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SMB.CONF(5) smb.conf SMB.CONF(5)
NNAAMMEE
smb.conf - configuration file for smbd
SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
ssmmbb..ccoonnff
DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
The ssmmbb..ccoonnff file is a configuration file for the Samba
suite.
ssmmbb..ccoonnff contains runtime configuration information for
the ssmmbbdd program. The ssmmbbdd program provides LanManager-
like services to clients using the SMB protocol.
FFIILLEE FFOORRMMAATT
The file consists of sections and parameters. A section
begins with the name of the section in square brackets and
continues until the next section begins. Sections contain
parameters of the form 'name = value'.
The file is line-based - that is, each newline-terminated
line represents either a comment, a section name or a
parameter.
Section and parameter names are not case sensitive.
Only the first equals sign in a parameter is significant.
Whitespace before or after the first equals sign is dis-
carded. Leading, trailing and internal whitespace in sec-
tion and parameter names is irrelevant. Leading and trail-
ing whitespace in a parameter value is discarded. Internal
whitespace within a parameter value is retained verbatim.
Any line beginning with a semicolon is ignored, as are
lines containing only whitespace.
Any line ending in a is "continued" on the next line in
the customary unix fashion.
The values following the equals sign in parameters are all
either a string (no quotes needed) or a boolean, which may
be given as yes/no, 0/1 or true/false. Case is not signif-
icant in boolean values, but is preserved in string val-
ues. Some items such as create modes are numeric.
SSEERRVVIICCEE DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONNSS
Each section in the configuration file describes a ser-
vice. The section name is the service name and the parame-
ters within the section define the service's attributes.
There are three special sections, [global], [homes] and
[printers], which are described under 'special sections'.
The following notes apply to ordinary service
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descriptions.
A service consists of a directory to which access is being
given plus a description of the access rights which are
granted to the user of the service. Some housekeeping
options are also specifiable.
Services are either filespace services (used by the client
as an extension of their native file systems) or printable
services (used by the client to access print services on
the host running the server).
Services may be guest services, in which case no password
is required to access them. A specified guest account is
used to define access privileges in this case.
Services other than guest services will require a password
to access them. The client provides the username. As many
clients only provide passwords and not usernames, you may
specify a list of usernames to check against the password
using the "user=" option in the service definition.
Note that the access rights granted by the server are
masked by the access rights granted to the specified or
guest user by the host system. The server does not grant
more access than the host system grants.
The following sample section defines a file space service.
The user has write access to the path /home/bar. The ser-
vice is accessed via the service name "foo":
[foo]
path = /home/bar
writable = true
The following sample section defines a printable service.
The service is readonly, but printable. That is, the only
write access permitted is via calls to open, write to and
close a spool file. The 'guest ok' parameter means access
will be permitted as the default guest user (specified
elsewhere):
[aprinter]
path = /usr/spool/public
read only = true
printable = true
public = true
SSPPEECCIIAALL SSEECCTTIIOONNSS
TThhee [[gglloobbaall]] sseeccttiioonn
Parameters in this section apply to the server as a
whole, or are defaults for services which do not
specifically define certain items. See the notes under
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'Parameters' for more information.
TThhee [[hhoommeess]] sseeccttiioonn
If a section called 'homes' is included in the configu-
ration file, services connecting clients to their home
directories can be created on the fly by the server.
When the connection request is made, the existing ser-
vices are scanned. If a match is found, it is used. If
no match is found, the requested service name is
treated as a user name and looked up in the local pass-
words file. If the name exists and the correct password
has been given, a service is created by cloning the
[homes] section.
Some modifications are then made to the newly created
section:
The service name is changed from 'homes' to the
located username
If no path was given, the path is set to the user's
home directory.
If you decide to use a path= line in your [homes] sec-
tion then you may find it useful to use the %S macro.
For example path=/data/pchome/%S would be useful if you
have different home directories for your PCs than for
unix access.
This is a fast and simple way to give a large number of
clients access to their home directories with a minimum
of fuss.
A similar process occurs if the requested service name
is "homes", except that the service name is not changed
to that of the requesting user. This method of using
the [homes] section works well if different users share
a client PC.
The [homes] section can specify all the parameters a
normal service section can specify, though some make
more sense than others. The following is a typical and
suitable [homes] section:
[homes]
writable = yes
An important point:
If guest access is specified in the [homes] section,
all home directories will be accessible to all
clients wwiitthhoouutt aa ppaasssswwoorrdd.. In the very unlikely
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event that this is actually desirable, it would be
wise to also specify read only access.
Note that the browseable flag for auto home directories
will be inherited from the global browseable flag, not the
[homes] browseable flag. This is useful as it means set-
ting browseable=no in the [homes] section will hide the
[homes] service but make any auto home directories visi-
ble.
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This section works like [homes], but for printers.
If a [printers] section occurs in the configuration
file, users are able to connect to any printer speci-
fied in the local host's printcap file.
When a connection request is made, the existing ser-
vices are scanned. If a match is found, it is used. If
no match is found, but a [homes] section exists, it is
used as described above. Otherwise, the requested ser-
vice name is treated as a printer name and the appro-
priate printcap file is scanned to see if the requested
service name is a valid printer name. If a match is
found, a new service is created by cloning the [print-
ers] section.
A few modifications are then made to the newly created
section:
The service name is set to the located printer name
If no printer name was given, the printer name is
set to the located printer name
If the service does not permit guest access and no
username was given, the username is set to the
located printer name.
Note that the [printers] service MUST be printable - if
you specify otherwise, the server will refuse to load
the configuration file.
Typically the path specified would be that of a world-
writable spool directory with the sticky bit set on it.
A typical [printers] entry would look like this:
[printers]
path = /usr/spool/public
writable = no
public = yes
printable = yes
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All aliases given for a printer in the printcap file
are legitimate printer names as far as the server is
concerned. If your printing subsystem doesn't work like
that, you will have to set up a pseudo-printcap. This
is a file consisting of one or more lines like this:
alias|alias|alias|alias...
Each alias should be an acceptable printer name for
your printing subsystem. In the [global] section, spec-
ify the new file as your printcap. The server will
then only recognise names found in your pseudo-
printcap, which of course can contain whatever aliases
you like. The same technique could be used simply to
limit access to a subset of your local printers.
An alias, by the way, is defined as any component of
the first entry of a printcap record. Records are sepa-
rated by newlines, components (if there are more than
one) are separated by vertical bar symbols ("|").
PPAARRAAMMEETTEERRSS
Parameters define the specific attributes of services.
Some parameters are specific to the [global] section (eg.,
security). Some parameters are usable in all sections
(eg., create mode). All others are permissible only in
normal sections. For the purposes of the following
descriptions the [homes] and [printers] sections will be
considered normal. The letter 'G' in parentheses indi-
cates that a parameter is specific to the [global] sec-
tion. The letter 'S' indicates that a parameter can be
specified in a secvice specific section. Note that all S
parameters can also be specified in the [global] section -
in which case they will define the default behaviour for
all services.
