Samba FAQ
- Paul Blackman, ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au
- , v 0.7
+ Paul Blackman, ictinus@samba.org
+ v 0.8, June '97
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 1.9.17. Please send any corrections to the
author.
+ ______________________________________________________________________
- 1. General Information
+ Table of Contents:
+
+ 1. General Information
+
+ 1.1. What is Samba?
+
+ 1.2. What is the current version of Samba?
+
+ 1.3. Where can I get it?
+
+ 1.4. What do the version numbers mean?
+
+ 1.5. What platforms are supported?
+
+ 1.6. How can I find out more about Samba?
+
+ 1.7. How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?
+
+ 1.8. Something's gone wrong - what should I do?
+
+ 1.9. Pizza supply details
+
+ 2. Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host
+
+ 2.1. I can't see the Samba server in any browse lists!
+
+ 2.2. Some files that I KNOW are on the server doesn't show up when
+ I view the files from my client!
+
+ 2.3. Some files on the server show up with really wierd filenames
+ when I view the files from my client!
+
+ 2.4. My client reports "cannot locate specified computer" or
+ similar
+
+ 2.5. My client reports "cannot locate specified share name" or
+ similar
+
+ 2.6. My client reports "cannot find domain controller", "cannot log
+ on to the network" or similar
+
+ 2.7. Printing doesn't work :-(
+
+ 2.8. My programs install on the server OK, but refuse to work
+ properly
+
+ 2.9. My "server string" doesn't seem to be recognised
+
+ 2.10. My client reports "This server is not configured to list
+ shared resources"
+
+ 2.11. Log message "you appear to have a trapdoor uid system"
+
+ 3. Common client questions
+
+ 3.1. Are there any Macintosh clients for Samba?
+
+ 3.2. "Session request failed (131,130)" error
+
+ 3.3. How do I synchronise my PC's clock with my Samba server?
+
+ 3.4. Problems with WinDD, NTrigue, WinCenterPro etc
+
+ 3.5. Problem with printers under NT
+
+ 3.6. Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few
+ hours?
+
+ 3.7. How do I set the printer driver name correctly?
+
+ 3.8. I've applied NT 4.0 SP3, and now I can't access Samba shares,
+ Why?
+
+ 4. Specific client application problems
+
+ 4.1. MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of
+ 'MSOFFICEUP.INI'"
+
+ 5. Miscellaneous
+
+ 5.1. Is Samba Year 2000 compliant?
+ ______________________________________________________________________
+
+ 1\b1.\b. G\bGe\ben\bne\ber\bra\bal\bl I\bIn\bnf\bfo\bor\brm\bma\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn
details
- 1.1. What is Samba?
-
+ 1\b1.\b.1\b1.\b. W\bWh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba?\b?
Samba is a suite of programs which work together to allow clients to
The components of the suite are (in summary):
- · smbd, the SMB server. This handles actual connections from clients,
+ +\bo s\bsm\bmb\bbd\bd, the SMB server. This handles actual connections from clients,
doing all the file, permission and username work
- · nmbd, the Netbios name server, which helps clients locate servers,
+ +\bo n\bnm\bmb\bbd\bd, the Netbios name server, which helps clients locate servers,
doing the browsing work and managing domains as this capability is
being built into Samba
- · smbclient, the Unix-hosted client program
- · smbrun, a little 'glue' program to help the server run external
+ +\bo s\bsm\bmb\bbc\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt, the Unix-hosted client program
+
+ +\bo s\bsm\bmb\bbr\bru\bun\bn, a little 'glue' program to help the server run external
programs
- · testprns, a program to test server access to printers
+ +\bo t\bte\bes\bst\btp\bpr\brn\bns\bs, a program to test server access to printers
- · testparms, a program to test the Samba configuration file for
+ +\bo t\bte\bes\bst\btp\bpa\bar\brm\bms\bs, a program to test the Samba configuration file for
correctness
- · smb.conf, the Samba configuration file
+ +\bo s\bsm\bmb\bb.\b.c\bco\bon\bnf\bf, the Samba configuration file
- · smbprint, a sample script to allow a Unix host to use smbclient to
+ +\bo s\bsm\bmb\bbp\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\bt, a sample script to allow a Unix host to use smbclient to
print to an SMB server
- · documentation! DON'T neglect to read it - you will save a great
+ +\bo D\bDo\boc\bcu\bum\bme\ben\bnt\bta\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn!\b! DON'T neglect to read it - you will save a great
deal of time!
The suite is supplied with full source (of course!) and is GPLed.
and this FAQ were originally written by Karl Auer.
- 1.2. What is the current version of Samba?
-
+ 1\b1.\b.2\b2.\b. W\bWh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs t\bth\bhe\be c\bcu\bur\brr\bre\ben\bnt\bt v\bve\ber\brs\bsi\bio\bon\bn o\bof\bf S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba?\b?
