBA_2_2 you would do :</B
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
> For example : <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cd /usr/local/src/</B
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot
login</B
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
> When prompted enter a password of <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs</B
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot
co -r SAMBA_2_2 samba</B
></P
></LI
></UL
><P
></P
><P
><B
>Then to update that directory at some later time,</B
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cd /usr/local/src/samba</B
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot login</B
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
> When prompted enter a password of 'cvs'.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs update -d -P</B
></P
></LI
></UL
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="AEN155"
>Chapter 3. Establishing Connections</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN157"
></A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN159"
>How do I get my NT4 or W2000 Workstation to login to the Samba controlled Domain?</A
></H2
><P
>There is a comprehensive Samba PDC <A
HREF="samba-pdc-howto.html"
TARGET="_top"
>HowTo</A
>
accessable from the samba web site
under 'Documentation'. Its currently located at <A
HREF="http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba"
TARGET="_top"
> http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba</A
>. Read it.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN164"
>What is a 'machine account' ?</A
></H2
><P
>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) <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/passwd</TT
>
and the other in (typically) <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd</TT
>. Under
some circumstances these entries are made <A
HREF="#AEN177"
>manually</A
>, the
<A
HREF="samba-pdc-howto.html"
TARGET="_top"
>HowTo</A
> discusses ways of creating them automatically.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN171"
>"The machine account for this computer either does not exist or is not accessable."</A
></H2
><P
>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 ?</P
><P
>This problem is caused by the PDC not having a suitable machine account.
If you are using the <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>add user script =</B
> method to create accounts
then this would indicate that it has not worked. Ensure the domain admin user
system is working.</P
><P
>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.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN177"
>How do I create machine accounts manually ?</A
></H2
><P
>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 :</P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>doppy$:x:505:501:NTMachine:/dev/null:/bin/false</B
></P
><P
>On a linux system for example, you would typically add it like this :</P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>adduser -g machines -c NTMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false -n
doppy$</B
></P
><P
>Then you need to add that entry to smbpasswd, assuming you have a suitable
path to the <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>smbpasswd</B
> programme, do this :</P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>smbpasswd -a -m doppy$</B
></P
><P
>The entry will be created with a well known password, so any machine that
says its doppy could join the domain as long as it gets in first. So don't create
the accounts any earlier than you need them.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN190"
>I cannot include a '$' in a machine name.</A
></H2
><P
>A 'machine name' in (typically) <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/passwd</TT
> consists
of the machine name with a '$' appended. FreeBSD (and other BSD systems ?)
won't create a user with a '$' in their name.</P
><P
>The problem is only in the program used to make the entry, once made, it works
perfectly. So create a user without the '$' and use <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>vipw</B
> to edit
the entry, adding the '$'. Or create the whole entry with vipw if you like,
make sure you use a unique uid !</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN196"
>I get told "You already have a connection to the Domain...." when creating a
machine account.</A
></H2
><P
>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.</P
><P
>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.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN200"
>I get told "Cannot join domain, the credentials supplied conflict
with an existing set.."</A
></H2
><P
>This is the same basic problem as mentioned above, <A
HREF="#AEN196"
> "You already have a connection..."</A
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN204"
>"The system can not log you on (C000019B)...."</A
></H2
><P
>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.</P
><P
>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.</P
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="AEN208"
>Chapter 4. User Account Management</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN210"
>Domain Admins</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN212"
>How do I configure an account as a domain administrator?</A
></H2
><P
>See the NTDom <A
HREF="samba-pdc-howto.html"
TARGET="_top"
>HowTo</A
>.</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN216"
>Profiles</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN218"
>Why is it bad to set "logon path = \\%N\%U\profile" in smb.conf? ?</A
></H2
><P
>Sometimes Windows clients will maintain a connection to the \\homes\ ( or [%U] ) share
even after the user has logged out. Consider the following scenario.</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
> user1 logs into the Windows NT machine. Therefore the
[homes] share is set to \\server\user1.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> user1 works for a while and then logs out. </P
></LI
><LI
><P
> user2 logs into the same Windows NT machine.</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>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.</P
><P
>A better solution is to use a separate [profiles] share and set the
"logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U" </P
><DIV
CLASS="NOTE"
><BLOCKQUOTE
CLASS="NOTE"
><P
><B
>Note: </B
>Is this still a problem ????</P
></BLOCKQUOTE
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN232"
>Why are all the users listed in the "domain admin users" using the same profile?</A
></H2
><P
>You are using a very very old development version of Samba. Upgrade.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN235"
>The roaming profiles do not seem to be updating on the server.</A
></H2
><P
>There can be several reasons for this.</P
><P
>Make sure that the time on the client and the PDC are synchronized. You can accomplish
this by executing a <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>net time \\server /set /yes</B
> replacing server with the
name of your PDC (or another synchronized SMB server). See <A
HREF="#AEN339"
> about Setting Time</A
></P
><P
>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.</P
><P
>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.</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN243"
>Policies</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN245"
>What are 'Policies' ?.</A
></H2
><P
>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.</P
><P
>On a samba PDC this list is obtained from a file called <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ntconfig.pol</B
>
and located in the <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>[netlogon]</B
>share. The file is created with a policy editor
and must be readable by anyone and writeable by only root. See <A
HREF="#AEN266"
> below</A
> for how to get a suitable editor.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN252"
>I can't get system policies to work.</A
></H2
><P
>There are two possible reasons for system policies not functioning correctly.