Parameters are arranged here in alphabetical order - this
may not create best bedfellows, but at least you can find
them! Where there are synonyms, the preferred synonym is
described, others refer to the preferred synonym.
VVAARRIIAABBLLEE SSUUBBSSTTIITTUUTTIIOONNSS
Many of the strings that are settable in the config file
can take substitutions. For example the option "path =
/tmp/%u" would be interpreted as "path = /tmp/john" if the
user connected with the username john.
These substitutions are mostly noted in the descriptions
below, but there are some general substitions which apply
whenever they might be relevant. These are:
%S = the name of the current service, if any
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%P = the root directory of the current service, if any
%u = user name of the current service, if any
%U = session user name (the user name that the client
wanted, not necessarily the same as the one they got)
%H = the home directory of the user given by %u
%v = the Samba version
%h = the hostname that Samba is running on
%m = the netbios name of the client machine (very useful)
%L = the netbios name of the server. This allows you to
change your config based on what the client calls you.
Your server can have a "dual personality".
%M = the internet name of the client machine
%d = The process id of the current server process
%a = the architecture of the remote machine. Only some are
recognised, and those may not be 100% reliable. It cur-
rently recognises Samba, WfWg, WinNT and Win95. Anything
else will be known as "UNKNOWN". If it gets it wrong then
sending me a level 3 log should allow me to fix it.
%I = The IP address of the client machine
%T = the current date and time
There are some quite creative things that can be done with
these substitutions and other smb.conf options.
NNAAMMEE MMAANNGGLLIINNGG
Samba supports "name mangling" so that Dos and Windows
clients can use files that don't conform to the 8.3 for-
mat. It can also be set to adjust the case of 8.3 format
filenames.
There are several options that control the way mangling is
performed, and they are grouped here rather than listed
separately. For the defaults look at the output of the
testparm program.
All of these options can be set separately for each ser-
vice (or globally, of course).
The options are:
"mangle case = yes/no" controls if names that have
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characters that aren't of the "default" case are mangled.
For example, if this is yes then a name like "Mail" would
be mangled. Default no.
"case sensitive = yes/no" controls whether filenames are
case sensitive. If they aren't then Samba must do a file-
name search and match on passed names. Default no.
"default case = upper/lower" controls what the default
case is for new filenames. Default lower.
"preserve case = yes/no" controls if new files are created
with the case that the client passes, or if they are
forced to be the "default" case. Default no.
"short preserve case = yes/no" controls if new files which
conform to 8.3 syntax, that is all in upper case and of
suitable length, are created upper case, or if they are
forced to be the "default" case. This option can be use
with "preserve case = yes" to permit long filenames to
retain their case, while short names are lowered. Default
no.
CCOOMMPPLLEETTEE LLIISSTT OOFF GGLLOOBBAALL PPAARRAAMMEETTEERR
Here is a list of all global parameters. See the section
of each parameter for details. Note that some are syn-
onyms.
auto services
config file
deadtime
debuglevel
default
default service
dfree command
encrypt passwords
getwd cache
hosts equiv
include
keepalive
lock dir
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load printers
lock directory
log file
log level
lpq cache time
mangled stack
max log size
max packet
max xmit
message command
null passwords
os level
packet size
passwd chat
passwd program
password level
password server
preferred master
preload
printing
printcap name
protocol
read bmpx
read prediction
read raw
read size
root
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root dir
root directory
security
server string
smbrun
socket options
status
strip dot
time offset
username map
use rhosts
valid chars
workgroup
write raw
CCOOMMPPLLEETTEE LLIISSTT OOFF SSEERRVVIICCEE PPAARRAAMMEETTEERR
Here is a list of all service parameters. See the section
of each parameter for details. Note that some are syn-
onyms.
admin users
allow hosts
alternate permissions
available
browseable
case sensitive
case sig names
copy
create mask
create mode
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comment
default case
deny hosts
directory
dont descend
exec
force group
force user
guest account
guest ok
guest only
hide dot files
hosts allow
hosts deny
invalid users
locking
lpq command
lprm command
magic output
magic script
mangle case
mangled names
mangling char
map archive
map hidden
map system
max connections
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min print space
only guest
only user
path
postexec
postscript
preserve case
print command
print ok
printable
printer
printer name
public
read only
read list
revalidate
root postexec
root preexec
set directory
share modes
short preserve case
strict locking
sync always
user
username
users
valid users
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volume
wide links
writable
write ok
writeable
write list
EEXXPPLLAANNAATTIIOONN OOFF EEAACCHH PPAARRAAMMEETTEERR
aaddmmiinn uusseerrss ((GG))
This is a list of users who will be granted administrative
privilages on the share. This means that they will do all
file operations as the super-user (root).
You should use this option very carefully, as any user in
this list will be able to do anything they like on the
share, irrespective of file permissions.
DDeeffaauulltt:: no admin users
EExxaammppllee:: admin users = jason
aauuttoo sseerrvviicceess ((GG))
This is a list of services that you want to be automati-
cally added to the browse lists. This is most useful for
homes and printers services that would otherwise not be
visible.
Note that if you just want all printers in your printcap
file loaded then the "load printers" option is easier.
DDeeffaauulltt:: no auto services
EExxaammppllee:: auto services = fred lp colorlp
aallllooww hhoossttss ((SS))
A synonym for this parameter is 'hosts allow'.
This parameter is a comma delimited set of hosts which are
permitted to access a services. If specified in the
[global] section, matching hosts will be allowed access to
any service that does not specifically exclude them from
access. Specific services my have their own list, which
override those specified in the [global] section.
You can specify the hosts by name or IP number. For
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example, you could restrict access to only the hosts on a
Class C subnet with something like "allow hosts =
150.203.5.". The full syntax of the list is described in
the man page hhoossttss__aacccceessss((55))..
You can also specify hosts by network/netmask pairs and by
netgroup names if your system supports netgroups. The
EXCEPT keyword can also be used to limit a wildcard list.
The following examples may provide some help:
Example 1: allow all IPs in 150.203.*.* except one
hosts allow = 150.203. EXCEPT 150.203.6.66
Example 2: allow hosts that match the given net-
work/netmask
hosts allow = 150.203.15.0/255.255.255.0
Example 3: allow a couple of hosts
hosts allow = lapland, arvidsjaur
Example 4: allow only hosts in netgroup "foonet" or local-
host, but deny access from one particular host
hosts allow = @foonet, localhost
hosts deny = pirate
Note that access still requires suitable user-level pass-
words.
See testparm(1) for a way of testing your host access to
see if it does what you expect.