- At time of writing, the current version was 1.9.16. If you want to be
+ At time of writing, the current version was 1.9.17. If you want to be
sure check the bottom of the change-log file.
- <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/alpha/change-log>
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log>
For more information see ``What do the version numbers mean?''
- 1.3. Where can I get it?
+ 1\b1.\b.3\b3.\b. W\bWh\bhe\ber\bre\be c\bca\ban\bn I\bI g\bge\bet\bt i\bit\bt?\b?
-
- The Samba suite is available via anonymous ftp from samba.anu.edu.au.
+ The Samba suite is available via anonymous ftp from samba.org.
The latest and greatest versions of the suite are in the directory:
/pub/samba/
do contain Samba binaries for that platform.
- 1.4. What do the version numbers mean?
-
+ 1\b1.\b.4\b4.\b. W\bWh\bha\bat\bt d\bdo\bo t\bth\bhe\be v\bve\ber\brs\bsi\bio\bon\bn n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\brs\bs m\bme\bea\ban\bn?\b?
It is not recommended that you run a version of Samba with the word
but don't install it on your departmental server. Samba is typically
very stable and safe, and this is mostly due to the policy of many
public releases.
-
How the scheme works:
- 1. when major changes are made the version number is increased. For
+ 1. When major changes are made the version number is increased. For
example, the transition from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16. However, this
version number will not appear immediately and people should
continue to use 1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)
- 2. just after major changes are made the software is considered
+ 2. Just after major changes are made the software is considered
unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for
example 1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what
they are doing. The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare
off those who are just looking for the latest version to install.
-
- 3. when Andrew thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point
+ 3. When Andrew thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point
where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the
same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.
- 4. inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch
+ 4. Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch
levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example
1.9.16p2.
So the progression goes:
- 1.9.15p7 (production)
- 1.9.15p8 (production)
- 1.9.16alpha1 (test sites only)
- :
- 1.9.16alpha20 (test sites only)
- 1.9.16 (production)
- 1.9.16p1 (production)
+ 1.9.15p7 (production)
+ 1.9.15p8 (production)
+ 1.9.16alpha1 (test sites only)
+ :
+ 1.9.16alpha20 (test sites only)
+ 1.9.16 (production)
+ 1.9.16p1 (production)
The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp
site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an
- alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended ver
+ alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended ver-
sion.
- 1.5. What platforms are supported?
-
+ 1\b1.\b.5\b5.\b. W\bWh\bha\bat\bt p\bpl\bla\bat\btf\bfo\bor\brm\bms\bs a\bar\bre\be s\bsu\bup\bpp\bpo\bor\brt\bte\bed\bd?\b?
Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms
At time of writing, the Makefile claimed support for:
- · SunOS
+ +\bo A/UX 3.0
- · Linux with shadow passwords
+ +\bo AIX
- · Linux without shadow passwords
+ +\bo Altos Series 386/1000
- · SOLARIS
+ +\bo Amiga
- · SOLARIS 2.2 and above (aka SunOS 5)
+ +\bo Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3
- · SVR4
+ +\bo BSDI
- · ULTRIX
+ +\bo B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)
- · OSF1 (alpha only)
+ +\bo Cray, Unicos 8.0
- · OSF1 with NIS and Fast Crypt (alpha only)
+ +\bo Convex
- · OSF1 V2.0 Enhanced Security (alpha only)
+ +\bo DGUX.
- · AIX
+ +\bo DNIX.
- · BSDI
+ +\bo FreeBSD
- · NetBSD
+ +\bo HP-UX
- · NetBSD 1.0
+ +\bo Intergraph.
- · SEQUENT
+ +\bo Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota
- · HP-UX
+ +\bo LYNX 2.3.0
- · SGI
+ +\bo MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)
- · SGI IRIX 4.x.x
+ +\bo Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines
- · SGI IRIX 5.x.x
+ +\bo NetBSD
- · FreeBSD
+ +\bo NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for
+ Mach).
- · NeXT 3.2 and above
+ +\bo OS/2 using EMX 0.9b
- · NeXT OS 2.x
+ +\bo OSF1
- · NeXT OS 3.0
+ +\bo QNX 4.22
- · ISC SVR3V4 (POSIX mode)
+ +\bo RiscIX.
- · ISC SVR3V4 (iBCS2 mode)
+ +\bo RISCOs 5.0B
- · A/UX 3.0
+ +\bo SEQUENT.
- · SCO with shadow passwords.
+ +\bo SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)
- · SCO with shadow passwords, without YP.
+ +\bo SGI.
