RE: [Samba] stability

2003-06-09 Thread Ifan Jones
I've just had this and it drove me crazy for a couple of days - started after I had been editing the smb.conf on a remote machine, and the conf file was the same on all three of my Samba servers except for a few lines - turns out I'd managed to get a capital S in one of the paths - took ages to

[Samba] Samba3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP

2003-06-09 Thread Chee Wai Yeung
I finally got Samba-3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP backend. However, I need to specify: passdb backend = ldapsam smbpasswd:smbpasswd guest and have the root account's exists in smbpasswd file. I still could not get a uid=root entry in LDAP to allow client workstation to join the domain. When in samba

[Samba] Error adding a pc to a samba domain

2003-06-09 Thread Wayne
Hey all. My samba pdc (chewtoy) was working fine. All was doing what it was meant to. Joining the domain was a breeze. Shares, logon scripts printing etc were all ok. However.. In a server migration (suse 6.4 to 8.2) I setup a new pdc and it was a nightmare to setup. One local pc failed to j

[Samba] Large site installation

2003-06-09 Thread Rakesh Sabharwal
Hi! We are in process of moving to Samba from current setup of windows (servers) for a site of more than 10,000 windows clients and storage requirement of 2TB. What would be the hardware considerations? Any sizing inputs would be of great help. Thanks Sabby --

Re: [Samba] Large site installation

2003-06-09 Thread Andrew Bartlett
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 19:03, Rakesh Sabharwal wrote: > Hi! > > We are in process of moving to Samba from current setup of windows (servers) > for a site of more than 10,000 windows clients and storage requirement > of 2TB. What would be the hardware considerations? Any sizing inputs > would be o

Re: [Samba] Re: Accepting Time Server

2003-06-09 Thread Michael MacIsaac
> How does Microsoft Windows know to grab the time off the Linux server? As I said: "clients can still set their time with the "net time" command." The synax is "net time \\sambaServer /set /yes This can be run interactively from a DOS prompt, in an autoexec.bat, or in a netlogon startup scr

[Samba] Problem with Samba %U

2003-06-09 Thread Radek Žuja
Hello, I have a problem with Samba and I absolutely don't know how to solve it. Samba version: 2.2.8a Linux version: Redhat 9.0 Description of the problem: In Samba configuration I use: include = /etc/samba/%U.conf and services as follow: [%U] comment = Home directory (%U) (%u) pa

Re: [Samba] First beta of Samba 3.0.0 available for download

2003-06-09 Thread Michael MacIsaac
> The Samba Team is proud to announce the availability of the > first beta release of the Samba 3.0.0 code base. NICE WORK Samba Team!!! -Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions:

Re: [Samba] nt pdc

2003-06-09 Thread Stewart
I've had exactly the same problem with win2k & samba.. seems to be very common. i don't know exactly what i did to get my machines logging in, but all i can say is you have to spend a couple of days to go over your DNS and WINS configs with a fine toothed comb. then once you get that going be p

[Samba] passwd file in remote machine

2003-06-09 Thread María Isabel López Sánchez-Huete
Hello. Is is possible to use a passwords file in another computer (not where samba is running)? How can I indicate to samba where it can find it? I don't mean 'smbpasswd' file but, if I can´t use the password file of another unix machine, can I use le smbpassword file instead? Thanks in a

Re: [Samba] Samba3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP

2003-06-09 Thread Hannu Tikka
> I finally got Samba-3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP backend. > However, I need to specify: > > passdb backend = ldapsam smbpasswd:smbpasswd guest > > and have the root account's exists in smbpasswd file. > I still could not get a uid=root entry in LDAP to > allow client workstation to join the domain.

[Samba] winbind problem

2003-06-09 Thread Matti Koskimies
I have a strange problem with winbind. I had winbind working for a while on a Redhat Linux 7.1 server, but now it stopped working. I use Samba version 2.2.8a # /usr/local/samba/bin/wbinfo -p 'ping' to winbindd failed could not ping winbindd! # pgrep -l winbin 29524 winbindd # I can join the

RE: [Samba] Firewall & samba

2003-06-09 Thread Allison Cooney
Thanks Tori, I have opened those ports on the firewall and created a rule to use those ports on the specific server. I also made the relevant entries in the lmhosts file. I can ping the server and use ftp. Should I be able to use the net use command under windows - ie net use r: \\10.10.10.10\

[Samba] linxu to windows server problem

2003-06-09 Thread Brendan Mannix
Ok I am using Samba on my Linux box. Now I only have one password and username, I use it on both machines (linux and XP) and on the network. I can use samba to get on my XP and my XP to get on a specific server, but I cannot use Samba to get onto that server. I can see the server, but when I try

