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Specific client application problems</H1 -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN174">4.1. MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\MSOFFICE\SETUP.INI'"</H1 -><P ->When installing MS Office on a Samba drive for which you have admin -user permissions, ie. admin users = username, you will find the -setup program unable to complete the installation.</P -><P ->To get around this problem, do the installation without admin user -permissions The problem is that MS Office Setup checks that a file is -rdonly by trying to open it for writing.</P -><P ->Admin users can always open a file for writing, as they run as root. -You just have to install as a non-admin user and then use "chown -R" -to fix the owner.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN179">4.2. How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</H1 -><P ->Microsoft Office products can be installed as an administrative installation -from which the application can either be run off the administratively installed -product that resides on a shared resource, or from which that product can be -installed onto workstation clients.</P -><P ->The general mechanism for implementing an adminstrative installation involves -running <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->X:\setup /A</B ->, where X is the drive letter of either CDROM or floppy.</P -><P ->This installation process will NOT install the product for use per se, but -rather results in unpacking of the compressed distribution files into a target -shared folder. For this process you need write privilidge to the share and it -is desirable to enable file locking and share mode operation during this -process.</P -><P ->Subsequent installation of MS Office from this share will FAIL unless certain -precautions are taken. This failure will be caused by share mode operation -which will prevent the MS Office installation process from re-opening various -dynamic link library files and will cause sporadic file not found problems.</P -><P -></P -><UL -><LI -><P ->As soon as the administrative installation (unpacking) has completed -set the following parameters on the share containing it:</P -><P -><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> [MSOP95] - path = /where_you_put_it - comment = Your comment - volume = "The_CD_ROM_Label" - read only = yes - available = yes - share modes = no - locking = no - browseable = yes - public = yes</PRE -></P -></LI -><LI -><P ->Now you are ready to run the setup program from the Microsoft Windows -workstation as follows: <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->\\"Server_Name"\MSOP95\msoffice\setup</B -></P -></LI -></UL -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN194">4.3. Microsoft Access database opening errors</H1 -><P ->Here are some notes on running MS-Access on a Samba drive from <A -HREF="stefank@esi.com.au" -TARGET="_top" ->Stefan Kjellberg</A -></P -><P -><P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->Opening a database in 'exclusive' mode does NOT work. Samba ignores r/w/share modes on file open.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Make sure that you open the database as 'shared' and to 'lock modified records'</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Of course locking must be enabled for the particular share (smb.conf)</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></P -></DIV -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="NAVFOOTER" -><HR -ALIGN="LEFT" -WIDTH="100%"><TABLE -SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -CELLPADDING="0" -CELLSPACING="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="left" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="config.html" -ACCESSKEY="P" ->Prev</A -></TD -><TD -WIDTH="34%" -ALIGN="center" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="samba-faq.html" -ACCESSKEY="H" ->Home</A -></TD -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="right" -VALIGN="top" -><A -HREF="errors.html" -ACCESSKEY="N" ->Next</A -></TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="left" -VALIGN="top" ->Configuration problems</TD -><TD -WIDTH="34%" -ALIGN="center" -VALIGN="top" -> </TD -><TD -WIDTH="33%" -ALIGN="right" -VALIGN="top" ->Common errors</TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -></BODY -></HTML ->
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Common errors</H1 -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN205">5.1. Not listening for calling name</H1 -><P -><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->Session request failed (131,129) with myname=HOBBES destname=CALVIN -Not listening for calling name</PRE -></P -><P ->If you get this when talking to a Samba box then it means that your -global "hosts allow" or "hosts deny" settings are causing the Samba -server to refuse the connection. </P -><P ->Look carefully at your "hosts allow" and "hosts deny" lines in the -global section of smb.conf. </P -><P ->It can also be a problem with reverse DNS lookups not functioning -correctly, leading to the remote host identity not being able to -be confirmed, but that is less likely.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN212">5.2. System Error 1240</H1 -><P ->System error 1240 means that the client is refusing to talk -to a non-encrypting server. Microsoft changed WinNT in service -pack 3 to refuse to connect to servers that do not support -SMB password encryption.