<item> Some clients force service names into upper case.
</itemize>
-<sect1>My client reports "cannot find domain controller", "cannot log on to the network" or similar <p> <label id="cant_see_net">
-Nothing is wrong - Samba does not implement the primary domain name
-controller stuff for several reasons, including the fact that the
-whole concept of a primary domain controller and "logging in to a
-network" doesn't fit well with clients possibly running on multiuser
-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
-<htmlurl url="mailto:samba@samba.org" name="samba@samba.org"> !
-
-Seeing this message should not affect your ability to mount redirected
-disks and printers, which is really what all this is about.
-
-For many clients (including Windows for Workgroups and Lan Manager),
-setting the domain to STANDALONE at least gets rid of the message.
-
<sect1>Printing doesn't work :-(<p> <label id="no_printing">
Make sure that the specified print command for the service you are
printing won't work. The print status is received by a different
mechanism.
-<sect1>My programs install on the server OK, but refuse to work properly<p><label id="programs_wont_run">
-There are numerous possible reasons for this, but one MAJOR
-possibility is that your software uses locking. Make sure you are
-using Samba 1.6.11 or later. It may also be possible to work around
-the problem by setting "locking=no" in the Samba configuration file
-for the service the software is installed on. This should be regarded
-as a strictly temporary solution.
-
-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 <htmlurl url="mailto:samba@samba.org" name="samba@samba.org">.
-
-<sect1>My "server string" doesn't seem to be recognised<p><label id="bad_server_string">
-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.
-
-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 (1.9.16 +) have combined these options into
-the "server string" field of smb.conf, -C for nmbd is now obsolete.
-
<sect1>My client reports "This server is not configured to list shared resources" <p> <label id="cant_list_shares">
Your guest account is probably invalid for some reason. Samba uses the
guest account for browsing in smbd. Check that your guest account is
no error) uid changes to -1. This means any daemon attempting to run
as uid 65535 will actually run as root. This is not good!
-<sect1>Issues specific to IBM OS/2 systems<p><label id="OS2Issues">
-
-<url url="http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leeuw/samba/samba2.html" name="Samba for OS/2">
-
-<sect1>Issues specific to IBM MVS systems<p><label id="MVSIssues">
-
-<url url="ftp://ftp.mks.com/pub/samba/" name="Samba for OS/390 MVS">
-
-<sect1>Issues specific to Digital VMS systems<p><label id="VMSIssues">
-
-<sect1>Issues specific to Amiga systems<p><label id="AmigaIssues">
-
-<url url="http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c948374/Amiga/Samba/" name="Samba for Amiga">
-
-There is a mailing list for Samba on the Amiga.
-
- Subscribing.
-
- Send an email to rask-samba-request@kampsax.dtu.dk with the word subscribe
-in the message. The list server will use the address in the Reply-To: or
-From: header field, in that order.
-
- Unsubscribing.
-
- Send an email to rask-samba-request@kampsax.dtu.dk with the word
-unsubscribe in the message. The list server will use the address in the
-Reply-To: or From: header field, in that order. If you are unsure which
-address you are subscribed with, look at the headers. You should see a
-"From " (no colon) or Return-Path: header looking something like
-
- rask-samba-owner-myname=my.domain@kampsax.dtu.dk
-
-where myname=my.domain gives you the address myname@my.domain. This also
-means that I will always be able to find out which address is causing
-bounces, for example.
- List archive.
-
- Messages sent to the list are archived in HTML. See the mailing list home
-page at <URL url="http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c948374/Amiga/Samba/mailinglist/">
-
-<sect1>Issues specific to Novell IntraNetware systems<p><label id="NetwareIssues">
-
-<sect1>Issues specific to Stratos VOS systems<p><label id="NetwareIssues">
-
-<url url="ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/tools/" name="Samba for Stratus VOS">
-
</article>
information about client-side issues, includes a list of all clients
that are known to work with Samba.
-<item> <url url="samba-man-index.html" name="manual pages"> contains
-descriptions of and links to all the Samba manual pages, in Unix man and
-postscript format.
-
-<item> <url url="samba-txt-index.html"> has descriptions of and links to
-a large number of text files have been contributed to samba covering
-many topics. These are gradually being absorbed into the FAQs and HOWTOs
-but in the meantime you might find helpful answers here.