Re: [Samba] Cannot connect from Linux to XP

2003-06-09 Thread Enrico Ng
I am using Samba Version 2.999+3.0cvs20020906-1 for Debian. There two are the only computers on my workgroup. I can use it fine FROM windows to access files on my linux computer. I am unable to connect to my Windows XP PRO SP1 computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm stuck here. When

[Samba] Samba and ACLs

2003-06-09 Thread Brett Harris
I posted last week and got some good answers, but I am still having problems. Samba does not seem to be converting the acl's properly. Here is an overview: Windows 2000 Domain Red Hat 8 w/ acl rpm's installed: e2fsprogs libattr attr attr-devel libacl acl acl-devel fileuti

Re: [Samba] Samba3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP

2003-06-09 Thread Gordon Pritchard
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 01:28, Chee Wai Yeung wrote: > I still could not get a uid=root entry in LDAP to > allow client workstation to join the domain. > Has anyone got a full LDAP based Samba PDC working > without the need to have a fallback smbpasswd for the > root account? My experience

[Samba] Multiple domains

2003-06-09 Thread Benilton de Sa Carvalho
Hi all, is it possible to set up samba to act as PDC for multiple domains? Best regards, -- Benilton Carvalho DE / IMECC / UNICAMP Red Hat Linux i18n Team -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

[Samba] Samba Server as Win App Server

2003-06-09 Thread Benilton de Sa Carvalho
Hello, I'd like to know if it is possible to set up a Samba Server to act as a MS Windows application server in a such way that Windows clients can install and use the applications installed on the samba server. Regards, -- Benilton Carvalho DE / IMECC / UNICAMP Red Hat Linux i18n Team -- To u

Re: [Samba] Problem with Samba %U

2003-06-09 Thread Andrew Bartlett
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 17:57, Radek ´uja wrote: > Hello, > > I have a problem with Samba and I absolutely don't know how to solve it. > > > Samba version: 2.2.8a > Linux version: Redhat 9.0 > > Description of the problem: > > In Samba configuration I use: > > include = /etc/samba/%U.conf >

[Samba] Printsharing and Drivers for 2000/98/95

2003-06-09 Thread Dan Kador
Hi All, I'm attempting to set up print-sharing on a Samba 2.2.7 running on Redhat 7.3. Both 98 and 2000 clients can print fine and dandy if I install the drivers I downloaded from HP (I'm using a LaserJet 5MP for reference). What I want to do is install the drivers to the Linux box so future

Re: [Samba] Multiple domains

2003-06-09 Thread John H Terpstra
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Benilton de Sa Carvalho wrote: > Hi all, > > is it possible to set up samba to act as PDC for multiple domains? Yes, but only by running separate instances of smbd, each bound to it's own IP address/es and each with it's own config and control files. - John T. -- John H Terp

[Samba] Quickbooks revisited

2003-06-09 Thread Brandon Lederer
I did testing on generating this report from a 130 MB Quickbooks file. Locally, 15 seconds. Samba Server, 1:35. Shared off of my win98 Workstation, 2+ mins. I do not understand the reason it is SOO slow. I know it is a fairly large file. The only explanation I can come up with is the way Quick

Re: [Samba] Samba Server as Win App Server

2003-06-09 Thread John H Terpstra
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Benilton de Sa Carvalho wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to know if it is possible to set up a Samba Server to act as a MS > Windows application server in a such way that Windows clients can install > and use the applications installed on the samba server. Yes. To do so you need t

[Samba] Copyright problem cp936.txt?

2003-06-09 Thread 黄宁
hi,all, I found a line in cp936.txt, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So is there a copy right problem about samba distribution with this file? Thanks. Best Regards Harrison -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: htt

Re: [Samba] Samba3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP

2003-06-09 Thread Martin Sapsed
Hannu Tikka wrote: > I finally got Samba-3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP backend. > However, I need to specify: > > passdb backend = ldapsam smbpasswd:smbpasswd guest > > and have the root account's exists in smbpasswd file. > I still could not get a uid=root entry in LDAP to > allow client works

[Samba] Preservation of short and long filenames in Windows 9x withSamba

2003-06-09 Thread Casal Mendes
I have combed the Internet for an answer to this question and I have not found it. Here's the problem. As some may know, trying to copy files with xcopy32/explorer on a Windows machine to another drive or other Windows machine DOES NOT imply that both long and short filenames will be copied exac

[Samba] Homes Directory

2003-06-09 Thread Brett Harris
I am trying to get the homes directory working. [homes] path = /u01/homes/%S user = %S read only = no browseable = No writeable = yes guest ok = no If I create the directory then this seems to work fine. i.e. mkdir /u01/homes/user1 chown user1