- · SCO with TCB passwords
+ +\bo SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series
- · SCO 3.2v2 (ODT 1.1) with TCP passwords
+ +\bo SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)
- · intergraph
+ +\bo SUNOS 4
- · DGUX
+ +\bo SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')
- · Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3 (BSD4.3)
+ +\bo Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4
+ +\bo SVR4
- 1.6. How can I find out more about Samba?
+ +\bo System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).
+ +\bo ULTRIX.
+ +\bo UNIXWARE
- There are two mailing lists devoted to discussion of Samba-related
- matters. There is also the newsgroup, comp.protocols.smb, which has a
- great deal of discussion on Samba. There is also a WWW site 'SAMBA Web
- Pages' at <http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/samba.html>, under
- which there is a comprehensive survey of Samba users. Another useful
- resource is the hypertext archive of the Samba mailing list.
+ +\bo UXP/DS
- Send email to listproc@samba.anu.edu.au. Make sure the subject line is
- blank, and include the following two lines in the body of the message:
+ 1\b1.\b.6\b6.\b. H\bHo\bow\bw c\bca\ban\bn I\bI f\bfi\bin\bnd\bd o\bou\but\bt m\bmo\bor\bre\be a\bab\bbo\bou\but\bt S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba?\b?
+
+
+ There are a number of places to look for more information on Samba,
+ including:
+
+ +\bo Two mailing lists devoted to discussion of Samba-related matters.
+
+ +\bo The newsgroup, comp.protocols.smb, which has a great deal of
+ discussion on Samba.
+
+ +\bo The WWW site 'SAMBA Web Pages' at <http://samba.edu.au/samba/>
+ includes:
+
+ +\bo Links to man pages and documentation, including this FAQ
+
+ +\bo A comprehensive survey of Samba users.
+
+ +\bo A searchable hypertext archive of the Samba mailing list.
+
+ +\bo Links to Samba source code, binaries, and mirrors of both.
+
+ +\bo The long list of topic documentation. These files can be found in
+ the 'docs' directory of the Samba source, or at
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/>
+
+ +\bo Application_Serving.txt
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Application_Serving.txt>
+
+ +\bo BROWSING.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/BROWSING.txt>
+
+ +\bo BUGS.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/BUGS.txt>
+
+ +\bo DIAGNOSIS.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.txt>
+
+ +\bo DNIX.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/DNIX.txt>
+
+ +\bo DOMAIN.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/DOMAIN.txt>
+
+ +\bo CONTROL.txt
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/DOMAIN_CONTROL.txt>
+
+ +\bo ENCRYPTION.txt
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/ENCRYPTION.txt>
+
+ +\bo Faxing.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Faxing.txt>
+
+ +\bo GOTCHAS.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/GOTCHAS.txt>
+
+ +\bo HINTS.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/HINTS.txt>
+
+ +\bo INSTALL.sambatar
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/INSTALL.sambatar>
+
+ +\bo INSTALL.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/INSTALL.txt>
+
+ +\bo MIRRORS <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/MIRRORS>
+
+ +\bo NetBIOS.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/NetBIOS.txt>
+
+ +\bo OS2.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/OS2.txt>
+
+ +\bo PROJECTS <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/PROJECTS>
+
+ +\bo Passwords.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Passwords.txt>
+
+ +\bo Printing.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Printing.txt>
+
+ +\bo README.DCEDFS <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/README.DCEDFS>
+
+ +\bo README.OS2 <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/README.OS2>
+
+ +\bo README.jis <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/README.jis>
+
+ +\bo README.sambatar
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/README.sambatar>
+
+ +\bo SCO.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/SCO.txt>
+
+ +\bo SMBTAR.notes <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/SMBTAR.notes>
+
+ +\bo Speed.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Speed.txt>
+
+ +\bo Support.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Support.txt>
+
+ +\bo THANKS <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/THANKS>
+
+ +\bo Tracing.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Tracing.txt>
+
+ +\bo SMB.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/UNIX-SMB.txt>
+
+ +\bo Warp.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/Warp.txt>
+
+ +\bo WinNT.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/WinNT.txt>
+
+ +\bo history <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/history>
+
+ +\bo level.txt
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/security_level.txt>
+
+ +\bo slip.htm <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/wfw_slip.htm>
+
+
+ 1\b1.\b.7\b7.\b. H\bHo\bow\bw d\bdo\bo I\bI s\bsu\bub\bbs\bsc\bcr\bri\bib\bbe\be t\bto\bo t\bth\bhe\be S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba M\bMa\bai\bil\bli\bin\bng\bg L\bLi\bis\bst\bts\bs?\b?
+
+
+ Send email to listproc@samba.org. Make sure the subject line is
+ blank, and include the following two lines in the body of the message:
subscribe samba Firstname Lastname
message to all subscribers.