</P -><P ->There are two main solutions: -<P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->enable SMB password encryption in Samba. See the encryption part of -the samba HOWTO Collection</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->disable this new behaviour in NT. See the section about -Windows NT in the chapter "Portability" of the samba HOWTO collection</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN219">5.3. smbclient ignores -N !</H1 -><P -><SPAN -CLASS="QUOTE" ->"When getting the list of shares available on a host using the command -<B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->smbclient -N -L</B -> -the program always prompts for the password if the server is a Samba server. -It also ignores the "-N" argument when querying some (but not all) of our -NT servers."</SPAN -></P -><P ->No, it does not ignore -N, it is just that your server rejected the -null password in the connection, so smbclient prompts for a password -to try again.</P -><P ->To get the behaviour that you probably want use <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->smbclient -L host -U%</B -></P -><P ->This will set both the username and password to null, which is -an anonymous login for SMB. Using -N would only set the password -to null, and this is not accepted as an anonymous login for most -SMB servers.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN228">5.4. The data on the CD-Drive I've shared seems to be corrupted!</H1 -><P ->Some OSes (notably Linux) default to auto detection of file type on -cdroms and do cr/lf translation. This is a very bad idea when use with -Samba. It causes all sorts of stuff ups.</P -><P ->To overcome this problem use conv=binary when mounting the cdrom -before exporting it with Samba.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN232">5.5. Why can users access home directories of other users?</H1 -><P -><SPAN -CLASS="QUOTE" ->"We are unable to keep individual users from mapping to any other user's -home directory once they have supplied a valid password! They only need -to enter their own password. I have not found *any* method that I can -use to configure samba to enforce that only a user may map their own -home directory."</SPAN -></P -><P -><SPAN -CLASS="QUOTE" ->"User xyzzy can map his home directory. Once mapped user xyzzy can also map -*anyone* elses home directory!"</SPAN -></P -><P ->This is not a security flaw, it is by design. Samba allows -users to have *exactly* the same access to the UNIX filesystem -as they would if they were logged onto the UNIX box, except -that it only allows such views onto the file system as are -allowed by the defined shares.</P -><P ->This means that if your UNIX home directories are set up -such that one user can happily cd into another users -directory and do an ls, the UNIX security solution is to -change the UNIX file permissions on the users home directories -such that the cd and ls would be denied.</P -><P ->Samba tries very hard not to second guess the UNIX administrators -security policies, and trusts the UNIX admin to set -the policies and permissions he or she desires.</P -><P ->Samba does allow the setup you require when you have set the -"only user = yes" option on the share, is that you have not set the -valid users list for the share.</P -><P ->Note that only user works in conjunction with the users= list, -so to get the behavior you require, add the line : -<PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->users = %S</PRE -> -this is equivalent to: -<PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->valid users = %S</PRE -> -to the definition of the [homes] share, as recommended in -the smb.conf man page.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN245">5.6. Until a few minutes after samba has started, clients get the error "Domain Controller Unavailable"</H1 -><P ->A domain controller has to announce on the network who it is. This usually takes a while.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN248">5.7. I'm getting "open_oplock_ipc: Failed to get local UDP socket for address 100007f. Error was Cannot assign requested" in the logs</H1 -><P ->Your loopback device isn't working correctly. 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General Information</H1 -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN12">1.1. Where can I get it?</H1 -><P ->The Samba suite is available at the <A -HREF="http://samba.org/" -TARGET="_top" ->samba website</A ->.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN16">1.2. What do the version numbers mean?</H1 -><P ->It is not recommended that you run a version of Samba with the word -"alpha" in its name unless you know what you are doing and are willing -to do some debugging. Many, many people just get the latest -recommended stable release version and are happy. If you are brave, by -all means take the plunge and help with the testing and development - -but don't install it on your departmental server. Samba is typically -very stable and safe, and this is mostly due to the policy of many -public releases.</P -><P ->How the scheme works: -<P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->When major changes are made the version number is increased. For -example, the transition from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16. However, this version -number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use -1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Just after major changes are made the software is considered -unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for example -1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what they are -doing. The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who -are just looking for the latest version to install.