-
-<item>
-
</itemize>
<sect> General Information<p><label id="general_info">
in any copy of the package.
The primary creator of the Samba suite is Andrew Tridgell. Later
-versions incorporate much effort by many net.helpers. The man pages
+versions incorporate much effort by many helpers. The man pages
and this FAQ were originally written by Karl Auer.
-<sect1> What is the current version of Samba?<p><label id="current_version">
-
-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. <url url="ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/change-log">
-
-For more information see <ref id="version_nums" name="What do the version numbers mean?">
-
-<sect1> Where can I get it? <p><label id="WhereFrom">
-
-The Samba suite is available via anonymous ftp from samba.org and
-many <url url="../MIRRORS" name="mirror"> sites. You will get much
-faster performance if you use a mirror site. The latest and greatest
-versions of the suite are in the directory:
-
-/pub/samba/
-
-Development (read "alpha") versions, which are NOT necessarily stable
-and which do NOT necessarily have accurate documentation, are available
-in the directory:
-
-/pub/samba/alpha
-
-Note that binaries are NOT included in any of the above. Samba is
-distributed ONLY in source form, though binaries may be available from
-other sites. Most Linux distributions, for example, do contain Samba
-binaries for that platform. The VMS, OS/2, Netware and Amiga and other
-ports typically have binaries made available.
-
-A special case is vendor-provided binary packages. Samba binaries and
-default configuration files are put into packages for a specific
-operating system. RedHat Linux and Sun Solaris (Sparc and x86) is
-already included, and others such as OS/2 may follow. All packages are
-in the directory:
-
-/pub/samba/Binary_Packages/"OS_Vendor"
-
-<sect1>What do the version numbers mean?<p><label id="version_nums">
-
-It is not recommended that you run a version of Samba with the word
-"alpha" in its name unless you know what you are doing and are willing
-to do some debugging. Many, many people just get the latest
-recommended stable release version and are happy. If you are brave, by
-all means take the plunge and help with the testing and development -
-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:
-
-<enum>
-
-<item>When major changes are made the version number is increased. For
-example, the transition from 1.9.16 to 1.9.17. However, this version
-number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use
-1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)
-
-<item>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.
-
-<item>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 1.9.17.
-
-<item>Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch
-levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.17p2.
-
-</enum>
-
-So the progression goes:
-
-<verb>
- 1.9.16p10 (production)
- 1.9.16p11 (production)
- 1.9.17alpha1 (test sites only)
- :
- 1.9.17alpha20 (test sites only)
- 1.9.17 (production)
- 1.9.17p1 (production)
-</verb>
-
-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
-version.
-
<sect1> Where can I go for further information?<p><label id="more">
There are a number of places to look for more information on Samba,
<itemize>
-<item>Two mailing lists devoted to discussion of Samba-related matters.
+<item>The mailing lists devoted to discussion of Samba-related matters.
See below for subscription information.
<item>The newsgroup comp.protocols.smb, which has a great deal of
<sect1>How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?<p><label id="mailinglist">
-Send email to <htmlurl url="mailto:listproc@samba.org"
-name="listproc@samba.org">. Make sure the subject line is blank,
-and include the following two lines in the body of the message:
-
-<tscreen><verb>
-subscribe samba Firstname Lastname
-subscribe samba-announce Firstname Lastname
-</verb></tscreen>
-
-Obviously you should substitute YOUR first name for "Firstname" and
-YOUR last name for "Lastname"! Try not to send any signature, it
-sometimes confuses the list processor.
-
-The samba list is a digest list - every eight hours or so it sends a
-single message containing all the messages that have been received by
-the list since the last time and sends a copy of this message to all
-subscribers. There are thousands of people on this list.
-
-If you stop being interested in Samba, please send another email to
-<htmlurl url="mailto:listproc@samba.org" name="listproc@samba.org">. Make sure the subject line is blank, and
-include the following two lines in the body of the message:
-
-<tscreen><verb>
-unsubscribe samba
-unsubscribe samba-announce
-</verb></tscreen>
-
-The <bf>From:</bf> line in your message <em>MUST</em> be the same
-address you used when you subscribed.
+Surf to <url url="http://lists.samba.org/"> for an overview of all the mailing lists.
<sect1> Something's gone wrong - what should I do?<p><label id="wrong">
git.samba.org / samba.git / commitdiff