Contributor: Andrew Tridgell
-Updated: June 27, 1997
+Updated: October 14, 1997
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
+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"
+
TEST 1:
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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
TEST 2:
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Try the mailing list or newsgroup, or use the tcpdump-smb utility to
-sniff the problem.
+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!