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->When Andrew thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point -where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the -same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch -levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.16p2.</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></P -><P ->So the progression goes: - -<PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->1.9.15p7 (production) -1.9.15p8 (production) -1.9.16alpha1 (test sites only) -: -1.9.16alpha20 (test sites only) -1.9.16 (production) -1.9.16p1 (production)</PRE -></P -><P ->The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp -site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an -alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended -version.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN28">1.3. What platforms are supported?</H1 -><P ->Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms -most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</P -><P ->At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier -versions):</P -><P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->A/UX 3.0</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->AIX</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Altos Series 386/1000</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Amiga</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->BSDI </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Cray, Unicos 8.0</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Convex</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->DGUX. </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->DNIX.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->FreeBSD</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->HP-UX</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Intergraph. </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->LYNX 2.3.0</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->NetBSD</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->OSF1</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->QNX 4.22</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->RiscIX. </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->RISCOs 5.0B</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SEQUENT. </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SGI.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SUNOS 4</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->SVR4</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->ULTRIX.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->UNIXWARE</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->UXP/DS</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN71">1.4. How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</H1 -><P ->Look at <A -HREF="http://samba.org/samba/archives.html" -TARGET="_top" ->the samba mailing list page</A -></P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN75">1.5. Pizza supply details</H1 -><P ->Those who have registered in the Samba survey as "Pizza Factory" will -already know this, but the rest may need some help. Andrew doesn't ask -for payment, but he does appreciate it when people give him -pizza. This calls for a little organisation when the pizza donor is -twenty thousand kilometres away, but it has been done.</P -><P ->Method 1: Ring up your local branch of an international pizza chain -and see if they honour their vouchers internationally. Pizza Hut do, -which is how the entire Canberra Linux Users Group got to eat pizza -one night, courtesy of someone in the US.</P -><P ->Method 2: Ring up a local pizza shop in Canberra and quote a credit -card number for a certain amount, and tell them that Andrew will be -collecting it (don't forget to tell him.) One kind soul from Germany -did this.</P -><P ->Method 3: Purchase a pizza voucher from your local pizza shop that has -no international affiliations and send it to Andrew. It is completely -useless but he can hang it on the wall next to the one he already has -from Germany :-)</P -><P ->Method 4: Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional -flavours. 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Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host</H1 -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN84">2.1. I can't see the Samba server in any browse lists!</H1 -><P ->See Browsing.html in the docs directory of the samba source -for more information on browsing.</P -><P ->If your GUI client does not permit you to select non-browsable -servers, you may need to do so on the command line. For example, under -Lan Manager you might connect to the above service as disk drive M: -thusly: -<PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> net use M: \\mary\fred</PRE -> -The details of how to do this and the specific syntax varies from -client to client - check your client's documentation.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN89">2.2. Some files that I KNOW are on the server doesn't show up when I view the files from my client!</H1 -><P ->See the next question.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN92">2.3. Some files on the server show up with really wierd filenames when I view the files from my client!</H1 -><P ->If you check what files are not showing up, you will note that they -are files which contain upper case letters or which are otherwise not -DOS-compatible (ie, they are not legal DOS filenames for some reason).