If you stop being interested in Samba, please send another email to
- listproc@samba.anu.edu.au. Make sure the subject line is blank, and
+ listproc@samba.org. Make sure the subject line is blank, and
include the following two lines in the body of the message:
-
unsubscribe samba
unsubscribe samba-announce
- The From: line in your message ____ be the same address you used when
+ The F\bFr\bro\bom\bm:\b: line in your message _\bM_\bU_\bS_\bT be the same address you used when
you subscribed.
- 1.7. Something's gone wrong - what should I do?
+ 1\b1.\b.8\b8.\b. S\bSo\bom\bme\bet\bth\bhi\bin\bng\bg'\b's\bs g\bgo\bon\bne\be w\bwr\bro\bon\bng\bg -\b- w\bwh\bha\bat\bt s\bsh\bho\bou\bul\bld\bd I\bI d\bdo\bo?\b?
-
- # *** IMPORTANT! *** #
+ #\b# *\b**\b**\b* I\bIM\bMP\bPO\bOR\bRT\bTA\bAN\bNT\bT!\b! *\b**\b**\b* #\b#
DO NOT post messages on mailing lists or in newsgroups until you have
carried out the first three steps given here!
Firstly, see if there are any likely looking entries in this FAQ! If
you have just installed Samba, have you run through the checklist in
- DIAGNOSIS.txt <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/DIAGNOSIS.txt>? It can
- save you a lot of time and effort.
+ DIAGNOSIS.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/DIAGNOSIS.txt>? It can
+ save you a lot of time and effort. DIAGNOSIS.txt can also be found in
+ the docs directory of the Samba distribution.
Secondly, read the man pages for smbd, nmbd and smb.conf, looking for
topics that relate to what you are trying to do.
If you make changes to the source code, _please_ submit these patches
so that everyone else gets the benefit of your work. This is one of
the most important aspects to the maintainence of Samba. Send all
- patches to samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au, not Andrew Tridgell or any
- other individual and not the samba team mailing list.
-
+ patches to samba-bugs@samba.org. Do not send patches to Andrew
+ Tridgell or any other individual, they may be lost if you do.
- 1.8. Pizza supply details
+ 1\b1.\b.9\b9.\b. P\bPi\biz\bzz\bza\ba s\bsu\bup\bpp\bpl\bly\by d\bde\bet\bta\bai\bil\bls\bs
Those who have registered in the Samba survey as "Pizza Factory" will
for payment, but he does appreciate it when people give him pizza.
This calls for a little organisation when the pizza donor is twenty
thousand kilometres away, but it has been done.
+
Method 1: Ring up your local branch of an international pizza chain
and see if they honour their vouchers internationally. Pizza Hut do,
which is how the entire Canberra Linux Users Group got to eat pizza
useless but he can hang it on the wall next to the one he already has
from Germany :-)
+
Method 4: Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional
flavours. It will probably get stuck in customs or torn apart by
hungry sniffer dogs but it will have been a noble gesture.
- 2. Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host
-
+ 2\b2.\b. C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpi\bil\bli\bin\bng\bg a\ban\bnd\bd i\bin\bns\bst\bta\bal\bll\bli\bin\bng\bg S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba o\bon\bn a\ba U\bUn\bni\bix\bx h\bho\bos\bst\bt
- 2.1. I can't see the Samba server in any browse lists!
+ 2\b2.\b.1\b1.\b. I\bI c\bca\ban\bn'\b't\bt s\bse\bee\be t\bth\bhe\be S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba s\bse\ber\brv\bve\ber\br i\bin\bn a\ban\bny\by b\bbr\bro\bow\bws\bse\be l\bli\bis\bst\bts\bs!\b!
- See BROWSING.txt <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/BROWSING.txt> for
+ See BROWSING.txt <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/BROWSING.txt> for
more information on browsing. Browsing.txt can also be found in the
docs directory of the Samba source.
Lan Manager you might connect to the above service as disk drive M:
thusly:
- net use M: \maryed
- The details of how to do this and the specific syntax varies from
- client to client - check your client's documentation.
+ net use M: \\mary\fred
- 2.2. Some files that I KNOW are on the server doesn't show up when I
- view the files from my client!
+ The details of how to do this and the specific syntax varies from
+ client to client - check your client's documentation.
- 2.3. Some files on the server show up with really wierd filenames
- when I view the files from my client!
+ 2\b2.\b.2\b2.\b. S\bSo\bom\bme\be f\bfi\bil\ble\bes\bs t\bth\bha\bat\bt I\bI K\bKN\bNO\bOW\bW a\bar\bre\be o\bon\bn t\bth\bhe\be s\bse\ber\brv\bve\ber\br d\bdo\boe\bes\bsn\bn'\b't\bt s\bsh\bho\bow\bw u\bup\bp w\bwh\bhe\ben\bn I\bI
+ v\bvi\bie\bew\bw t\bth\bhe\be f\bfi\bil\ble\bes\bs f\bfr\bro\bom\bm m\bmy\by c\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt!\b!
