1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31<HTML> 32<HEAD> 33<TITLE> Samba Server FAQ</TITLE> 34</HEAD> 35<BODY> 36Previous 37<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-1.html">Next</A> 38Table of Contents 39<HR> 40<H1> Samba Server FAQ</H1> 41 42<H2>Dan Shearer & Paul Blackman, <CODE>ictinus@samba.org</CODE></H2>v 0.3, 7 Oct '97 43<P><HR><EM> This is the <EM>Server</EM> Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 44document for Samba, the free and very popular SMB and CIFS server 45product. A general 46<A HREF="Samba-meta-FAQ.html">meta FAQ</A> 47exists and also a companion 48<A HREF="Samba-Client-FAQ.html">Client FAQ</A>, together with more detailed HOWTO documents on 49topics to do with Samba software. This is current to Samba version 501.9.17. Please send any corrections to the author. </EM><HR></P> 51<P> 52<H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-1.html">What is Samba?</A></H2> 53 54<P> 55<H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html">How do I get the CIFS, SMB and NetBIOS protocols?</A></H2> 56<UL> 57<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 What server operating systems are supported?</A> 58<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Exporting server resources with Samba</A> 59<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.3">2.3 Name Resolution and Browsing</A> 60<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.4">2.4 Handling SMB Encryption</A> 61<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.5">2.5 Files and record locking</A> 62<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.6">2.6 Managing Samba Log files</A> 63<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.7">2.7 I can't see the Samba server in any browse lists!</A> 64<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.8">2.8 Some files that I KNOW are on the server doesn't show up when I view the files from my client! </A> 65<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.9">2.9 Some files on the server show up with really wierd filenames when I view the files from my client! </A> 66<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.10">2.10 My client reports "cannot locate specified computer" or similar</A> 67<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.11">2.11 My client reports "cannot locate specified share name" or similar</A> 68<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.12">2.12 My client reports "cannot find domain controller", "cannot log on to the network" or similar </A> 69<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.13">2.13 Printing doesn't work :-(</A> 70<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.14">2.14 My programs install on the server OK, but refuse to work properly</A> 71<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.15">2.15 My "server string" doesn't seem to be recognised</A> 72<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.16">2.16 My client reports "This server is not configured to list shared resources" </A> 73<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.17">2.17 Issues specific to Unix and Unix-like systems</A> 74<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.18">2.18 Issues specific to IBM OS/2 systems</A> 75<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.19">2.19 Issues specific to IBM MVS systems</A> 76<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.20">2.20 Issues specific to Digital VMS systems</A> 77<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.21">2.21 Issues specific to Amiga systems</A> 78<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.22">2.22 Issues specific to Novell IntraNetware systems</A> 79<LI><A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-2.html#ss2.23">2.23 Issues specific to Stratos VOS systems</A> 80</UL> 81 82 83<HR> 84Previous 85<A HREF="Samba-Server-FAQ-1.html">Next</A> 86Table of Contents 87</BODY> 88</HTML> 89