</P -><P ->The Samba server can be configured either to ignore such files -completely, or to present them to the client in "mangled" form. If you -are not seeing the files at all, the Samba server has most likely been -configured to ignore them. Consult the man page smb.conf(5) for -details of how to change this - the parameter you need to set is -"mangled names = yes".</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN96">2.4. My client reports "cannot locate specified computer" or similar</H1 -><P ->This indicates one of three things: You supplied an incorrect server -name, the underlying TCP/IP layer is not working correctly, or the -name you specified cannot be resolved.</P -><P ->After carefully checking that the name you typed is the name you -should have typed, try doing things like pinging a host or telnetting -to somewhere on your network to see if TCP/IP is functioning OK. If it -is, the problem is most likely name resolution.</P -><P ->If your client has a facility to do so, hardcode a mapping between the -hosts IP and the name you want to use. For example, with Lan Manager -or Windows for Workgroups you would put a suitable entry in the file -LMHOSTS. If this works, the problem is in the communication between -your client and the netbios name server. If it does not work, then -there is something fundamental wrong with your naming and the solution -is beyond the scope of this document.</P -><P ->If you do not have any server on your subnet supplying netbios name -resolution, hardcoded mappings are your only option. If you DO have a -netbios name server running (such as the Samba suite's nmbd program), -the problem probably lies in the way it is set up. Refer to Section -Two of this FAQ for more ideas.</P -><P ->By the way, remember to REMOVE the hardcoded mapping before further -tests :-)</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN103">2.5. My client reports "cannot locate specified share name" or similar</H1 -><P ->This message indicates that your client CAN locate the specified -server, which is a good start, but that it cannot find a service of -the name you gave.</P -><P ->The first step is to check the exact name of the service you are -trying to connect to (consult your system administrator). Assuming it -exists and you specified it correctly (read your client's docs on how -to specify a service name correctly), read on:</P -><P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->Many clients cannot accept or use service names longer than eight characters.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Many clients cannot accept or use service names containing spaces.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Some servers (not Samba though) are case sensitive with service names.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->Some clients force service names into upper case.</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN112">2.6. Printing doesn't work</H1 -><P ->Make sure that the specified print command for the service you are -connecting to is correct and that it has a fully-qualified path (eg., -use "/usr/bin/lpr" rather than just "lpr").</P -><P ->Make sure that the spool directory specified for the service is -writable by the user connected to the service. In particular the user -"nobody" often has problems with printing, even if it worked with an -earlier version of Samba. Try creating another guest user other than -"nobody".</P -><P ->Make sure that the user specified in the service is permitted to use -the printer.</P -><P ->Check the debug log produced by smbd. Search for the printer name and -see if the log turns up any clues. Note that error messages to do with -a service ipc$ are meaningless - they relate to the way the client -attempts to retrieve status information when using the LANMAN1 -protocol.</P -><P ->If using WfWg then you need to set the default protocol to TCP/IP, not -Netbeui. This is a WfWg bug.</P -><P ->If using the Lanman1 protocol (the default) then try switching to -coreplus. Also not that print status error messages don't mean -printing won't work. The print status is received by a different -mechanism.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN120">2.7. My client reports "This server is not configured to list shared resources"</H1 -><P ->Your guest account is probably invalid for some reason. Samba uses the -guest account for browsing in smbd. Check that your guest account is -valid.</P -><P ->See also 'guest account' in smb.conf man page.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN124">2.8. Log message "you appear to have a trapdoor uid system"</H1 -><P ->This can have several causes. It might be because you are using a uid -or gid of 65535 or -1. This is a VERY bad idea, and is a big security -hole. Check carefully in your /etc/passwd file and make sure that no -user has uid 65535 or -1. Especially check the "nobody" user, as many -broken systems are shipped with nobody setup with a uid of 65535.</P -><P ->It might also mean that your OS has a trapdoor uid/gid system :-)</P -><P ->This means that once a process changes effective uid from root to -another user it can't go back to root. Unfortunately Samba relies on -being able to change effective uid from root to non-root and back -again to implement its security policy. If your OS has a trapdoor uid -system this won't work, and several things in Samba may break. Less -things will break if you use user or server level security instead of -the default share level security, but you may still strike -problems.