DDeeffaauulltt::
none (ie., all hosts permitted access)
EExxaammppllee::
allow hosts = 150.203.5. myhost.mynet.edu.au
aalltteerrnnaattee ppeerrmmiissssiioonnss ((SS))
This option affects the way the "read only" DOS attribute
is produced for unix files. If this is false then the read
only bit is set for files on writeable shares which the
user cannot write to.
If this is true then it is set for files whos user write
bit is not set.
The latter behaviour of useful for when users copy files
from each others directories, and use a file manager that
preserves permissions. Without this option they may get
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annoyed as all copied files will have the "read only" bit
set.
DDeeffaauulltt:: alternate permissions = no
EExxaammppllee:: alternate permissions = yes
aavvaaiillaabbllee ((SS))
This parameter lets you 'turn off' a service. If 'avail-
able = no', then ALL attempts to connect to the service
will fail. Such failures are logged.
DDeeffaauulltt::
available = yes
EExxaammppllee::
available = no
bbrroowwsseeaabbllee ((SS))
This controls whether this share is seen in the list of
available shares in a net view and in the browse list.
DDeeffaauulltt:: browseable = Yes
EExxaammppllee:: browseable = No
ccaassee ssiigg nnaammeess ((GG))
See "case sensitive"
ccoommmmeenntt ((SS))
This is a text field that is seen when a client does a net
view to list what shares are available. It will also be
used when browsing is fully supported.
DDeeffaauulltt:: No comment string
EExxaammppllee:: comment = Fred's Files
ccoonnffiigg ffiillee ((GG))
This allows you to override the config file to use,
instead of the default (usually smb.conf). There is a
chicken and egg problem here as this option is set in the
config file!
For this reason, if the name of the config file has
changed when the parameters are loaded then it will reload
them from the new config file.
This option takes the usual substitutions, which can be
very useful.
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If thew config file doesn't exist then it won't be loaded
(allowing you to special case the config files of just a
few clients).
EExxaammppllee:: config file = /usr/local/samba/smb.conf.%m
ccooppyy ((SS))
This parameter allows you to 'clone' service entries. The
specified service is simply duplicated under the current
service's name. Any parameters specified in the current
section will override those in the section being copied.
This feature lets you set up a 'template' service and cre-
ate similar services easily. Note that the service being
copied must occur earlier in the configuration file than
the service doing the copying.
DDeeffaauulltt::
none
EExxaammppllee::
copy = otherservice
ccrreeaattee mmaasskk ((SS))
A synonym for this parameter is 'create mode'.
This parameter is the octal modes which are used when con-
verting DOS modes to Unix modes.
Note that Samba will or this value with 0700 as you must
have at least user read, write and execute for Samba to
work properly.
DDeeffaauulltt::
create mask = 0755
EExxaammppllee::
create mask = 0775
ccrreeaattee mmooddee ((SS))
See ccrreeaattee mmaasskk..
ddeeaadd ttiimmee ((GG))
The value of the parameter (a decimal integer) represents
the number of minutes of inactivity before a connection is
considered dead, and it is disconnected. The deadtime only
takes effect if the number of open files is zero.
This is useful to stop a server's resources being
exhausted by a large number of inactive connections.
Most clients have an auto-reconnect feature when a connec-
tion is broken so in most cases this parameter should be
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transparent to users.
Using this parameter with a timeout of a few minutes is
recommended for most systems.
A deadtime of zero indicates that no auto-disconnection
should be performed.
DDeeffaauulltt::
dead time = 0
EExxaammppllee::
dead time = 15
ddeebbuugg lleevveell ((GG))
The value of the parameter (an integer) allows the debug
level (logging level) to be specified in the smb.conf
file. This is to give greater flexibility in the configu-
ration of the system.
The default will be the debug level specified on the com-
mand line.
EExxaammppllee::
debug level = 3
ddeeffaauulltt ((GG))
See ddeeffaauulltt sseerrvviiccee..
ddeeffaauulltt ccaassee ((SS))
See the section on "NAME MANGLING" Also note the addition
of "short preserve case"
ddeeffaauulltt sseerrvviiccee ((GG))
A synonym for this parameter is 'default'.
This parameter specifies the name of a service which will
be connected to if the service actually requested cannot
be found. Note that the square brackets are NOT given in
the parameter value (see example below).
There is no default value for this parameter. If this
parameter is not given, attempting to connect to a nonex-
istent service results in an error.
Typically the default service would be a public, read-only
service.
Also not that s of 1.9.14 the apparent service name will
be changed to equal that of the requested service, this is
very useful as it allows you to use macros like %S to make
a wildcard service.
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Note also that any _ characters in the name of the service
used in the default service will get mapped to a /. This
allows for interesting things.
EExxaammppllee::
default service = pub
[pub]
path = /%S
ddeennyy hhoossttss ((SS))
A synonym for this parameter is 'hosts deny'.
The opposite of 'allow hosts' - hosts listed here are NOT
permitted access to services unless the specific services
have their own lists to override this one. Where the lists
conflict, the 'allow' list takes precedence.
DDeeffaauulltt::
none (ie., no hosts specifically excluded)
EExxaammppllee::
deny hosts = 150.203.4. badhost.mynet.edu.au
ddffrreeee ccoommmmaanndd ((GG))
The dfree command setting should only be used on systems
where a problem occurs with the internal disk space calcu-
lations. This has been known to happen with Ultrix, but
may occur with other operating systems. The symptom that
was seen was an error of "Abort Retry Ignore" at the end
of each directory listing.
This setting allows the replacement of the internal rou-
tines to calculate the total disk space and amount avail-
able with an external routine. The example below gives a
possible script that might fulfill this function.
The external program will be passed a single parameter
indicating a directory in the filesystem being queried.
This will typically consist of the string "./". The script
should return two integers in ascii. The first should be
the total disk space in blocks, and the second should be
the number of available blocks. An optional third return
value can give the block size in bytes. The default block-
size is 1024 bytes.
Note: Your script should NOT be setuid or setgid and
should be owned by (and writable only by) root!
DDeeffaauulltt::
By default internal routines for determining the disk
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capacity and remaining space will be used.
EExxaammppllee::
dfree command = /usr/local/smb/dfree
Where the script dfree (which must be made exe-
cutable) could be
#!/bin/sh
df $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2" "$4}'
or perhaps (on Sys V)
#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/df -k $1 | tail -1 | awk
'{print $3" "$5}'
Note that you may have to replace the command names
with full path names on some systems.
ddiirreeccttoorryy ((SS))
See ppaatthh..
ddoonntt ddeesscceenndd ((SS))
There are certain directories on some systems (eg., the
/proc tree under Linux) that are either not of interest to
clients or are infinitely deep (recursive). This parameter
allows you to specify a comma-delimited list of directo-
ries that the server should always show as empty.
