I am including my smb.conf file as of right now, I am going to look at a few more thing in the file itself, and post another message.... Dan Egli wrote:> > while everyone else goofs off about this, let me ask if you would send me > your smb.conf file. I have not experienced this before, but I can compare it > with our working smb.conf file and warn of any differences I do find. > > -- Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Clark [mailto:xwindowuser@discflo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 4:16 PM > To: samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: let me say it really loud!!RE: can't login in mornings > > What is the use of having samba as a server if every morning I have to > go around to everyones computer and re map the dirves they need? not > much good in a production setting is it? well I have sent this letter to > the whole samba team, maybe they will get a clue and work on > it......hummmmm???? > > Larry Clark wrote: > > > > I am trying this one again, I have a 10/100 mg switched network, NT and > > novell also run on it. I have two(2) samba servers on the network. in > > the mornings, when people come in and try to logon, they can logon to > > the NT and novell servers, yet the logon to the samba servers are slow, > > and most of the time they cannot connect and ask if next time they want > > to try to connect, obviuosly they say yes, but this time after the whole > > weekend, they all came in and cannot lo in. even if I go into the > > windows explorer and click on the red x'ed out share, they sometimes > > still don't connect. we have a WINS server on the wire for name > > resolution, and there is a PDC which the samba server has an account. > > for the life of me, I can't map a drive and consistently have it connect > > after the night. mornings are a night mare and noone can connect, any > > one else have this problem? thanks....-------------- next part -------------- # #======================= Global Settings ====================================[global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup = discflo netbios name = penguin # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = Samba Server # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict # connections to machines which are on your local network. The # following example restricts access to two C class networks and # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see # the smb.conf man page hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather # than setting them up individually then you'll need this printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx ; printing = bsd # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd # otherwise the user "nobody" is used ; guest account = pcguest # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that connects log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 50 # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See # security_level.txt for details. security = server # Use password server option only with security = server password server = discflo_pdc # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for # all combinations of upper and lower case. ; password level = 8 ; username level = 8 # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents ; encrypt passwords = yes ; smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to # update the Linux sytsem password also. # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. # NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only # the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password # to be kept in sync with the SMB password. ; unix password sync = Yes ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u ; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* # Unix users can map to different SMB User names ; username map = /etc/smbusers # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that is connecting ; include = /etc/smb.conf.%m # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them # here. See the man page for details. interfaces = 192.168.0.1/24 # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here # request announcement to, or browse list sync from: # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below) ; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255 # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here remote announce = 192.168.0.255/DISCFLO # Browser Control Options: # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply ; local master = no # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser # elections. The default value should be reasonable ; os level = 33 # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job ; domain master = yes # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election ; preferred master = yes # Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been # configured at install time to be a primary domain controller. ; domain controller = discflo_pdc # Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for # Windows95 workstations. ; domain logons = yes # if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or # per user logon script # run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine) ; logon script = %m.bat # run a specific logon batch file per username ; logon script = %U.bat ; logon script = /home/netlogon/startup.bat # Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT) # %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username # You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below ; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U # All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses # 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be specified # the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the unix # system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR # DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, /etc/nsswitch.conf # and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration # dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups # in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care! # The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are NOT # on the local network segment # - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS. ; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section: # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server ; wins support = yes # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both wins server = 192.168.0.11 # WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be # at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO. wins proxy = yes # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes, # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no. dns proxy = no # Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_ # NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis ; preserve case = no ; short preserve case = no # Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files ; default case = lower # Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things! ; case sensitive = no #============================ Share Definitions =============================#[homes] ; comment = Home Directories ; browseable = no ; writable = yes # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons # [netlogon] ; comment = Network Logon Service ; path = /home/netlogon/ ; guest ok = yes ; writable = no ; share modes = no # Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share # the default is to use the user's home directory ;[Profiles] ; path = /home/profiles ; browseable = no ; guest ok = yes # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to # specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print guest ok = no writable = no printable = yes # This one is useful for people to share files [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = no public = yes browseable = yes # A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in # the "staff" group [public] comment = Public Stuff path = /home/samba public = yes read only = no browseable = yes [auto] comment = Autoselect Database path = /auto read only = no public = no browseable = yes create mask = 0765 directory mask = 0765