RE : smb.conf issues for 2.2.8
> My personal desire, and I never had time to act on it what to have a command > procedure that would ask some questions about a new environment, and then > build an SMB.CONF with the correct information. The SWAT wizard is a first step. PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: smb.conf issues for 2.2.8
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, COLLOT Jean-Yves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The template is actually VERY out of date > With the next release, I'll provide a template that, in addition to be > up-to-date, without unknown parameters, will reflect the way I > personally use Samba, i.e. in a "security=DOMAIN" way, and with an > external = (Microsoft) WINS server. Multiple template files are probably more useful. My guess is that the users are about evenly split between domain users and workgroup users. My personal desire, and I never had time to act on it what to have a command procedure that would ask some questions about a new environment, and then build an SMB.CONF with the correct information. > The problem is (and I apologize for it) that my main concern is to have > a satisfactory Samba Server in my own environment, and my boss would not > be happy if I spent most of my time testing and eventually fixing Samba > features that we don't even dream of using here (and, as far as I know, > are not used anywhere). That is nothing to apoligize for. With an Open Source project, if someone wants something different than what is supplied, they have the following options: 1. Do it them selves. 2. Pay someone else to do it. 3. Beg for someone to do it for free and wait for them. Your contributions to this project have been significant, and you have currently become the defacto change control manager of the public distribution. > When users from the Samba/VMS community encounter problems, I do my > best to help them, and fix the bugs they encounter. Because nobody ever > complained about the WINS server feature not working correctly, even if > I suspect it would not, I infer that nobody uses it, so I forget about it > for the moment. > I have definitely no time enough to try everything that can be done > with Samba. Which is why more builders and testers need to be recruited. If you are running a small home network like I do, the WINS function becomes more important. Currently with what little spare time I have, I am concentrating on rsync. and trying to get it to the state where I can build against the same active build as the rsync developers. I am currently getting an over 90% build, and have a client working well enough to keep my local copy of their CVS directory up to date. When I started working on SAMBA, I had a network of two PCs and a VAX, and the PC was the only way I could display X-11 applications. Now I have two Alphas, both with DECWindows MOTIF, and do not use the PC much at all any more. > John E. Malmberg said : >> It turns out that the hack in past releases NMBD to change the fork() >> call to return a constant of 0, it appears that might cause NMBD to >> appear to hang. > > That is very possible and most probably true, if you say so. However, I > have not experienced it, no user I am aware of experienced it either, and I > don't know what I should do to reproduce that issue. I would need more > information here. I am not sure how serious the issue is. I think that in most cases the hang induced (if one is induced) is short enough that it does not cause a protocol time out. A change to use the TCPIP dispatcher may induce just as much of a delay as in the present code since the process create time on OpenVMS is more expensive. My concern is that I think there may be a possibility of a deadlock. I brought up the issue so that others with time can investigate it. Also slightly related to SAMBA, IIRC, someone on comp.os.vms posted a month or so ago that they had managed to get a Windows Terminal Server client to build and run on OpenVMS. -John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Opinion Only PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
RE : smb.conf issues for 2.2.8
The template is actually VERY out of date. With the next release, I'll provide a template that, in addition to be up-to-date, without unknown parameters, will reflect the way I personally use Samba, i.e. in a "security=DOMAIN" way, and with an external (Microsoft) WINS server. I must admit that I never tried to use Samba with the "wins support = Yes" option, and I somehow doubt that it would work smoothly. That's why I never encountered the "dns proxy = Yes" issue, because this parameter is active only when NMBD works as a WINS server itself. The problem is (and I apologize for it) that my main concern is to have a satisfactory Samba Server in my own environment, and my boss would not be happy if I spent most of my time testing and eventually fixing Samba features that we don't even dream of using here (and, as far as I know, are not used anywhere). When users from the Samba/VMS community encounter problems, I do my best to help them, and fix the bugs they encounter. Because nobody ever complained about the WINS server feature not working correctly, even if I suspect it would not, I infer that nobody uses it, so I forget about it for the moment. I have definitely no time enough to try everything that can be done with Samba. John E. Malmberg said : > It turns out that the hack in past releases NMBD to change the fork() > call to return a constant of 0, it appears that might cause NMBD to > appear to hang. That is very possible and most probably true, if you say so. However, I have not experienced it, no user I am aware of experienced it either, and I don't know what I should do to reproduce that issue. I would need more information here. JYC -Message d'origine- De : John E. Malmberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : vendredi 13 août 2004 01:38 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : smb.conf issues for 2.2.8 The template smb.conf is out of date for 2.2.8 and is listing several parameters that are no longer used. This is causing visible diagnostics like: WARNING: The "status"option is deprecated Unknown parameter encountered: "read prediction" Ignoring unknown parameter "read prediction" And unless this release has found a way to implement a fork() function, or has converted NMBD to threads, the parameter "dns proxy" should be set to "no". And related to that: It turns out that the hack in past releases NMBD to change the fork() call to return a constant of 0, it appears that might cause NMBD to appear to hang. To provide the functionality that SAMBA expects, either NMBD must be converted to threading, or be launched by the TCPIP dispatcher like SMBD is. It looks like converting to be launched by the TCPIP dispatcher is simpler. -John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Opinion Only PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