Note that Samba can be very fussy about the exact format
of the "dont descend" entries. For example you ma need
"./proc" instead of just "/proc". Experimentation is the
best policy :-)
DDeeffaauulltt::
none (ie., all directories are OK to descend)
EExxaammppllee::
dont descend = /proc,/dev
eennccrryypptt ppaasssswwoorrddss ((GG))
This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords will be
negotiated with the cient. Note that this option has no
effect if you haven't compiled in the necessary des
libraries and encryption code. It defaults to no.
eexxeecc ((SS))
This is an alias for preexec
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ffoorrccee ggrroouupp ((SS))
This specifies a group name that all connections to this
service should be made as. This may be useful for sharing
files.
DDeeffaauulltt::
no forced group
EExxaammppllee::
force group = agroup
ffoorrccee uusseerr ((SS))
This specifies a user name that all connections to this
service should be made as. This may be useful for sharing
files. You should also use it carefully as using it incor-
rectly can cause security problems.
This user name only gets used once a connection is estab-
lished. Thus clients still need to connect as a valid user
and supply a valid password. Once connected, all file
operations will be performed as the "forced user", not
matter what username the client connected as.
DDeeffaauulltt::
no forced user
EExxaammppllee::
force user = auser
gguueesstt aaccccoouunntt ((SS))
This is a username which will be used for access to ser-
vices which are specified as 'guest ok' (see below). What-
ever privileges this user has will be available to any
client connecting to the guest service. Typically this
user will exist in the password file, but will not have a
valid login. If a username is specified in a given ser-
vice, the specified username overrides this one.
One some systems the account "nobody" may not be able to
print. Use another account in this case. You should test
this by trying to log in as your guest user (perhaps by
using the "su -" command) and trying to print using lpr.
Note that as of version 1.9 of Samba this option may be
set differently for each service.
DDeeffaauulltt::
specified at compile time
EExxaammppllee::
guest account = nobody
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ggeettwwdd ccaacchhee ((GG))
This is a tuning option. When this is enabled a cacheing
algorithm will be used to reduce the time taken for
getwd() calls. This can have a significant impact on per-
formance, especially when widelinks is False.
DDeeffaauulltt::
getwd cache = No
EExxaammppllee::
getwd cache = Yes
gguueesstt ookk ((SS))
See ppuubblliicc..
gguueesstt oonnllyy ((SS))
If this parameter is 'yes' for a service, then only guest
connections to the service are permitted. This parameter
will have no affect if "guest ok" or "public" is not set
for the service.
See the section below on user/password validation for more
information about this option.
DDeeffaauulltt::
guest only = no
EExxaammppllee::
guest only = yes
hhiiddee ddoott ffiilleess ((SS))
This is a boolean parameter that controls whether files
starting with a dot appear as hidden files.
DDeeffaauulltt:: hide dot files = yes
EExxaammppllee:: hide dot files = no
hhoossttss aallllooww ((SS))
See aallllooww hhoossttss..
hhoossttss ddeennyy ((SS))
See ddeennyy hhoossttss..
ggrroouupp ((SS))
This is an alias for "force group" and is only kept for
compatability with old versions of Samba. It may be
removed in future versions.
hhoossttss eeqquuiivv ((GG))
If this global parameter is a non-null string, it speci-
fies the name of a file to read for the names of hosts and
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users who will be allowed access without specifying a
password.
This is not be confused with aallllooww hhoossttss which is about
hosts access to services and is more useful for guest ser-
vices. hhoossttss eeqquuiivv may be useful for NT clients which
will not supply passwords to samba.
NOTE: The use of hosts.equiv can be a major security hole.
This is because you are trusting the PC to supply the cor-
rect username. It is very easy to get a PC to supply a
false username. I recommend that the hosts.equiv option be
only used if you really know what you are doing, or per-
haps on a home network where you trust your wife and kids
:-)
DDeeffaauulltt No host equivalences
EExxaammppllee hosts equiv = /etc/hosts.equiv
iinnvvaalliidd uusseerrss ((SS))
This is a list of users that should not be allowed to
login to this service. This is really a "paranoid" check
to absolutely ensure an improper setting does not breach
your security.
A name starting with @ is interpreted as a unix group.
The current servicename is substituted for %S. This is
useful in the [homes] section.
See also "valid users"
DDeeffaauulltt No invalid users
EExxaammppllee invalid users = root fred admin @wheel
iinncclluuddee ((GG))
This allows you to inlcude one config file inside another.
the file is included literally, as though typed in place.
It takes the standard substitutions, except %u, %P and %S
kkeeeepp aalliivvee ((GG))
The value of the parameter (an integer) represents the
number of seconds between 'keepalive' packets. If this
parameter is zero, no keepalive packets will be sent.
Keepalive packets, if sent, allow the server to tell
whether a client is still present and responding.
Keepalives should, in general, not be needed if the socket
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being used has the SO_KEEPALIVE attribute set on it (see
"socket options"). Basically you should only use this
option if you strike difficulties.
DDeeffaauulltt::
keep alive = 0
EExxaammppllee::
keep alive = 60
llooaadd pprriinntteerrss ((GG))
A boolean variable that controls whether all printers in
the printcap will be loaded for browsing by default.
DDeeffaauulltt:: load printers = no
EExxaammppllee:: load printers = yes
lloocckk ddiirreeccttoorryy ((GG))
This options specifies the directory where lock files will
be placed. The lock files are used to implement the "max
connections" option.
DDeeffaauulltt:: lock directory = /tmp/samba
EExxaammppllee:: lock directory = /usr/local/samba/locks
lloocckkiinngg ((SS))
This controls whether or not locking will be performed by
the server in response to lock requests from the client.
If "locking = no", all lock and unlock requests will
appear to succeed and all lock queries will indicate that
the queried lock is clear.
If "locking = yes", real locking will be performed by the
server.
This option may be particularly useful for read-only
filesystems which do not need locking (such as cdrom
drives).
Be careful about disabling locking either globally or in a
specific service, as lack of locking may result in data
corruption.
DDeeffaauulltt::
locking = yes
EExxaammppllee::
locking = no
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lloogg ffiillee ((GG))
This options allows you to override the name of the Samba
log file (also known as the debug file).
This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you
to have separate log files for each user or machine.
EExxaammppllee:: log file = /usr/local/samba/log.%m
lloogg lleevveell ((GG))
see "debug level"
llppqq ccaacchhee ttiimmee ((GG))
This controls how long lpq info will be cached for to pre-
vent the lpq command being called too often. A separate
cache is kept for each variation of the lpq command used
by the system, so if you use different lpq commands for
different users then they won't share cache information.
The cache files are stored in /tmp/lpq.xxxx where xxxx is
a hash of the lpq command in use.
The default is 10 seconds, meaning that the cached results
of a previous identical lpq command will be used if the
cached data is less than 10 seconds old. A large value may
be advisable if your lpq command is very slow.
A value of 0 will disable cacheing completely.