Make sure that you have the following parameters set in smb.conf </P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
> [netlogon]
....
locking = no
public = no
browseable = yes
....
</PRE
><P
>A policy file must be in the <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>[netlogon]</B
> share and must be
readable by everyone and writeable by only root. The file must be created
by an NTServer <A
HREF="#AEN266"
>Policy Editor</A
>.</P
><P
>Last time I (drb) looked in the source, it was
looking for <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>ntconfig.pol</TT
> first then several other combinations of upper
and lower case. People have reported success using <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>NTconfig.pol</TT
>,
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>NTconfig.POL</TT
> and <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>ntconfig.pol</TT
>. These are the case
settings that I (GC) use with the
filename <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>ntconfig.pol</TT
></P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
> case sensitive = no
case preserve = yes
default case = yes
</PRE
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN266"
>What about Windows NT Policy Editor ?</A
></H2
><P
>To create or edit <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ntconfig.pol</B
> you must use the NT Server
Policy Editor, <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>poledit.exe</B
> which is included with NT Server
but <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>not NT Workstation</I
>. There is a Policy Editor on a NTws
but it is not suitable for creating <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>Domain Policies</I
>.
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 <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>poledit.exe, common.adm</TT
> and <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>winnt.adm</TT
>. It is convenient
to put the two *.adm files in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>c:\winnt\inf</TT
> which is where
the binary will look for them unless told otherwise. Note also that that
directory is 'hidden'.</P
><P
>The Windows NT policy editor is also included with the
Service Pack 3 (and later) for Windows NT 4.0. Extract the files using
<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>servicepackname /x</B
>, ie thats <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>Nt4sp6ai.exe /x</B
>
for service pack 6a.
The policy editor, <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>poledt.exe</B
> 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.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN280"
>Can Win95 do Policies ?</A
></H2
><P
>Install the group policy handler for Win9x to pick up group policies.
Look on the Win98 CD in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
> \tools\reskit\netadmin\poledit</TT
>. Install group policies on a Win9x client by double-clicking
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>grouppol.inf</TT
>. 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....</P
><P
>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.</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN286"
>Passwords</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN288"
>What is password sync and should I use it ?</A
></H2
><P
>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 <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/passwd or /etc/shadow</TT
>). In lots of situations
thats OK, for example :</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>The server is only accessible to the user via samba.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Pam_smb or similar is installed so other applications
still refer to the samba password.</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>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.</P
><P
>However do understand that setting up password sync is not without problems either.
The chief difficulty is the interface between Samba and the <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>passwd</B
> 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 <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>smbpasswd</B
>),
otherwise they will only be changing the unix password.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN301"
>How do I get remote password (unix and SMB) changing working ?</A
></H2
><P
>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).
</P
><P
>Add these lines to smb.conf under [Global]</P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>
unix password sync = true
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *password* %n\n *password* %n\n *successful*
</PRE
><P
>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.</P
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="AEN307"
>Chapter 5. Miscellaneous</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN309"
></A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN311"
>What editor can I use in DOS/Windows that won't mess with my unix EOF</A
></H2
><P
>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 :</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>UltraEdit at <A
HREF="http://www.ultraedit.com"
TARGET="_top"
>www.ultraedit.com</A
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
>VI for windows at <A
HREF="http://home.snafu.de/ramo/WinViEn.htm"
TARGET="_top"
> home.snafu.de/ramo/WinViEn.htm</A
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
>The author prefers PFE at <A
HREF="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/"
TARGET="_top"
> www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/</A
> but its no longer being developed...</P
></LI
></UL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN324"
>How do I get 'User Manager' and 'Server Manager'</A
></H2
><P
>Since I don't need to buy an NT Server CD now, how do I get the 'User Manager for
Domains', the 'Server Manager' ?</P
><P
></P
><P
><B
>Microsoft distributes a version of these tools called nexus
for installation on Windows 95 systems. The tools set includes</B
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>Server Manager</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>User Manager for Domains</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Event Viewer</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>Click here to download the archived file
<A
HREF="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/NEXUS.EXE"
TARGET="_top"
> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/NEXUS.EXE</A
></P
><P
>The Windows NT 4.0 version of the 'User Manager for Domains'
and 'Server Manager' are available from Microsoft via ftp from
<A
HREF="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/SRVTOOLS.EXE"
TARGET="_top"
> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/SRVTOOLS.EXE</A
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN339"
>The time setting from a Samba server does not work.</A
></H2
><P
>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.