+
+ See the next question.
+
+ 2\b2.\b.3\b3.\b. S\bSo\bom\bme\be f\bfi\bil\ble\bes\bs o\bon\bn t\bth\bhe\be s\bse\ber\brv\bve\ber\br s\bsh\bho\bow\bw u\bup\bp w\bwi\bit\bth\bh r\bre\bea\bal\bll\bly\by w\bwi\bie\ber\brd\bd f\bfi\bil\ble\ben\bna\bam\bme\bes\bs
+ w\bwh\bhe\ben\bn I\bI v\bvi\bie\bew\bw t\bth\bhe\be f\bfi\bil\ble\bes\bs f\bfr\bro\bom\bm m\bmy\by c\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt!\b!
If you check what files are not showing up, you will note that they
"mangled names = yes".
- 2.4. My client reports "cannot locate specified computer" or similar
-
+ 2\b2.\b.4\b4.\b. M\bMy\by c\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt r\bre\bep\bpo\bor\brt\bts\bs "\b"c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt l\blo\boc\bca\bat\bte\be s\bsp\bpe\bec\bci\bif\bfi\bie\bed\bd c\bco\bom\bmp\bpu\but\bte\ber\br"\b" o\bor\br s\bsi\bim\bmi\bil\bla\bar\br
This indicates one of three things: You supplied an incorrect server
to somewhere on your network to see if TCP/IP is functioning OK. If it
is, the problem is most likely name resolution.
+
If your client has a facility to do so, hardcode a mapping between the
hosts IP and the name you want to use. For example, with Man Manager
or Windows for Workgroups you would put a suitable entry in the file
tests :-)
- 2.5. My client reports "cannot locate specified share name" or simi
- lar
-
+ 2\b2.\b.5\b5.\b. M\bMy\by c\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt r\bre\bep\bpo\bor\brt\bts\bs "\b"c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt l\blo\boc\bca\bat\bte\be s\bsp\bpe\bec\bci\bif\bfi\bie\bed\bd s\bsh\bha\bar\bre\be n\bna\bam\bme\be"\b" o\bor\br s\bsi\bim\bmi\bi-\b-
+ l\bla\bar\br
This message indicates that your client CAN locate the specified
to specify a service name correctly), read on:
- · Many clients cannot accept or use service names longer than eight
+ +\bo Many clients cannot accept or use service names longer than eight
characters.
- · Many clients cannot accept or use service names containing spaces.
+ +\bo Many clients cannot accept or use service names containing spaces.
- · Some servers (not Samba though) are case sensitive with service
+ +\bo Some servers (not Samba though) are case sensitive with service
names.
- · Some clients force service names into upper case.
+ +\bo Some clients force service names into upper case.
- 2.6. on to the network" or similar My client reports "cannot find
- domain controller", "cannot log
-
+ 2\b2.\b.6\b6.\b. M\bMy\by c\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt r\bre\bep\bpo\bor\brt\bts\bs "\b"c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt f\bfi\bin\bnd\bd d\bdo\bom\bma\bai\bin\bn c\bco\bon\bnt\btr\bro\bol\bll\ble\ber\br"\b",\b, "\b"c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt l\blo\bog\bg
+ o\bon\bn t\bto\bo t\bth\bhe\be n\bne\bet\btw\bwo\bor\brk\bk"\b" o\bor\br s\bsi\bim\bmi\bil\bla\bar\br
Nothing is wrong - Samba does not implement the primary domain name
machines (such as users of smbclient under Unix). Having said that,
several developers are working hard on building it in to the next
major version of Samba. If you can contribute, send a message to
- samba-bugs!
+ samba-bugs@samba.org !
Seeing this message should not affect your ability to mount redirected
disks and printers, which is really what all this is about.
setting the domain to STANDALONE at least gets rid of the message.
- 2.7. Printing doesn't work :-(
+ 2\b2.\b.7\b7.\b. P\bPr\bri\bin\bnt\bti\bin\bng\bg d\bdo\boe\bes\bsn\bn'\b't\bt w\bwo\bor\brk\bk :\b:-\b-(\b(
+
+
Make sure that the specified print command for the service you are
connecting to is correct and that it has a fully-qualified path (eg.,
use "/usr/bin/lpr" rather than just "lpr").
mechanism.