</P -><P ->The problems don't give rise to any security holes, so don't panic, -but it does mean some of Samba's capabilities will be unavailable. -In particular you will not be able to connect to the Samba server as -two different uids at once. This may happen if you try to print as a -"guest" while accessing a share as a normal user. It may also affect -your ability to list the available shares as this is normally done as -the guest user.</P -><P ->Complain to your OS vendor and ask them to fix their system.</P -><P ->Note: the reason why 65535 is a VERY bad choice of uid and gid is that -it casts to -1 as a uid, and the setreuid() system call ignores (with -no error) uid changes to -1. This means any daemon attempting to run -as uid 65535 will actually run as root. This is not good!</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN132">2.9. Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?</H1 -><P ->This is from Paul Eggert eggert@twinsun.com.</P -><P ->Most likely it's a problem with your time zone settings.</P -><P ->Internally, Samba maintains time in traditional Unix format, -namely, the number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Universal Time -(or ``GMT''), not counting leap seconds.</P -><P ->On the server side, Samba uses the Unix TZ variable to convert -internal timestamps to and from local time. So on the server side, there are -two things to get right. -<P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->The Unix system clock must have the correct Universal time. Use the shell command "sh -c 'TZ=UTC0 date'" to check this.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->The TZ environment variable must be set on the server before Samba is invoked. The details of this depend on the server OS, but typically you must edit a file whose name is /etc/TIMEZONE or /etc/default/init, or run the command `zic -l'.</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></P -><P ->TZ must have the correct value.</P -><P ->If possible, use geographical time zone settings -(e.g. TZ='America/Los_Angeles' or perhaps - TZ=':US/Pacific'). These are supported by most -popular Unix OSes, are easier to get right, and are -more accurate for historical timestamps. If your -operating system has out-of-date tables, you should be -able to update them from the public domain time zone -tables at <A -HREF="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/" -TARGET="_top" ->ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/</A ->.</P -><P ->If your system does not support geographical timezone -settings, you must use a Posix-style TZ strings, e.g. -TZ='PST8PDT,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2' for US Pacific time. -Posix TZ strings can take the following form (with optional - items in brackets): -<PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> StdOffset[Dst[Offset],Date/Time,Date/Time]</PRE -> - where:</P -><P -><P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD ->`Std' is the standard time designation (e.g. `PST').</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->`Offset' is the number of hours behind UTC (e.g. `8'). -Prepend a `-' if you are ahead of UTC, and -append `:30' if you are at a half-hour offset. -Omit all the remaining items if you do not use -daylight-saving time.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->`Dst' is the daylight-saving time designation -(e.g. `PDT').</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->The optional second `Offset' is the number of -hours that daylight-saving time is behind UTC. -The default is 1 hour ahead of standard time.</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD ->`Date/Time,Date/Time' specify when daylight-saving -time starts and ends. The format for a date is -`Mm.n.d', which specifies the dth day (0 is Sunday) -of the nth week of the mth month, where week 5 means -the last such day in the month. The format for a -time is [h]h[:mm[:ss]], using a 24-hour clock.</TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></P -><P ->Other Posix string formats are allowed but you don't want -to know about them.</P -><P ->On the client side, you must make sure that your client's clock and -time zone is also set appropriately. [[I don't know how to do this.]] -Samba traditionally has had many problems dealing with time zones, due -to the bizarre ways that Microsoft network protocols handle time -zones. </P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN155">2.10. How do I set the printer driver name correctly?</H1 -><P ->Question: -<SPAN -CLASS="QUOTE" ->" On NT, I opened "Printer Manager" and "Connect to Printer". - Enter ["\\ptdi270\ps1"] in the box of printer. I got the - following error message - "</SPAN -></P -><P -> <PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> You do not have sufficient access to your machine - to connect to the selected printer, since a driver - needs to be installed locally. - </PRE -> - </P -><P ->Answer:</P -><P ->In the more recent versions of Samba you can now set the "printer -driver" in smb.conf. This tells the client what driver to use. For -example:</P -><P -><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> printer driver = HP LaserJet 4L</PRE -></P -><P ->With this, NT knows to use the right driver. You have to get this string -exactly right.</P -><P ->To find the exact string to use, you need to get to the dialog box in -your client where you select which printer driver to install. 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