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Hi, ive got some problems with my shares(cifs), the server/client (both gentoo) is utf8 ready but i cant get typical german sings like "???" to work, all i get is ? instead of the chars. i can see the chars from my windows xp machine, but why not from the linux client? regards julius

Hi, I'm following JHT's example doc off the web. I just applied a patch for the confiure.pl script for the smbldap-tools that John gave me. It now makes the sambaUnixIdPooldn object default to: cn=sambaDomainName=DOMAIN whereas the output of the configure.pl script given in Chapter 9 of the book is shown as: sambaDomainName=DOMAIN I now have the first version of the sambaUnixIdPooldn

1. There is no Domain Users group on my Samba 3.0.6 server. Does this group need to be manually created? 2. In my smbpasswd file: # Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name root = Administrator nobody = guest pcguest smbguest I can not join a domain using administrator. I must use root. What did I do wrong? 3. Since there is no Domain Users group. I have been adding each user to the admin group on the

HEllo, i am running samba 3.0.14a with this smb.conf file: [global] netbios name = redhat workgroup = net2day server string = PDC [on Redhat :: Samba server %v] security = user encrypt passwords = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24 127.0.0.1 interfaces = lo eth0 bind interfaces only = yes local master = yes os level = 65 domain master = yes

Hi there, With the new scrutinization by auditors on account policies and auditing, how can Samba be SOX compliant? Using 3.0.14a-sernet on Suse 9.1 - ldapsam Specifically, a couple of things seem to be lacking: 1) Logon/Logoff times are not being recorded The last logon time recorded in my ldap entries are pre-nt4 migration. 2) Do the Audit Policy values in user manager have any effect? Are

Hi all, I've managed to install an ubuntu server as PDC, everything is working fine. However, i've got a few questions regarding profile ( M$ XP ) and unix accounts. 1. Roaming profile : I believed that when logging off a computer, user's profile was moved back to the server. But i can still find one. Is there anything to do for the profile not to be stored on pc ? 2. An account

Hi, ive created a new user "myuser" with his primary group "users". after adding him with pdbedit -a -u myuser to samba pdbedit -L doesnt list the users group...? how can i set it? greets Julius

Hi, im reading the Samba 3 Howto / Chapter 7. Standalone Servers at the moment, where can i get more infos about: passdb backend = guest ? Greets Julius

Hi, ive read a lot in the howto about netbios/ddns, but im still confused if its possible for samba to only use tcp/ip without netbios. are there any howtos for this topic that are not mentioned in the samba3 howto? Greets Julius

I would like to set special permissions (ACL) when pam autocreates my home dirs in samba. I think i should use a script for that. My question is: how can I make pam run a bash script after it creates the homedir? Thanks Cristian

Ok, I'm going kinda nuts... I have a samba 3 + openldap domain, which works great for authentication, etc. I am trying to use the NTConfig.POL to enforce policies on a mix of 98/win2k and XP boxes. This is a K12 environment, so I need very restrictive policies for students, less so for teachers and staff. What seems to be happening, at least with the XP clients is that it gets the

Hello, how can I change the user-passwords correctly in my OpenLDAP during Windows-password-change? My problem: The script does only change "userPassword", but not the field "shadowLastChange", so my unix-passwords expired. unix password sync = yes passwd program = /etc/samba/scripts/ldap_userPassword_change %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *Success*

Hi ! I use samba (3.0.7) with ldap backend. I have installed above system some time ago. During our migration from netware to samba i had to disable period password change and do not remeber what i have "clicked" :-/ What parameters should be "on" to enable this functionality ? greetz boka

Hi All, I'm trying to get samba to work with a CUPS printer setup. Unfortuantely I'm falling over at the first hurdle. I've installed samba 3.0.12 from sources and I've a redhat 9.0 box running CUPS 1.1.71. I've installed the following smb.conf file:- [global] load printers=yes printings=cups printcap name=cups passdb backend = tdsam [printers] comment = All Printers path

Hi. A question on a feature that interests me... Can I specify samba to handle the dot files in our linux samba server as hidden files in windows? It's quite ugly seeing all the hidden unix files .* visible on windows... -- Sensei <mailto:senseiwa@tin.it> <pgp:8998A2DB> <icqnum:241572242> <yahoo!:sensei_sen>

Hi, If I upgrade my PDC with samba 3.0.13 (RPM) will I have something to do on config file / openldap ? Thanks, Have a nice weekend.

Hi, I'm trying to setup IMC (idealx management console) to give our windows admins some nice toy to play with, but I have problem to make it work. I can log in after I authentificate as Administrator, but, I can't modify any LDAP entries, as that fails with unsufficient privileges due to the IMC trying to bind to LDAP as logged in user (Administrator), instead of something like

Dear Samba Team, I have this error executing the smbclient program on a SCO Unix Open Server 5.0.2 : dynamic linker : smbclient : error opening /usr/local/lib/libncurses.so.4 Killed I checked it, but I don't have any library with that name. What can I do? Thanks & regards, Fabian Bustamante CARTOPEL GROUP Cuenca - Ecuador.

I get this error message "getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected" in my logs very often. Any ideas how to fix it? Tnxs in advance

Hi people, i was experimenting with the pdbedit and i found the "user must change password at next logon". The thing i wan't able to make it work. I just can login and im not asked to change my password! How's that? The other thing.. i want to make my password expire after 30 days. I did this too, but it dosen't apply until i change my password one more time. I can make