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@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ NAME="AEN50"
><P
>parameters in this section apply to the server
as a whole, or are defaults for sections which do not
- specifically define certain items. See the notes
+ specifically define certain items. See the notes
under PARAMETERS for more information.</P
></DIV
><DIV
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ CLASS="USERINPUT"
><P
>A similar process occurs if the requested section
name is "homes", except that the share name is not
- changed to that of the requesting user. This method of using
+ changed to that of the requesting user. This method of using
the [homes] section works well if different users share
a client PC.</P
><P
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ NAME="AEN79"
>When a connection request is made, the existing sections
are scanned. If a match is found, it is used. If no match is found,
but a [homes] section exists, it is used as described
- above. Otherwise, the requested section name is treated as a
+ above. Otherwise, the requested section name is treated as a
printer name and the appropriate printcap file is scanned to see
if the requested section name is a valid printer share name. If
a match is found, a new printer share is created by cloning
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ NAME="AEN102"
the default behavior for all services.</P
><P
>parameters are arranged here in alphabetical order - this may
- not create best bedfellows, but at least you can find them! Where
+ not create best bedfellows, but at least you can find them! Where
there are synonyms, the preferred synonym is described, others refer
to the preferred synonym.</P
></DIV
@@ -2769,6 +2769,18 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
><LI
><P
><A
+HREF="#UNIXEXTENSIONS"
+><TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>unix extensions</I
+></TT
+></A
+></P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+><A
HREF="#UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
@@ -3035,7 +3047,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN982"
+NAME="AEN986"
></A
><H2
>COMPLETE LIST OF SERVICE PARAMETERS</H2
@@ -3204,6 +3216,18 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
><LI
><P
><A
+HREF="#DEFAULTDEVMODE"
+><TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>default devmode</I
+></TT
+></A
+></P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+><A
HREF="#DELETEREADONLY"
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
@@ -4466,7 +4490,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN1458"
+NAME="AEN1466"
></A
><H2
>EXPLANATION OF EACH PARAMETER</H2
@@ -6655,16 +6679,67 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
></DD
><DT
><A
+NAME="DEFAULTDEVMODE"
+></A
+>default devmode (S)</DT
+><DD
+><P
+>This parameter is only applicable to <A
+HREF="#PRINTOK"
+>printable</A
+> services. When smbd is serving
+ Printer Drivers to Windows NT/2k/XP clients, each printer on the Samba
+ server has a Device Mode which defines things such as paper size and
+ orientation and duplex settings. The device mode can only correctly be
+ generated by the printer driver itself (which can only be executed on a
+ Win32 platform). Because smbd is unable to execute the driver code
+ to generate the device mode, the default behavior is to set this field
+ to NULL.
+ </P
+><P
+>Most problems with serving printer drivers to Windows NT/2k/XP clients
+ can be traced to a problem with the generated device mode. Certain drivers
+ will do things such as crashing the client's Explorer.exe with a NULL devmode.
+ However, other printer drivers can cause the client's spooler service
+ (spoolsv.exe) to die if the devmode was not created by the driver itself
+ (i.e. smbd generates a default devmode).
+ </P
+><P
+>This parameter should be used with care and tested with the printer
+ driver in question. It is better to leave the device mode to NULL
+ and let the Windows client set the correct values. Because drivers do not
+ do this all the time, setting <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>default devmode = yes</B
+>
+ will instruct smbd to generate a default one.
+ </P
+><P
+>For more information on Windows NT/2k printing and Device Modes,
+ see the <A
+HREF="http://msdn.microsoft.com/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>MSDN documentation</A
+>.
+ </P
+><P
+>Default: <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>default devmode = no</B
+></P
+></DD
+><DT
+><A
NAME="DEFAULTSERVICE"
></A
>default service (G)</DT
><DD
><P
->This parameter specifies the name of a service
- which will be connected to if the service actually requested cannot
+>This parameter specifies the name of a service
+ which will be connected to if the service actually requested cannot
be found. Note that the square brackets are <EM
>NOT</EM
->
+>
given in the parameter value (see example below).</P
><P
>There is no default value for this parameter. If this
@@ -17684,6 +17759,25 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
></DD
><DT
><A
+NAME="UNIXEXTENSIONS"
+></A
+>unix extensions(G)</DT
+><DD
+><P
+>This boolean parameter controls whether Samba
+ implments the CIFS UNIX extensions, as defined by HP. These
+ extensions enable CIFS to server UNIX clients to UNIX servers
+ better, and allow such things as symbolic links, hard links etc.
+ These extensions require a similarly enabled client, and are of
+ no current use to Windows clients.</P
+><P
+>Default: <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>unix extensions = no</B
+></P
+></DD
+><DT
+><A
NAME="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"
></A
>unix password sync (G)</DT
@@ -19315,7 +19409,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN6097"
+NAME="AEN6125"
></A
><H2
>WARNINGS</H2
@@ -19345,7 +19439,7 @@ TARGET="_top"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN6103"
+NAME="AEN6131"
></A
><H2
>VERSION</H2
@@ -19356,7 +19450,7 @@ NAME="AEN6103"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN6106"
+NAME="AEN6134"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
@@ -19435,7 +19529,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN6126"
+NAME="AEN6154"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2