DDeeffaauulltt:: lpq cache time = 10
EExxaammppllee:: lpq cache time = 30
llppqq ccoommmmaanndd ((SS))
This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the
server host in order to obtain "lpq"-style printer status
information.
This command should be a program or script which takes a
printer name as its only parameter and outputs printer
status information.
Currently four styles of printer status information are
supported; BSD, SYSV, AIX and HPUX. This covers most unix
systems. You control which type is expected using the
"printing =" option.
Some clients (notably Windows for Workgroups) may not cor-
rectly send the connection number for the printer they are
requesting status information about. To get around this,
the server reports on the first printer service connected
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to by the client. This only happens if the connection num-
ber sent is invalid.
If a %p is given then the printername is put in it's
place. Otherwise it is placed at the end of the command.
Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path
in the lpq command as the PATH may not be available to the
server.
DDeeffaauulltt::
depends on the setting of "printing ="
EExxaammppllee::
lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq %p
llpprrmm ccoommmmaanndd ((SS))
This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the
server host in order to delete a print job.
This command should be a program or script which takes a
printer name and job number, and deletes the print job.
Currently four styles of printer control are supported;
BSD, SYSV, AIX and HPUX. This covers most unix systems.
You control which type is expected using the "printing ="
option.
If a %p is given then the printername is put in it's
place. A %j is replaced with the job number (an integer).
Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path
in the lprm command as the PATH may not be available to
the server.
DDeeffaauulltt::
depends on the setting of "printing ="
EExxaammppllee 11::
lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j
EExxaammppllee 11::
lprm command = /usr/bin/cancel %p-%j
mmaaggiicc oouuttppuutt ((SS))
This parameter specifies the name of a file which will
contain output created by a magic script (see _m_a_g_i_c _s_c_r_i_p_t
below).
Warning: If two clients use the same magic script in the
same directory the output file content is undefined.
DDeeffaauulltt::
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magic output = <magic script name>.out
EExxaammppllee::
magic output = myfile.txt
mmaaggiicc ssccrriipptt ((SS))
This parameter specifies the name of a file which, if
opened, will be executed by the server when the file is
closed. This allows a Unix script to be sent to the Samba
host and executed on behalf of the connected user.
Scripts executed in this way will be deleted upon comple-
tion, permissions permitting.
If the script generates output, output will be sent to the
file specified by the _m_a_g_i_c _o_u_t_p_u_t parameter (see above).
Note that some shells are unable to interpret scripts con-
taining carriage-return-linefeed instead of linefeed as
the end-of-line marker. Magic scripts must be executable
"as is" on the host, which for some hosts and some shells
will require filtering at the DOS end.
Magic scripts are EXPERIMENTAL and should NOT be relied
upon. DDeeffaauulltt::
None. Magic scripts disabled.
EExxaammppllee::
magic script = user.csh
mmaanngglleedd mmaapp ((SS))
This is for those who want to directly map UNIX file names
which are not representable on DOS. The mangling of names
is not always what is needed. In particular you may have
documents with file extensiosn that differ between dos and
unix. For example, under unix it is common to use .html
for HTML files, whereas under dos .htm is more commonly
used.
So to map 'html' to 'htm' you put:
mangled map = (*.html *.htm)
One very useful case is to remove the annoying ;1 off the
ends of filenames on some CDROMS (only visible under some
unixes). To do this use a map of (*;1 *)
ddeeffaauulltt:: no mangled map
EExxaammppllee:: mangled map = (*;1 *)
mmaannggllee ccaassee ((SS))
See the section on "NAME MANGLING"
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mmaanngglleedd nnaammeess ((SS))
This controls whether non-DOS names under Unix should be
mapped to DOS-compatible names ("mangled") and made visi-
ble, or whether non-DOS names should simply be ignored.
See the section on "NAME MANGLING" for details on how to
control the mangling process.
If mangling is used then the mangling algorithm is as fol-
lows:
- the first (up to) five alphanumeric characters
before the rightmost dot of the filename are pre-
served, forced to upper case, and appear as the
first (up to) five characters of the mangled name.
- a tilde ("~") is appended to the first part of
the mangled name, followed by a two-character
unique sequence, based on the origonal root name
(i.e., the original filename minus its final exten-
sion). The final extension is included in the hash
calculation only if it contains any upper case
characters or is longer than three characters.
Note that the character to use may be specified
using the "mangling char" option, if you don't like
~.
- the first three alphanumeric characters of the
final extension are preserved, forced to upper case
and appear as the extension of the mangled name.
The final extension is defined as that part of the
original filename after the rightmost dot. If there
are no dots in the filename, the mangled name will
have no extension (except in the case of hidden
files - see below).
- files whose Unix name begins with a dot will be
presented as DOS hidden files. The mangled name
will be created as for other filenames, but with
the leading dot removed and "___" as its extension
regardless of actual original extension (that's
three underscores).
The two-digit hash value consists of upper case alphanu-
meric characters.
This algorithm can cause name collisions only if files in
a directory share the same first five alphanumeric charac-
ters. The probability of such a clash is 1/1300.
The name mangling (if enabled) allows a file to be copied
between Unix directories from DOS while retaining the long
Unix filename. Unix files can be renamed to a new exten-
sion from DOS and will retain the same basename. Mangled
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names do not change between sessions.
DDeeffaauulltt::
mangled names = yes
EExxaammppllee::
mangled names = no
mmaanngglliinngg cchhaarr ((SS))
This controls what character is used as the "magic" char-
acter in name mangling. The default is a ~ but this may
interfere with some software. Use this option to set it to
whatever you prefer.
DDeeffaauulltt::
mangling char = ~
EExxaammppllee::
mangling char = ^
mmaaxx lloogg ffiillee ((GG))
This option (an integer in kilobytes) specifies the max
size the log file should grow to. Samba periodically
checks the size and if it is exceeded it will rename the
file, adding a .old extension.
A size of 0 means no limit.
DDeeffaauulltt:: max log size = 5000
EExxaammppllee::
max log size = 1000
mmaaxx xxmmiitt ((GG))
This option controls the maximum packet size that will be
negotiated by Samba. The default is 65535, which is the
maximum. In some cases you may find you get better perfor-
mance with a smaller value. A value below 2048 is likely
to cause problems.
DDeeffaauulltt:: max xmit = 65535
EExxaammppllee::
max xmit = 8192
mmaanngglleedd ssttaacckk ((GG))
This parameter controls the number of mangled names that
should be cached in the Samba server.
This stack is a list of recently mangled base names
(extensions are only maintained if they are longer than 3
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characters or contains upper case characters).
The larger this value, the more likely it is that mangled
names can be successfully converted to correct long Unix
names. However, large stack sizes will slow most directory
access. Smaller stacks save memory in the server (each
stack element costs 256 bytes).
It is not possible to absolutely guarantee correct long
file names, so be prepared for some surprises!
