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diff --git a/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ.sgml b/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ.sgml index eddad19e253..8f57e73aa31 100644 --- a/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ.sgml +++ b/docs/faq/Samba-Server-FAQ.sgml @@ -329,22 +329,6 @@ to specify a service name correctly), read on: <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 @@ -372,29 +356,6 @@ coreplus. Also not that print status error messages don't mean 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 @@ -443,50 +404,4 @@ it casts to -1 as a uid, and the setreuid() system call ignores (with 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> |