Added comment right up front about "your server is being unfriendly"
type error messages.
source/Makefile:
Added compile options for RedHat Linux 5.0 series.
(This used to be commit
1f9eb492023de95f8f7cabc2c4cafcf2170d43a8)
Contributor: Andrew Tridgell
Contributor: Andrew Tridgell
+Updated: October 14, 1997
Subject: DIAGNOSING YOUR SAMBA SERVER
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Subject: DIAGNOSING YOUR SAMBA SERVER
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THESE TESTS ASSUME VERSION 1.9.16 OR LATER OF THE SAMBA SUITE. SOME
COMMANDS SHOWN DID NOT EXIST IN EARLIER VERSIONS
THESE TESTS ASSUME VERSION 1.9.16 OR LATER OF THE SAMBA SUITE. SOME
COMMANDS SHOWN DID NOT EXIST IN EARLIER VERSIONS
+Please pay attention to the error messages you receive. If any error message
+reports that your server is being unfriendly you should first check that you
+IP name resolution is correctly set up. eg: Make sure your /etc/resolv.conf
+file points to name servers that really do exist.
+
+Also, if you do not have DNS server access for name resolution please check
+that the settings for your smb.conf file results in "dns proxy = no". The
+best way to check this is with "testparm smb.conf"
+
configuration file is faulty.
Note: Your smb.conf file may be located in: /etc
configuration file is faulty.
Note: Your smb.conf file may be located in: /etc
- or in: /usr/local/samba/lib
+ Or in: /usr/local/samba/lib
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Try the mailing list or newsgroup, or use the tcpdump-smb utility to
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Try the mailing list or newsgroup, or use the tcpdump-smb utility to
+sniff the problem. The official samba mailing list can be reached at
+samba@samba.anu.edu.au. To find out more about samba and how to
+subscribe to the mailing list check out the samba web page at
+ http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba
Also look at the other docs in the Samba package!
Also look at the other docs in the Samba package!