DDeeffaauulltt::
mangled stack = 50
EExxaammppllee::
mangled stack = 100
mmaapp aarrcchhiivvee ((SS))
This controls whether the DOS archive attribute should be
mapped to Unix execute bits. The DOS archive bit is set
when a file has been modified since its last backup. One
motivation for this option it to keep Samba/your PC from
making any file it touches from becoming executable under
UNIX. This can be quite annoying for shared source code,
documents, etc...
DDeeffaauulltt::
map archive = yes
EExxaammppllee::
map archive = no
mmaapp hhiiddddeenn ((SS))
This controls whether DOS style hidden files should be
mapped to Unix execute bits.
DDeeffaauulltt::
map hidden = no
EExxaammppllee::
map hidden = yes
mmaapp ssyysstteemm ((SS))
This controls whether DOS style system files should be
mapped to Unix execute bits.
DDeeffaauulltt::
map system = no
EExxaammppllee::
map system = yes
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mmaaxx ccoonnnneeccttiioonnss ((SS))
This option allows the number of simultaneous connections
to a service to be limited. If "max connections" is
greater than 0 then connections will be refused if this
number of connections to the service are already open. A
value of zero mean an unlimited number of connections may
be made.
Record lock files are used to implement this feature. The
lock files will be stored in the directory specified by
the "lock directory" option.
DDeeffaauulltt:: max connections = 0
EExxaammppllee:: max connections = 10
oonnllyy uusseerr ((SS))
This is a boolean option that controls whether connections
with usernames not in the user= list will be allowed. By
default this option is disabled so a client can supply a
username to be used by the server.
Note that this also means Samba won't try to deduce user-
names from the service name. This can be annoying for the
[homes] section. To get around this you could use "user =
%S" which means your "user" list will be just the service
name, which for home directories is the name of the user.
DDeeffaauulltt:: only user = False
EExxaammppllee:: only user = True
mmeessssaaggee ccoommmmaanndd ((GG))
This specifies what command to run when the server
receives a WinPopup style message.
This would normally be a command that would deliver the
message somehow. How this is to be done is up to your
imagination.
What I use is:
message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &
This delivers the message using xedit, then removes it
afterwards. NOTE THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS COM-
MAND RETURN IMMEDIATELY. That's why I have the & on the
end. If it doesn't return immediately then your PCs may
freeze when sending messages (they should recover after
30secs, hopefully).
All messages are delivered as the global guest user. The
command takes the standard substitutions, although %u
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won't work (%U may be better in this case).
Apart from the standard substitutions, some additional
ones apply. In particular:
%s = the filename containing the message
%t = the destination that the message was sent to (proba-
bly the server name)
%f = who the message is from
You could make this command send mail, or whatever else
takes your fancy. Please let me know of any really inter-
esting ideas you have.
Here's a way of sending the messages as mail to root:
message command = /bin/mail -s 'message from %f on %m'
root < %s; rm %s
If you don't have a message command then the message won't
be delivered and Samba will tell the sender there was an
error. Unfortunately WfWg totally ignores the error code
and carries on regardless, saying that the message was
delivered.
If you want to silently delete it then try "message com-
mand = rm %s".
For the really adventurous, try something like this:
message command = csh -c 'csh < %s |&
/usr/local/samba/smbclient -M %m; rm %s'
&
this would execute the command as a script on the server,
then give them the result in a WinPopup message. Note that
this could cause a loop if you send a message from the
server using smbclient! You better wrap the above in a
script that checks for this :-)
DDeeffaauulltt:: no message command
EExxaammppllee::
message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &
mmiinn pprriinntt ssppaaccee ((SS))
This sets the minimum amount of free disk space that must
be available before a user will be able to spool a print
job. It is specified in kilobytes. The default is 0, which
means no limit.
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DDeeffaauulltt:: min print space = 0
EExxaammppllee:: min print space = 2000
nnuullll ppaasssswwoorrddss ((GG))
Allow or disallow access to accounts that have null pass-
words.
DDeeffaauulltt:: null passwords = no
EExxaammppllee:: null passwords = yes
ooss lleevveell ((GG))
This integer value controls what level Samba advertises
itself as for browse elections. See BROWSING.txt for
details.
ppaacckkeett ssiizzee ((GG))
The maximum transmit packet size during a raw read. This
option is no longer implemented as of version 1.7.00, and
is kept only so old configuration files do not become
invalid.
ppaasssswwdd cchhaatt ((GG))
This string coontrols the "chat" conversation that takes
places between smbd and the local password changing pro-
gram to change the users password. The string describes a
sequence of response-receive pairs that smbd uses to
determine what to send to the passwd program and what to
expect back. If the expected output is not received then
the password is not changed.
This chat sequence is often quite site specific, deppend-
ing on what local methods are used for password control
(such as NIS+ etc).
The string can contain the macros %o and %n which are sub-
stituted for the old and new passwords respectively. It
can aso contain the standard macros \n \r \t and \s to
give line-feed, carriage-return, tab and space.
The string can also contain a * which matches any sequence
of characters.
Double quotes can be used to collect strings with spaces
in them into a single string.
If the send string in any part of the chat sequence is a
fullstop "." then no string is sent. Similarly, is the
expect string is a fullstop then no string is expected.
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EExxaammppllee:: passwd chat = "*Enter OLD password*" %o\n
"*Enter NEW password*" %n\n \
"*Reenter NEW password*" %n\n
"*Password changed*"
DDeeffaauulltt:: passwd chat = *old*password* %o\n
*new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
ppaasssswwdd pprrooggrraamm ((GG))
The name of a program that can be used to set user pass-
words.
This is only necessary if you have enabled remote password
changing at compile time. Any occurances of %u will be
replaced with the user name.
Also note that many passwd programs insist in "reasonable"
passwords, such as a minimum length, or the inclusion of
mixed case chars and digits. This can pose a problem as
some clients (such as Windows for Workgroups) uppercase
the password before sending it.
DDeeffaauulltt:: passwd program = /bin/passwd
EExxaammppllee:: passwd program = /sbin/passwd %u
ppaasssswwoorrdd lleevveell ((GG))
Some client/server conbinations have difficulty with
mixed-case passwords. One offending client is Windows for
Workgroups, which for some reason forces passwords to
upper case when using the LANMAN1 protocol, but leaves
them alone when using COREPLUS!
This parameter defines the maximum number of characters
that may be upper case in passwords.
For example, say the password given was "FRED". If ppaassss--
wwoorrdd lleevveell is set to 1 (one), the following combinations
would be tried if "FRED" failed: "Fred", "fred", "fRed",
"frEd", "freD". If ppaasssswwoorrdd lleevveell wwaass sseett ttoo 22 ((ttwwoo)),, tthhee
ffoolllloowwiinngg ccoommbbiinnaattiioonnss wwoouulldd aallssoo bbee tried: "FRed",
"FrEd", "FreD", "fREd", "fReD", "frED". And so on.