</P
><P
>Anyone know what the registry settings are so this could be done with a Policy ?</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN343"
>"trust account xxx should be in DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS"</A
></H2
><P
>I keep getting the message "trust account xxx should be in DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS."
in the logs. What do I need to do?</P
><P
>You are using one of the old development versions. Upgrade.
(The message is unimportant, was a reminder to a developer)</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN347"
>How do I get my samba server to become a member ( not PDC ) of an NT domain?</A
></H2
><P
>In a domain that has a number of servers you only need one password database.
The machines that don't have their own ask the PDC to check for them.
This will work fine for a domain controlled by either a Samba or NT machine.
The following lines in smb.conf are typical, 'password server' points to the
samba machine (or an NT) that has the password list : </P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>
[global]
...
security = domain
workgroup = { Put your domain name here }
password server = { Put the ip of the PDC here }
encrypt passwords = yes
...
</PRE
><P
>The samba server in question will have to 'join the domain', that requires
the domain controller to have a machine account for it. This is no different
to the machine account requirements to allow a NTws to join the domain. For
example, if we want a unix box called <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>sleepy</I
> to ask the PDC called <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>grumpy</I
>
to do its authentication then <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>grumpy</I
> will need an entry in its smbpasswd
(assuming it's also samba) that starts with <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>sleepy$</I
>. It would have to be
created <A
HREF="#AEN177"
>manually</A
>. </P
><P
>If the domain is controlled by an NTServer then the "Server Manager for Domains"
tool must be used to add 'sleepy' to the domain list.</P
><P
>In either case we then join the domain. If the domain is called <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>forest</I
>
then on sleepy we would join the domain by typing :</P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>smbpasswd -j forest</B
></P
><P
>Note that the directory where the smbpasswd file would be
located should exist as this is where smbd will generate the MACHINE.SID file. This
might be <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/local/samba/private/FOREST.SLEEPY.SID</TT
> and
it contains the trust account password for the domain member. The permissions are
(and should remain) "rw-------</P
><P
>Note the Samba Servers without the password list will most likely still need an account
for each user, this means a line in its <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/passwd</TT
>. Because authentication
is being handled at the domain level the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/passwd</TT
> line does not need a password.
If the shares being offered are not user specific, ie a common (read only ?)
area or perhaps just printing then the user's
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/passwd</TT
> does not need a home directory. A typical
line in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/passwd</TT
> for a server that allows domain users to
connect to the samba shares but does not offer a home share ('cos that's on the PDC)
and does not allow logon to the unix prompt would be like this :</P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>jblow:x:542:100:Joe Blow:/dev/null:/bin/false</PRE
><DIV
CLASS="NOTE"
><BLOCKQUOTE
CLASS="NOTE"
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>When removing those 'dummy' users, watch the 'remove user' scripts,
some OS think they should remove a users directory even when its not owned by the user !
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>The <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>username map = </TT
> parameter might help you to avoid having
all those accounts created.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>You should investigate the smb.conf parameter
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>'add user script'</TT
>, it will be used to create accounts on
secondary servers when that account already exists on the PDC. Very nice.
Something like :</P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
> [Global]
....
add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser -n -g users -c User -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %U
....
</PRE
></LI
></UL
></BLOCKQUOTE
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="AEN382"
>Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN384"
>Diagnostic tools</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN386"
>What are some diagnostics tools I can use to debug the domain logon process and where can I
find them?</A
></H2
><P
>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 around 100 but a debug level of about 20 will
normally help you find any errors that samba is encountering. Another helpful method
of debugging is to compile samba using the gcc -g 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.</P
><P
></P
><P
><B
>Some usefull samba commands worth investigating:</B
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>testparam | more</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>smbclient -L //{netbios name of server}</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>An SMB enabled version of tcpdump is available from
<A
HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/tcpdump-smb/"
TARGET="_top"
>ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/tcpdump-smb/
</A
></P
><P
>Capconvert is a small C program for translating output from tcpdump-smb to CAP format
that can be read by netmon. You will need to use the raw output from tcp dump
( ie. <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>tcpdump -w output.dump</B
> ). Good news! Now you can convert
Solaris' snoop output as well. The C source code for snoop2cap is available for download.