- 2.8. My programs install on the server OK, but refuse to work prop
- erly
+ 2\b2.\b.8\b8.\b. M\bMy\by p\bpr\bro\bog\bgr\bra\bam\bms\bs i\bin\bns\bst\bta\bal\bll\bl o\bon\bn t\bth\bhe\be s\bse\ber\brv\bve\ber\br O\bOK\bK,\b, b\bbu\but\bt r\bre\bef\bfu\bus\bse\be t\bto\bo w\bwo\bor\brk\bk p\bpr\bro\bop\bp-\b-
+ e\ber\brl\bly\by
There are numerous possible reasons for this, but one MAJOR
In earlier Samba versions there were some difficulties with the very
latest Microsoft products, particularly Excel 5 and Word for Windows
6. These should have all been solved. If not then please let Andrew
- Tridgell know via email at samba-bugs@anu.edu.au.
+ Tridgell know via email at samba-bugs@samba.org.
+
+ 2\b2.\b.9\b9.\b. M\bMy\by "\b"s\bse\ber\brv\bve\ber\br s\bst\btr\bri\bin\bng\bg"\b" d\bdo\boe\bes\bsn\bn'\b't\bt s\bse\bee\bem\bm t\bto\bo b\bbe\be r\bre\bec\bco\bog\bgn\bni\bis\bse\bed\bd
- 2.9. My "server string" doesn't seem to be recognised
+ OR My client reports the default setting, eg. "Samba 1.9.15p4",
+ instead of what I have changed it to in the smb.conf file.
- my client reports the default setting, eg. "Samba 1.9.15p4", instead
- of what I have changed it to in the smb.conf file.
You need to use the -C option in nmbd. The "server string" affects
- what smbd puts out and -C affects what nmbd puts out. Current
- versions of Samba (1.9.16p11 +) have combined these options into the
- "server string" field of smb.conf, -C for nmbd is now obsolete.
+ what smbd puts out and -C affects what nmbd puts out.
+ Current versions of Samba (1.9.16 +) have combined these options into
+ the "server string" field of smb.conf, -C for nmbd is now obsolete.
- 2.10. resources" My client reports "This server is not configured to
- list shared
+ 2\b2.\b.1\b10\b0.\b. M\bMy\by c\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt r\bre\bep\bpo\bor\brt\bts\bs "\b"T\bTh\bhi\bis\bs s\bse\ber\brv\bve\ber\br i\bis\bs n\bno\bot\bt c\bco\bon\bnf\bfi\big\bgu\bur\bre\bed\bd t\bto\bo l\bli\bis\bst\bt s\bsh\bha\bar\bre\bed\bd
+ r\bre\bes\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\bes\bs"\b"
Your guest account is probably invalid for some reason. Samba uses the
See also 'guest account' in smb.conf man page.
- 2.11. Log message "you appear to have a trapdoor uid system"
+ 2\b2.\b.1\b11\b1.\b. L\bLo\bog\bg m\bme\bes\bss\bsa\bag\bge\be "\b"y\byo\bou\bu a\bap\bpp\bpe\bea\bar\br t\bto\bo h\bha\bav\bve\be a\ba t\btr\bra\bap\bpd\bdo\boo\bor\br u\bui\bid\bd s\bsy\bys\bst\bte\bem\bm"\b"
This can have several causes. It might be because you are using a uid
as uid 65535 will actually run as root. This is not good!
- 3. Common client questions
+ 3\b3.\b. C\bCo\bom\bmm\bmo\bon\bn c\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt q\bqu\bue\bes\bst\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs
- 3.1. Are any Macintosh clients for Samba
+ 3\b3.\b.1\b1.\b. A\bAr\bre\be t\bth\bhe\ber\bre\be a\ban\bny\by M\bMa\bac\bci\bin\bnt\bto\bos\bsh\bh c\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bts\bs f\bfo\bor\br S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba?\b?
-
- lkcl - update 09mar97 - the answer is "Yes!". Thursby now have a CIFS
- Client / Server - see <http://www.thursby.com/>. They test it
- against Windows 95, Windows NT and samba for compatibility issues. At
- present, DAVE is at version 1.0.0. DAVE version 1.0.1 is in beta, and
- will be released in April 97 (the speed of finder copies has been
- greatly enhanced, and there are bug-fixes included).
+ Yes! Thursby now have a CIFS Client / Server called DAVE - see
+ <http://www.thursby.com/>. They test it against Windows 95, Windows
+ NT and samba for compatibility issues. At the time of writing, DAVE
+ was at version 1.0.1. The 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 update is available as a free
+ download from the Thursby web site (the speed of finder copies has
+ been greatly enhanced, and there are bug-fixes included).
Alternatives - There are two free implementations of AppleTalk for
several kinds of UNIX machnes, and several more commercial ones.