The higher value this parameter is set to the more likely
it is that a mixed case password will be matched against a
single case password. However, you should be aware that
use of this parameter reduces security and increases the
time taken to process a new connection.
A value of zero will cause only two attempts to be made -
the password as is and the password in all-lower case.
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If you find the connections are taking too long with this
option then you probably have a slow crypt() routine.
Samba now comes with a fast "ufc crypt" that you can
select in the Makefile. You should also make sure the
PASSWORD_LENGTH option is correct for your system in
local.h and includes.h. On most systems only the first 8
chars of a password are significant so PASSWORD_LENGTH
should be 8, but on some longer passwords are significant.
The inlcudes.h file tries to select the right length for
your system.
DDeeffaauulltt::
password level = 0
EExxaammppllee::
password level = 4
ppaasssswwoorrdd sseerrvveerr ((GG))
By specifying the name of another SMB server (such as a
WinNT box) with this option, and using "security = server"
you can get Samba to do all it's username/password valida-
tion via a remote server.
This options sets the name of the password server to use.
It must be a netbios name, so if the machines netbios name
is different from it's internet name then you may have to
add it's netbios name to /etc/hosts.
The password server much be a machine capable of using the
"LM1.2X002" or the "LM NT 0.12" protocol, and it must be
in user level security mode.
NOTE: Using a password server means your unix box (running
Samba) is only as secure as your password server. DO NOT
CHOOSE A PASSWORD SERVER THAT YOU DON'T COMPLETELY TRUST.
Never point a Samba server at itself for password serving.
This will cause a loop and could lock up your Samba
server!
The name of the password server takes the standard substi-
tutions, but probably the only useful one is %m, which
means the Samba server will use the incoming client as the
password server. If you use this then you better trust
your clients, and you better restrict them with hosts
allow!
If you list several hosts in the "password server" option
then smbd will try each in turn till it finds one that
responds. This is useful in case your primary server goes
down.
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ppaatthh ((SS))
A synonym for this parameter is 'directory'.
This parameter specifies a directory to which the user of
the service is to be given access. In the case of print-
able services, this is where print data will spool prior
to being submitted to the host for printing.
For a printable service offering guest access, the service
should be readonly and the path should be world-writable
and have the sticky bit set. This is not mandatory of
course, but you probably won't get the results you expect
if you do otherwise.
Any occurances of %u in the path will be replaced with the
username that the client is connecting as. Any occurances
of %m will be replaced by the name of the machine they are
connecting from. These replacements are very useful for
setting up pseudo home directories for users.
Note that this path will be based on 'root dir' if one was
specified. DDeeffaauulltt::
none
EExxaammppllee::
path = /home/fred+
ppoosstteexxeecc ((SS))
This option specifies a command to be run whenever the
service is disconnected. It takes the usual substitutions.
The command may be run as the root on some systems.
An interesting example may be do unmount server resources:
postexec = /etc/umount /cdrom
See also preexec
DDeeffaauulltt::
none (no command executed)
EExxaammppllee::
postexec = echo
ppoossttssccrriipptt ((SS))
This parameter forces a printer to interpret the print
files as postscript. This is done by adding a %! to the
start of print output.
This is most useful when you have lots of PCs that persist
in putting a control-D at the start of print jobs, which
then confuses your printer.
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DDeeffaauulltt:: postscript = False
EExxaammppllee:: postscript = True
pprreeeexxeecc ((SS))
This option specifies a command to be run whenever the
service is connected to. It takes the usual substitutions.
An interesting example is to send the users a welcome mes-
sage every time they log in. Maybe a message of the day?
Here is an example:
preexec = csh -c 'echo
/usr/local/samba/smbclient -M %m -I %I' &
Of course, this could get annoying after a while :-)
See also postexec
DDeeffaauulltt:: none (no command executed)
EExxaammppllee:: preexec = echo
pprreeffeerrrreedd mmaasstteerr ((GG))
This boolean parameter controls if Samba is a preferred
master browser for its workgroup. Setting this gives it a
slight edge in elections and also means it will automati-
cally start an election when it starts up.
It is on by default.
pprreellooaadd
This is an alias for "auto services"
pprreesseerrvvee ccaassee ((SS))
This controls if new filenames are created with the case
that the client passes, or if they are forced to be the
"default" case.
DDeeffaauulltt::
preserve case = no
See the section on "NAME MANGLING" for a fuller discus-
sion.
pprriinntt ccoommmmaanndd ((SS))
After a print job has finished spooling to a service, this
command will be used via a system() call to process the
spool file. Typically the command specified will submit
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the spool file to the host's printing subsystem, but there
is no requirement that this be the case. The server will
not remove the spool file, so whatever command you specify
should remove the spool file when it has been processed,
otherwise you will need to manually remove old spool
files.
The print command is simply a text string. It will be used
verbatim, with two exceptions: All occurrences of "%s"
will be replaced by the appropriate spool file name, and
all occurrences of "%p" will be replaced by the appropri-
ate printer name. The spool file name is generated auto-
matically by the server, the printer name is discussed
below.
The full path name will be used for the filename if %s is
not preceded by a /. If you don't like this (it can stuff
up some lpq output) then use %f instead. Any occurances of
%f get replaced by the spool filename without the full
path at the front.
The print command MUST contain at least one occurrence of
"%s" or %f - the "%p" is optional. At the time a job is
submitted, if no printer name is supplied the "%p" will be
silently removed from the printer command.
If specified in the [global] section, the print command
given will be used for any printable service that does not
have its own print command specified.
If there is neither a specified print command for a print-
able service nor a global print command, spool files will
be created but not processed and (most importantly) not
removed.
Note that printing may fail on some unixes from the
"nobody" account. If this happens then create an alterna-
tive guest account that can print and set the "guest
account" in the [global] section.
You can form quite complex print commands by realising
that they are just passed to a shell. For example the fol-
lowing will log a print job, print the file, then remove
it. Note that ; is the usual separator for command in
shell scripts.
print command = echo Printing %s >> /tmp/print.log; lpr -P
%p %s; rm %s
You may have to vary this command considerably depending
on how you normally print files on your system.
DDeeffaauulltt::
print command = lpr -r -P %p %s
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EExxaammppllee::
print command = /usr/local/samba/myprintscript %p %s
pprriinntt ookk ((SS))
See pprriinnttaabbllee..
pprriinnttaabbllee ((SS))
A synonym for this parameter is 'print ok'.
If this parameter is 'yes', then clients may open, write
to and submit spool files on the directory specified for
the service.
Note that a printable service will ALWAYS allow writing to
the service path (user privileges permitting) via the
spooling of print data. The 'read only' parameter controls
only non-printing access to the resource.