</P
><P
>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.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN400"
>How do I install 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation or a Windows 9x box?</A
></H2
><P
>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.</P
><P
>Initially you will need to install 'Network Monitor Tools and Agent' on the
NT Server. To do this </P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>Goto Start - Settings - Control Panel - Network - Services - Add </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Select the 'Network Monitor Tools and Agent' and click on 'OK'.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Click 'OK' on the Network Control Panel.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Insert the Windows NT Server 4.0 install CD when prompted.</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>At this point the Netmon files should exist in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\netmon\*.*</TT
>.
Two subdirectories exist as well, <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>parsers\</TT
> which contains the necessary DLL's
for parsing the netmon packet dump, and <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>captures\</TT
>.</P
><P
>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.</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>Goto Start - Settings - Control Panel - Network - Services - Add</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Select the 'Network Monitor Agent' and click on 'OK'.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Click 'OK' on the Network Control Panel.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Insert the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 install CD when prompted.</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>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.</P
><P
>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.</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN429"
>What other help can I get ?</A
></H1
><P
>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.</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN432"
>URLs and similar</A
></H2
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>Home of Samba site <A
HREF="http://samba.org"
TARGET="_top"
> http://samba.org</A
>. We have a mirror near you !</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> The <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>Development</I
> document
on the Samba mirrors might mention your problem. If so,
it might mean that the developers are working on it.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> Ignacio Coupeau has a very comprehesive look at LDAP with Samba at
<A
HREF="http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb-howto.html"
TARGET="_top"
> http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb-howto.html</A
>
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.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> Lars Kneschke's site covers <A
HREF="http://www.samba-tng.org"
TARGET="_top"
> Samba-TNG</A
> at
<A
HREF="http://www.kneschke.de/projekte/samba_tng"
TARGET="_top"
> http://www.kneschke.de/projekte/samba_tng</A
>, but again, a
lot of it does not apply to the main stream Samba.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>See how Scott Merrill simulates a BDC behaviour at
<A
HREF="http://www.skippy.net/linux/smb-howto.html"
TARGET="_top"
> http://www.skippy.net/linux/smb-howto.html</A
>. </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Although 2.0.7 has almost had its day as a PDC, I (drb) will
keep the 2.0.7 PDC pages at <A
HREF="http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba"
TARGET="_top"
> http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba</A
> going for a while yet.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Misc links to CIFS information
<A
HREF="http://samba.org/cifs/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://samba.org/cifs/</A
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
>NT Domains for Unix <A
HREF="http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl/ntdom/"
TARGET="_top"
> http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl/ntdom/</A
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
>FTP site for older SMB specs:
<A
HREF="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/"
TARGET="_top"
> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/</A
></P
></LI
></UL
><P
></P
><P
><B
>There are a number of documents that no longer appear to live at their
origional home. Any one know where the following may be found ?</B
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>CIFS/E Browser Protocol draft-leach-cifs-browser-spec-00.txt</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>CIFS Remote Administration Protocol draft-leach-cifs-rap-spec-00.txt</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>CIFS Logon and Pass Through Authentication draft-leach-cifs-logon-spec-00.txt</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>A Common Internet File System (CIFS/1.0) Protocol draft-leach-cifs-v1-spec-01.txt</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>CIFS Printing Specification draft-leach-cifs-print-spec-00.txt</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>RFC1001 (March '87) Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and methods.
http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1001.txt </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>RFC1002 (March '87) Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a TCP/UDP transport: Detailed specifications.
http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1002.txt </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Microsoft's main CIFS page: http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/cifs/</P
></LI
></UL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN481"
>How do I get help from the mailing lists ?</A
></H2
><P
> There are a number of Samba related mailing lists. Go to <A
HREF="http://samba.org"
TARGET="_top"
>http://samba.org</A
>, click on your nearest mirror
and then click on <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>Support</B
> and then click on <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
> Samba related mailing lists</B
>.</P
><P
>For questions relating to Samba TNG go to
<A
HREF="http://www.samba-tng.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.samba-tng.org/</A
>
It has been requested that you don't post questions about Samba-TNG to the
main stream Samba lists.</P
><P
></P
><P
><B
>If you post a message to one of the lists please
observe the following guide lines :</B
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
> 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.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> 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.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>In addition to the version, if you obtained Samba via
CVS mention the date when you last checked it out.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> 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).</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> 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.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> 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.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>You might include <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>partial</I
>
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.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>(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.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>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 ?</P
></LI
></UL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN510"
>How do I get off the mailing lists ?</A
></H2
><P
>To have your name removed from a samba mailing list, go to the
same place you went to to get on it. Go to <A
HREF="http://samba.org"
TARGET="_top"
>http://samba.org</A
>, click on your nearest mirror
and then click on <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>Support</B
> and then click on <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
> Samba related mailing lists</B
>. Or perhaps see
<A
HREF="http://lists.samba.org/mailman/roster/samba-ntdom"
TARGET="_top"
>here</A
></P
><P
>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...)
</P
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