Windows users, these packages offer to Macs. For more info on these
packages, Samba, and Linux (and other UNIX-based systems) see
<http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>
-
-
- 3.2. Session request failed (131,130)" error
-
+ 3\b3.\b.2\b2.\b. S\bSe\bes\bss\bsi\bio\bon\bn r\bre\beq\bqu\bue\bes\bst\bt f\bfa\bai\bil\ble\bed\bd (\b(1\b13\b31\b1,\b,1\b13\b30\b0)\b)"\b" e\ber\brr\bro\bor\br
The following answer is provided by John E. Miller:
you'd have to use smbclient -iSomeStr otherparms in connecting to it.
- 3.3. How do I synchronise my PC's clock with my Samba server?
+ 3\b3.\b.3\b3.\b. H\bHo\bow\bw d\bdo\bo I\bI s\bsy\byn\bnc\bch\bhr\bro\bon\bni\bis\bse\be m\bmy\by P\bPC\bC'\b's\bs c\bcl\blo\boc\bck\bk w\bwi\bit\bth\bh m\bmy\by S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba s\bse\ber\brv\bve\ber\br?\b?
To syncronize your PC's clock with your Samba server:
+ +\bo Copy timesync.pif to your windows directory
- · Copy timesync.pif to your windows directory
+ +\bo timesync.pif can be found at:
+ <http://samba.org/samba/binaries/miscellaneous/timesync.pif>
- · timesync.pif can be found at:
- <http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/binaries/miscellaneous/timesync.pif>
+ +\bo Add timesync.pif to your 'Start Up' group/folder
- · Add timesync.pif to your 'Start Up' group/folder
+ +\bo Open the properties dialog box for the program/icon
- · Open the properties dialog box for the program/icon
+ +\bo Make sure the 'Run Minimized' option is set in program 'Properties'
- · Make sure the 'Run Minimized' option is set in program 'Properties'
-
- · Change the command line section that reads \sambahost to reflect
+ +\bo Change the command line section that reads \sambahost to reflect
the name of your server.
+ +\bo Close the properties dialog box by choosing 'OK'
- · Close the properties dialog box by choosing 'OK'
-
- Each time you start your computer (or login for Win95) your PC will
- synchronize it's clock with your Samba server.
+ Each time you start your computer (or login for Win95) your PC will
+ synchronize its clock with your Samba server.
Alternativley, if you clients support Domain Logons, you can setup
Domain Logons with Samba - see: BROWSING.txt
- <ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/docs/BROWSING.txt> *** for more
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/BROWSING.txt> *** for more
information.
Then add
as one of the lines in the logon script.
- 3.4. Problems with WinDD, NTrigue, WinCenterPro etc
+ 3\b3.\b.4\b4.\b. P\bPr\bro\bob\bbl\ble\bem\bms\bs w\bwi\bit\bth\bh W\bWi\bin\bnD\bDD\bD,\b, N\bNT\bTr\bri\big\bgu\bue\be,\b, W\bWi\bin\bnC\bCe\ben\bnt\bte\ber\brP\bPr\bro\bo e\bet\btc\bc
All of the above programs are applications that sit on an NT box and
It means that if you run your Samba server in share level security
(the default) then things will definately break as described above.
The share level SMB security model has no provision for multiple user
- IDs on the one SMB connection. See security_level.txt in the docs for
- more info on share/user/server level security.
+ IDs on the one SMB connection. See security_level.txt
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/security_level.txt> in the docs
+ for more info on share/user/server level security.
If you run in user or server level security then you have a chance,
but only if you have a recent version of Samba (at least 1.9.15p6). In
home directory. Use \serversername instead.
- 3.5. Problem with printers under NT
-
-
+ 3\b3.\b.5\b5.\b. P\bPr\bro\bob\bbl\ble\bem\bm w\bwi\bit\bth\bh p\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\bte\ber\brs\bs u\bun\bnd\bde\ber\br N\bNT\bT
This info from Stefan Hergeth hergeth@f7axp1.informatik.fh-muenchen.de
try it yet.
- 3.6. Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?
+ 3\b3.\b.6\b6.\b. W\bWh\bhy\by a\bar\bre\be m\bmy\by f\bfi\bil\ble\be'\b's\bs t\bti\bim\bme\bes\bst\bta\bam\bmp\bps\bs o\bof\bff\bf b\bby\by a\ban\bn h\bho\bou\bur\br,\b, o\bor\br b\bby\by a\ba f\bfe\bew\bw h\bho\bou\bur\brs\bs?\b?
This is from Paul Eggert eggert@twinsun.com.
strings can take the following form (with optional items in
brackets):
-
- StdOffset[Dst[Offset],Date/Time,Date/Time]
+ StdOffset[Dst[Offset],Date/Time,Date/Time]
where:
- · `Std' is the standard time designation (e.g. `PST').
+ +\bo `Std' is the standard time designation (e.g. `PST').
- · `Offset' is the number of hours behind UTC (e.g. `8'). Prepend
+ +\bo `Offset' is the number of hours behind UTC (e.g. `8'). Prepend
a `-' if you are ahead of UTC, and append `:30' if you are at a
half-hour offset. Omit all the remaining items if you do not
use daylight-saving time.