[Samba] nt pdc

2003-06-09 Thread Som Bunnet
Hi I am a linux administrator. I have got some problem with using samba as NT domain controller. The follow is my problem: I have configured sama as NT domain controller by following configuration steps in samba documentation package. Then I join windowxp profestional to the samba domain, I sucess

Re: [Samba] Large site installation

2003-06-09 Thread bkrusic
Hi, I would like to share my experiance as it was gained in post production where we beat our equipment to death!!! Ok; a) determine site requirments b) determine budget c) establish install time d) predict hidden costs e) revise budget You are in a way, project managing this stuff so its very

[Samba] Re: Samba+CUPS+Drivers autodownload

2003-06-09 Thread Dragan Krnic
>> Your problem is trivial, Matt, but you're not doing .. >:-) > >I eventually found the problem. Another admin had >helpfully changed the "share = " setting from user >to share for some reason which I'm currently trying >to extract out of him. Changing it back to user and

Re: [Samba] nt pdc

2003-06-09 Thread Frederico Madeira
i have this problem in the first login in pdc server. i´ve to create one machine account and in the frist login i must login with an admin user. After reboot the machine, i logon with normal user. Work fine. Frederico Madeira Coordenador de Suporte N. Landim Comércio Ltda PABX: 81. 3497.3029 e-m

[Samba] PDC error; can not open passdb database

2003-06-09 Thread Karl Banasky
I am looking to setup a domain server. I have tried and tried and this is the closest I have gotten so far. The main problem I have is in the user authentication. I am getting an error that the user or password is wrong. Currently it looks like Samba can not access the passwd file. What is th

Re: [Samba] Copyright problem cp936.txt?

2003-06-09 Thread jra
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:16:38AM +0800, »ÆÄþ wrote: > hi,all, > I found a line in cp936.txt, > Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > So is there a copy right problem about samba distribution with this file? > Thanks. > Best Regards > Harrison No I don't think so. This was fr

[Samba] Printing problem with samba and cups

2003-06-09 Thread Ernesto Antonio Lira Castro
I have installed samba 3.0alpha20 and cups-1.1.18 on a freebsd 4.8 box. After reading all the documentation that samba provides as well as the cups administrators guide I am still stuck. I can print at the moment OK from my freebsd box to my network printer using cups, i can print from the shell a

[Samba] No umlauts in filenames

2003-06-09 Thread Thomas Dietmaier
My samba setup cannot handle files whose names contain german umlauts (äüöß). The server is samba 2.2.8a-1 on Redhat 8.0 (from the binary RPM from the samba site), the client is running WinXP Home Edition. When I create a file whose filename contains umlauts on the samba share from the WinXP mach

[Samba] update encypted and LDAP

2003-06-09 Thread Martin Sapsed
Hello all, I'm currently trying out samba-3.0alpha24 and moving to samba-3.0.0beta1 since we're getting into XP and encrypted passwords etc. I was hoping to set everyone (about 13,000 users) up on an LDAP (openLDAP) server with just the Unix crypt passwords for now and run with encrypt passwor

Re: [Samba] PDC error; can not open passdb database

2003-06-09 Thread John H Terpstra
Karl, What version of samba are you running? Did you do (for each user)? smbpasswd -a 'username' - John T. On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Karl Banasky wrote: > I am looking to setup a domain server. I have tried and tried and this is the > closest I have gotten so far. > The main problem I ha

re[2]: [Samba] PDC error; can not open passdb database

2003-06-09 Thread Karl Banasky
I did not use the "-a" on originally. I used it and same thing, access denied. I have increased the log to 2 and here is the complete transaction. [2003/06/09 13:38:24, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(511) Closing connections [2003/06/09 13:38:25, 2] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_lookup_domain

re[2]: [Samba] PDC error; can not open passdb database

2003-06-09 Thread John H Terpstra
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Karl Banasky wrote: > I did not use the "-a" on originally. I used it and same thing, access denied. I > have increased the log to 2 and here is the complete transaction. > > [2003/06/09 13:38:24, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(511) > Closing connections > [2003/06/09 13:38:

re[3]: [Samba] PDC error; can not open passdb database

2003-06-09 Thread Karl Banasky
I checked the permissions and they are now what you said. I remember reading that somewhere in one of the last tries at this PDC setup. I tried it and still Access denied with the same error. I do not know if this is good or not but I am M$ illiterate. I created a root/admin account and it

[Samba] Driver Download with Foomatic-PPDs: Win2K Client says"Device settingscannot be displayed" if PPD's TranslationString longer than 40 chars

