samba@samba.anu.edu.au wrote:>
> SAMBA Digest 1853
>
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> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Re: long winded printing LARGE files soloution
> by Heiko Nardmann <h.nardmann@secunet.de>
> 2) Samba replacing NFS
> by Jonathan Peterson <jon@amxstudios.com>
> 3) Error: Can't create or use IPC area. Error was File exists.
> by Olaf Dreyer <dreyol@ais.alagri.com>
> 4) windows 98
> by "Valdivia " <valdivia@cpatsa.embrapa.br>
> 5) Re: SAMBA digest 1851 (printers)
> by David Collier-Brown <davecb@Canada.Sun.COM>
> 6) Re: NT machines can't see each other
> by John Lusk <lusk@dg-rtp.dg.com>
> 7) Re: smbtar question?
> by "Paul L. Lussier" <plussier@BayNetworks.COM>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:26:18 +0200
> From: Heiko Nardmann <h.nardmann@secunet.de>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <samba@samba.anu.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: long winded printing LARGE files soloution
> Message-ID: <36302F9A.75E5A82C@secunet.de>
>
> Robert wrote:
> >
> > oh sorry ... I should have mentioned it..
> >
> > well it was many things all of which the various people suggested.
> > thanks again.
> >
> > 1.initial problem was lpq will only let you spool files < xMb so I
> >
> You mean lpr?
> Where does this limitation come from? /etc/printcap?
> Looking at the man page of printcap:
> mx num 1000 maximum file size (in
> BUFSIZ
> blocks), zero >
unlimited
>
> Is this option set for the printer?
>
> [...]
>
> --
> Ciao ... Heiko Nardmann
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:57:46 +0100
> From: Jonathan Peterson <jon@amxstudios.com>
> To: samba@samba.anu.edu.au
> Subject: Samba replacing NFS
> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981023095746.00a8dda0@amxstudios.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a number of web servers that mount their /htdocs (and /log and
> /cgi-bin) directories from a large file server. I am currently using NFS
> for this. The web servers are Linux, the file server a Sun E450. NFS seems
> dreadfully slow, and I keep reading about how it doesn't do file
locking.
>
> Is there a good reason not to simply use samba, and share the volumes with
> samba from the Sun, and use smbmount on the linux machines? Will this not
> be faster? (It could hardly be slower).
>
> It seems perverse to use a Win32 protocol between to *nix machines, but NFS
> just seems very very slow.
>
> Can anyone think of a good reason _not_ to use samba in this situation?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --------
> Jon Peterson Head of Development AMXstudios London, UK +44 171 613 5300
> www.amxstudios.com
> ><> <>< ><> <>< ><>
<>< ><> <>< ><> <>< ><>
<>< ><> <>< ><> <>< ><>
> "Don't count your blessings before they hatch."
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:42:27 +0200 (MEST)
> From: Olaf Dreyer <dreyol@ais.alagri.com>
> To: samba@samba.anu.edu.au
> Subject: Error: Can't create or use IPC area. Error was File exists.
> Message-ID:
<Pine.LNX.3.96.981023114128.593B-100000@agrideglfs03.ais.alagri.com>
>
> I had to increase the MAX_OPEN_FILES Parameter in "local.h".
> Since then i get the error in the logfile:
>
> Can't create or use IPC area. Error was File exists.
>
> Are there any solutions for this problem? I found similar questions
> but no answers in the digests.
>
> Olaf Dreyer
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 16:11:38 -0200
> From: "Valdivia " <valdivia@cpatsa.embrapa.br>
> To: <samba@samba.anu.edu.au>
> Subject: windows 98
> Message-ID: <199810231042.IAA08993@cpatsa.embrapa.br>
>
> Esta ? uma mensagem de m?ltiplas partes em formato MIME.
>
> ------=_NextPart_000_01BDFDD6.A61BA460
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>
> Hi,
>
> I don?t get to access network drivers using windows 98. When I go to make
> the mapping of
> export drives in the server, windows 98 inquire to password, althoug I had
> supplied it.
>
> Can you help me?
>
> Valdivia R. de Souza
> EMBRAPA Semi-?rido
> ------=_NextPart_000_01BDFDD6.A61BA460
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> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> <html><head></head><BODY
bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><p><font size=3D2 >
color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial">Hi,<br><br>I
don=B4t get to access > network drivers using windows 98. When I go to make
the mapping > of<br>export drives in the server, windows 98 inquire to
password, > althoug I had supplied it.<br><br><br>Can you
help > me?<br><br><br>Valdivia R. de Souza<br>EMBRAPA
Semi-=C1rido</p>
> </font></body></html>
> ------=_NextPart_000_01BDFDD6.A61BA460--
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 07:30:29 -0400
> From: David Collier-Brown <davecb@Canada.Sun.COM>
> To: Robert <robert@mhi-tx.com>
> Subject: Re: SAMBA digest 1851 (printers)
> Message-ID: <363068D5.BBA672E5@canada.sun.com>
>
> You said:
> | lp -c -d%p %s;rm %s <-spools fine but is removed before the whole job
> | is printed (only get the first few pages)
> | lp -d%p %s <-- works great but spool file is not removed.
>
> If your system has the lpr comamnd, try lpr -P%p %s, with and
> without the -s option.
>
> What kind of Unix is it, anyway?
>
> --dave
> --
> David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify some people
> 185 Ellerslie Ave., | and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain
> Willowdale, Ontario | davecb@hobbes.ss.org, canada.sun.com
> N2M 1Y3. 416-223-8968 | http://java.science.yorku.ca/~davecb
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:23:23 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
> From: John Lusk <lusk@dg-rtp.dg.com>
> To: "Christopher Holmes" <holmes@papillonres.com>
> Cc: <samba@samba.anu.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: NT machines can't see each other
> Message-ID: <13872.30011.781000.797460@CHROMIUM>
>
> "CH" == Christopher Holmes <holmes@papillonres.com> writes:
>
> CH> I recently set up Samba on a sparc 2 running sun os 4.1.3.
It's
> CH> set up as the browse master. We have a few PC's running NT,
95,
> CH> & 98. On the NT machines, only the unix box shows up in the
> CH> network neigborhood. Win95 & 98 are a little weirder: some
> CH> machines show up and others don't.
>
> CH> Any ideas on where to start? I've read the browsing docs and
> CH> everything looks correct.
>
> CH> Chris
>
> Not that I'm any kind of expert, but try starting nmbd with non-zero
> debug levels (-d option). Level 2 or 3 might shed some light w/out
> overwhelming you w/info. Note that 'debug level' in smb.conf
doesn't
> seem to work (at least, for me), you have to supply an explicit
> cmd-line option. Also, check the settings of your "syslog"
variables,
> to make sure the debugging output goes where you expect it.
>
> John.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:30:29 -0400
> From: "Paul L. Lussier" <plussier@BayNetworks.COM>
> To: Samba-Digest <samba@samba.anu.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: smbtar question?
> Message-ID: <199810231430.KAA00809@coda.docd-east>
>
> In a message dated: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:10:25 PDT
> J RGEN ANZER said:
>
> >No floating folders in my PC! I still use this "old" NT3.51
> >But nevertheless - is time such a great problem to you? Do you want to
> >copy the files to the samba share only once - or do you have to copy
> >them several times a day?
>
> Good point :) Guess I'll do it that way! Thanks.
> --
>
> Seeya,
> Paul
> ----
> plussier@baynetworks.com
> Broadband Technology Division - Bay Networks (now a Nortel Company, Eh! :)
>
> If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of SAMBA Digest 1853
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You are right... lpr
yes the printer now has :mx#0: as a parameter.
Robert