- · `Dst' is the daylight-saving time designation (e.g. `PDT').
+ +\bo `Dst' is the daylight-saving time designation (e.g. `PDT').
The optional second `Offset' is the number of hours that
daylight-saving time is behind UTC. The default is 1 hour ahead
of standard time.
- · `Date/Time,Date/Time' specify when daylight-saving time starts
+ +\bo `Date/Time,Date/Time' specify when daylight-saving time starts
and ends. The format for a date is `Mm.n.d', which specifies
the dth day (0 is Sunday) of the nth week of the mth month,
where week 5 means the last such day in the month. The format
Samba server to 1.9.16alpha10 or later.
- 3.7. How do I set the printer driver name correctly?
+ 3\b3.\b.7\b7.\b. H\bHo\bow\bw d\bdo\bo I\bI s\bse\bet\bt t\bth\bhe\be p\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\bte\ber\br d\bdr\bri\biv\bve\ber\br n\bna\bam\bme\be c\bco\bor\brr\bre\bec\bct\btl\bly\by?\b?
Question: On NT, I opened "Printer Manager" and "Connect to Printer".
In the more recent versions of Samba you can now set the "printer
driver" in smb.conf. This tells the client what driver to use. For
- example, I have:
+ example:
printer driver = HP LaserJet 4L
- and NT knows to use the right driver. You have to get this string
- exactly right.
+ with this, NT knows to use the right driver. You have to get this
+ string exactly right.
+
To find the exact string to use, you need to get to the dialog box in
your client where you select which printer driver to install. The
correct strings for all the different printers are shown in a listbox
this is effectively what older versions of Samba did, so if that
- worked for you then give it a go. If this does work then let me know
- and I'll make it the default. Currently the default is a 0 length
- string.
+ worked for you then give it a go. If this does work then let us know
+ via samba-bugs@samba.org, and we'll make it the default. Cur-
+ rently the default is a 0 length string.
+
+
+ 3\b3.\b.8\b8.\b. I\bI'\b'v\bve\be a\bap\bpp\bpl\bli\bie\bed\bd N\bNT\bT 4\b4.\b.0\b0 S\bSP\bP3\b3,\b, a\ban\bnd\bd n\bno\bow\bw I\bI c\bca\ban\bn'\b't\bt a\bac\bcc\bce\bes\bss\bs S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba s\bsh\bha\bar\bre\bes\bs,\b,
+ W\bWh\bhy\by?\b?
- 4. Specific client application problems
+ As of SP3, Microsoft has decided that they will no longer default to
+ passing clear text passwords over the network. To enable access to
+ Samba shares from NT 4.0 SP3, you must do O\bON\bNE\bE of two things:
+ 1. Set the Samba configuration option 'security = user' and implement
+ all of the stuff detailed in ENCRYPTION.txt
+ <ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/docs/ENCRYPTION.txt>.
+ 2. Follow Microsoft's directions for setting your NT box to allow
+ plain text passwords. see Knowledge Base Article Q166730
+ <http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q166/7/30.htm>
- 4.1. MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of "MSOF
- FICEUP.INI"
+ 4\b4.\b. S\bSp\bpe\bec\bci\bif\bfi\bic\bc c\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt a\bap\bpp\bpl\bli\bic\bca\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn p\bpr\bro\bob\bbl\ble\bem\bms\bs
+
+ 4\b4.\b.1\b1.\b. M\bMS\bS O\bOf\bff\bfi\bic\bce\be S\bSe\bet\btu\bup\bp r\bre\bep\bpo\bor\brt\bts\bs "\b"C\bCa\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt c\bch\bha\ban\bng\bge\be p\bpr\bro\bop\bpe\ber\brt\bti\bie\bes\bs o\bof\bf '\b'M\bMS\bSO\bOF\bF-\b-
+ F\bFI\bIC\bCE\bEU\bUP\bP.\b.I\bIN\bNI\bI'\b'"\b"
+
+
When installing MS Office on a Samba drive for which you have admin
user permissions, ie. admin users = username, you will find the setup
program unable to complete the installation.
to fix the owner.
- 5. Miscellaneous
-
+ 5\b5.\b. M\bMi\bis\bsc\bce\bel\bll\bla\ban\bne\beo\bou\bus\bs
+ 5\b5.\b.1\b1.\b. I\bIs\bs S\bSa\bam\bmb\bba\ba Y\bYe\bea\bar\br 2\b20\b00\b00\b0 c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\bli\bia\ban\bnt\bt?\b?
+ The CIFS protocol that Samba implements negotiates times in various
+ formats, all of which are able to cope with dates beyond 2000.
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