2003-06-09 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Hi, Samba list readers, I am forwarding these mails from one of the Linuxprinting.org lists to you (with the $SUBJECT changed by me), because surely some of you must have been bitten by this too This problem is verified on W2K (but not yet for NT/ME/XP/9x). Cheers, Kurt # p

Re: [Samba] update encypted and LDAP

2003-06-09 Thread Andrew Bartlett
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 02:13, Martin Sapsed wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm currently trying out samba-3.0alpha24 and moving to samba-3.0.0beta1 > since we're getting into XP and encrypted passwords etc. I was hoping to > set everyone (about 13,000 users) up on an LDAP (openLDAP) server with > just

[Samba] Printing problem with samba and cups

2003-06-09 Thread Kurt Pfeifle
Ernesto Antonio Lira Castro lira at terared.com wrote on Samba-Digest: Mon Jun 9 13:25:00 GMT 2003 I have installed samba 3.0alpha20 and cups-1.1.18 on a freebsd 4.8 box. After reading all the documentation that samba provides as well as the cups administrators guide I am still stuck. Hi, Ernesto

[Samba] Compiling 3.0.0beta1

2003-06-09 Thread Derek T. Yarnell
Preface, running redhat 8.0 (pretty standard and up2date) [atlantis 158] uname -a Linux atlantis.cs.umd.edu 2.4.18-27.8.0 #1 Fri Mar 14 06:45:49 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [atlantis 159] gcc --version gcc (GCC) 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7) Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foun

Re: [Samba] Samba3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP

2003-06-09 Thread Gerald (Jerry) Carter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Chee Wai Yeung wrote: > I finally got Samba-3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP backend. > However, I need to specify: > > passdb backend = ldapsam smbpasswd:smbpasswd guest > > and have the root account's exists in smbpasswd file. > I sti

[Samba] browse list error

2003-06-09 Thread Phil Reardon
My network has a linux machine (epsilon) and a windows 2000 machine (zeta) smbclient -L zeta typed on epsilon gives an error for the sharenames: "Error returning browse list: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED." What does this mean, and how can I get rid of it, Thanks, Phil -- To unsubscribe from this li

[Samba] Diagnosis Test 8 Fails only with computer,however IP addr works.

2003-06-09 Thread edogd
Hi all I am trying to debug my samba setup on a linux box running Redhat 7.3, samba 2.2.8a, and we have a Windows 2000 domain controller. I can only access my samba server using its ip address. So for example when I perform Test 8 in the diagnosis.txt I get this: c:\> net view \\mysmbserver Sys

[Samba] Diagnosis Test 8 Fails only with computer name,however IP address works

2003-06-09 Thread Elias Dagher
Hi all I am trying to debug my samba setup on a linux box running Redhat 7.3, samba 2.2.8a, and we have a Windows 2000 domain controller. I can only access my samba server using its ip address. So for example when I perform Test 8 in the diagnosis.txt I get this: c:\> net view \\mysmbserver Sys

Re: [Samba] Samba3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP

2003-06-09 Thread Chee Wai Yeung
Hi, indeed it follows the same rule of rid = (uid * 2) + 1000. I just didn't realise that it applies to root as well (since administrator and nobody/guest are the two exceptions to the rule I thought root would be excepted as well, and weirdly in samba-2.2.8a it allows me to have rid=502 for root

Re: [Samba] Samba3.0beta1 as PDC with LDAP

2003-06-09 Thread Chee Wai Yeung
Martin, something is still a bit unclear. I now attempted to take away my add-machine-account script (basically a useradd followed by a passwd -l) which adds a UNIX account for the machine to the samba server in addition to smbd's own ldap adding entry to ldap server, now it does not work: In the

Re: [Samba] stability

2003-06-09 Thread David Morel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joel Hammer wrote: | #!/bin/bash | case "$1" in | start) | killall smbd | killall nmbd sleep 5 wouldn't hurt... | /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D | /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D | ;; or even something along the lines of: killall smbd killall nmbd f

[Samba] German characters for Windows and Linux clients

2003-06-09 Thread Hollerer
Hi, I use a central Linux RH 9.0 Server which should serve as a fileserver using SAMBA. But the main issue is, that i have Linux and Windows clients to server !. If i configure the the codepages 850 and the character set ISO8859-1 then the Windows client works fine with his own files, including

[Samba] Samba + OpenBSD VPN

2003-06-09 Thread David Dellanave
I am cross-posting this to openbsd-pf because I am at a complete loss and don't know where the problem lies. I have a OpenBSD ipsec vpn setup between several node sites and one central site. For the most part it seems they are setup fine (isakmpd, pf etc). I can ping, I can do all sorts of ni