smb.conf issues for 2.2.8
The template smb.conf is out of date for 2.2.8 and is listing several parameters that are no longer used. This is causing visible diagnostics like: WARNING: The "status"option is deprecated Unknown parameter encountered: "read prediction" Ignoring unknown parameter "read prediction" And unless this release has found a way to implement a fork() function, or has converted NMBD to threads, the parameter "dns proxy" should be set to "no". And related to that: It turns out that the hack in past releases NMBD to change the fork() call to return a constant of 0, it appears that might cause NMBD to appear to hang. To provide the functionality that SAMBA expects, either NMBD must be converted to threading, or be launched by the TCPIP dispatcher like SMBD is. It looks like converting to be launched by the TCPIP dispatcher is simpler. -John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Opinion Only PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
sample SMB.CONF file for Joe and others
(n.b. I don't use SAMBA for printing) Site has domain w/PDC, SAMBA node is linked to PDC. XP workstations. [global] workgroup = WILMA netbios name = DYMA security = DOMAIN encrypt passwords = Yes update encrypted = Yes # # JYC recommended addition # Password server = * log file = /samba_log/log.%m # deadtime = 10 # # try reduce re-access time to share after first # and subsequent timeout # deadtime = 480 printcap name = /sys$manager/ucx$printcap.dat default service = default guest account = DYMAX create mask = 0777 print command = print %f/queue=%p/delete/passall/name="%s" lprm command = delete/entry=%j map archive = No share modes = No # max xmit = 8192 #tried with no effect on sigon problem # # JYC recommendation (override stat cache = yes default) # stat cache = no [R] comment = Operating system disk path = /sys$sysdevice/00 read only = No create mask = 0775 guest ok = Yes share modes = Yes [S] comment = Application shared tree path = /dym$disk/00 read only = No create mask = 0775 guest ok = Yes share modes = Yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /dym$disk/smb_scr create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes browseable = No -- Rod Regier, Software Development bus: (902)422-1973 x108 Dymaxion Research Ltd., 5515 Cogswell St., fax: (902)421-1267 Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 1R2 Canadamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dymaxion.ca "VMS is today what Microsoft wants Windows NT V8.0 to be!" Compaq, 22-Sep-1998 PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Looking for example smb.conf files for Samba for OpenVMS
I have SAMBA installed on HP-UX. Now I'm trying to get it to work on VMS (to no avail). Anyone have any smb.conf files (or examples) I could use to help configure mine? Thanks, ..Joe - Joe Profaizer Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway Tel: 636-736-7543 Systems, R2-10 Fax: 636-736-7943 Chesterfield, MO 63017-6039 PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: smb.conf
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:07:05 + (GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:36:08 +0100 >From: Michael Tricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Hi I cant get to browse or map to my directory on my samba > serve fr >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hi > I have a samba server using vms 7.3-1 and tcpip I have a win200 domain not >using a/d. >I have configured my smb.conf file for days and cant get my samba server to >appear on the list >OR be able to map to it... If you're using a Windows 2000 domain, you're using AD! >Can anyone post a smb.conf file that works for them OR provide some more >useful stuff. Here is an smb.conf that works with my DEC3000-600 (EV4 alpha) running VMS 7.3-1 and Samba 2.2.8. I could not get Samba running on my VAX - it doesn't seem to be communicating with the domain properly. -- # Samba config file created using SWAT # from purcell.operagost.local (192.168.0.1) # Date: 2003/04/26 00:45:54 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = OPERAGOST server string = Gustav Holst security = DOMAIN log file = /samba_log/log.%m deadtime = 10 printcap name = /sys$manager/ucx$printcap.dat wins support = Yes default service = default guest account = PCFS$ACCOUNT create mask = 0777 print command = print %f/queue=%p/delete/passall/name="""""%s""""" lprm command = delete/entry=%j map archive = No [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No create mask = 0750 browseable = No [Seti] comment = [EMAIL PROTECTED] path = dka0:[seti] guest ok = Yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /dsa1/pcfs_spool/default create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes browseable = No - Do a show sys after starting samba and make sure that NMBD is running. -- Stephen Eickhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
RE: sample SMB.CONF request by Michael Tricker
# Samba config file created using SWAT # from 24.222.19.123 (24.222.19.123) # Date: 2002/11/12 15:39:47 W2K workstations, Microsoft PDC # Global parameters [global] workgroup = WILMA netbios name = DYMA security = DOMAIN encrypt passwords = Yes update encrypted = Yes # # JYC recommended addition # Password server = * log file = /samba_log/log.%m deadtime = 10 printcap name = /sys$manager/ucx$printcap.dat default service = default guest account = DYMAX create mask = 0777 print command = print %f/queue=%p/delete/passall/name="%s" lprm command = delete/entry=%j map archive = No share modes = No # max xmit = 8192 #tried with no effect on sigon problem # # JYC recommendation (override stat cache = yes default) # stat cache = no [R] comment = Operating system disk path = /sys$sysdevice/00 read only = No create mask = 0775 guest ok = Yes share modes = Yes [S] comment = Application shared tree path = /dym$disk/00 read only = No create mask = 0775 guest ok = Yes share modes = Yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /dym$disk/smb_scr create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes browseable = No PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
SMB.CONF file from sites successfully running VMS SAMBA 2.2.x ?
Can you please send me a copy of your SMB.CONF file if you are successfully running VMS SAMBA 2.2.x. (Expurgated if need be). The available docs are sufficiently complicated and lacking in working sample SMB.CONF files, so examples from working sites would be helpful in determining which of the 100+ SMB.CONF parameters are important for a smoothly running SAMBA configuration. SWAT doesn't seem to be brilliant enough to deal with the fine detail of all of a site's configuration needs. Thanks PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