DDeeffaauulltt::
printable = no
EExxaammppllee::
printable = yes
pprriinnttiinngg ((GG))
This parameters controls how printer status information is
interpreted on your system, and also affects the default
values for the "print command", "lpq command" and "lprm
command".
Currently three printing styles are supported. They are
"printing = bsd", "printing = sysv", "printing = hpux" and
"printing = aix".
To see what the defaults are for the other print commands
when using these three options use the "testparm" program.
pprriinnttccaapp nnaammee ((GG))
This parameter may be used to override the compiled-in
default printcap name used by the server (usually
/etc/printcap). See the discussion of the [printers] sec-
tion above for reasons why you might want to do this.
For those of you without a printcap (say on SysV) you can
just create a minimal file that looks like a printcap and
set "printcap name =" in [global] to point at it.
A minimal printcap file would look something like this:
print1|My Printer 1 print2|My Printer 2 print3|My Printer
3 print4|My Printer 4 print5|My Printer 5
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where the | separates aliases of a printer. The fact that
the second alias has a space in it gives a hint to Samba
that it's a comment.
NOTE: Under AIX the default printcap name is
"/etc/qconfig". Samba will assume the file is in AIX
"qconfig" format if the string "/qconfig" appears in the
printcap filename.
DDeeffaauulltt::
printcap name = /etc/printcap
EExxaammppllee::
printcap name = /etc/myprintcap
pprriinntteerr ((SS))
A synonym for this parameter is 'printer name'.
This parameter specifies the name of the printer to which
print jobs spooled through a printable service will be
sent.
If specified in the [global] section, the printer name
given will be used for any printable service that does not
have its own printer name specified.
DDeeffaauulltt::
none (but may be 'lp' on many systems)
EExxaammppllee::
printer name = laserwriter
pprriinntteerr nnaammee ((SS))
See pprriinntteerr..
pprroottooccooll ((GG))
The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest pro-
tocol level that will be supported by the server.
Possible values are CORE, COREPLUS, LANMAN1, LANMAN2 and
NT1. The relative merits of each are discussed in the
README file.
DDeeffaauulltt:: protocol = NT1
EExxaammppllee:: protocol = LANMAN1
ppuubblliicc ((SS))
A synonym for this parameter is 'guest ok'.
If this parameter is 'yes' for a service, then no password
is required to connect to the service. Privileges will be
those of the guest account.
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See the section below on user/password validation for more
information about this option.
DDeeffaauulltt::
public = no
EExxaammppllee::
public = yes
rreeaadd lliisstt ((SS))
This is a list of users that are given read-only access to
a service. If the connecting user is in this list then
they will not be given write access, no matter what the
"read only" option is set to. The list can include group
names using the @group syntax.
See also the "write list" option
DDeeffaauulltt::
read list =
EExxaammppllee::
read list = mary, @students
rreeaadd oonnllyy ((SS))
See wwrriittaabbllee and wwrriittee ookk.. Note that this is an inverted
synonym for writable and write ok.
rreeaadd pprreeddiiccttiioonn ((GG))
This options enables or disables the read prediction code
used to speed up reads from the server. When enabled the
server will try to pre-read data from the last accessed
file that was opened read-only while waiting for packets.
DDeeffaauulltt::
read prediction = False
EExxaammppllee::
read prediction = True
rreeaadd rraaww ((GG))
This parameter controls whether or not the server will
support raw reads when transferring data to clients.
If enabled, raw reads allow reads of 65535 bytes in one
packet. This typically provides a major performance bene-
fit.
However, some clients either negotiate the allowable block
size incorrectly or are incapable of supporting larger
block sizes, and for these clients you may need to disable
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raw reads.
In general this parameter should be viewed as a system
tuning tool and left severely alone. See also wwrriittee rraaww..
DDeeffaauulltt::
read raw = yes
EExxaammppllee::
read raw = no
rreeaadd ssiizzee ((GG))
The option "read size" affects the overlap of disk
reads/writes with network reads/writes. If the amount of
data being transferred in several of the SMB commands
(currently SMBwrite, SMBwriteX and SMBreadbraw) is larger
than this value then the server begins writing the data
before it has received the whole packet from the network,
or in the case of SMBreadbraw, it begins writing to the
network before all the data has been read from disk.
This overlapping works best when the speeds of disk and
network access are similar, having very little effect when
the speed of one is much greater than the other.
The default value is 2048, but very little experimentation
has been done yet to determine the optimal value, and it
is likely that the best value will vary greatly between
systems anyway. A value over 65536 is pointless and will
cause you to allocate memory unnecessarily.
DDeeffaauulltt:: read size = 2048
EExxaammppllee:: read size = 8192
rreevvaalliiddaattee ((SS))
This options controls whether Samba will allow a previ-
ously validated username/password pair to be used to
attach to a share. Thus if you connect to \\server\share1
then to \\server\share2 it won't automatically allow the
client to request connection to the second share as the
same username as the first without a password.
If "revalidate" is True then the client will be denied
automatic access as the same username.
DDeeffaauulltt:: revalidate = False
EExxaammppllee:: revalidate = True
rroooott ((GG))
See rroooott ddiirreeccttoorryy..
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rroooott ddiirr ((GG))
See rroooott ddiirreeccttoorryy..
rroooott ddiirreeccttoorryy ((GG))
Synonyms for this parameter are 'root dir' and 'root'.
The server will chroot() to this directory on startup.
This is not strictly necessary for secure operation. Even
without it the server will deny access to files not in one
of the service entries. It may also check for, and deny
access to, soft links to other parts of the filesystem, or
attempts to use .. in file names to access other directo-
ries (depending on the setting of the "wide links" parame-
ter).
Adding a "root dir" entry other than "/" adds an extra
level of security, but at a price. It absolutely ensures
that no access is given to files not in the sub-tree spec-
ified in the "root dir" option, *including* some files
needed for complete operation of the server. To maintain
full operability of the server you will need to mirror
some system files into the "root dir" tree. In particular
you will need to mirror /etc/passwd (or a subset of it),
and any binaries or configuration files needed for print-
ing (if required). The set of files that must be mirrored
is operating system dependent.
DDeeffaauulltt::
root directory = /
EExxaammppllee::
root directory = /homes/smb
sseeccuurriittyy ((GG))
This option does affects how clients respond to Samba.
The option sets the "security mode bit" in replies to pro-
tocol negotiations to turn share level security on or off.
Clients decide based on this bit whether (and how) to
transfer user and password information to the server.
The default is "security=SHARE", mainly because that was
the only option at one stage.
The alternatives are "security = user" or "security =
server".
If your PCs use usernames that are the same as their user-
names on the unix machine then you will want to use "secu-
rity = user". If you mostly use usernames that don't exist
on the unix box then use "security = share".
There is a bug in WfWg that may affect your decision. When
in user level security a WfWg client will totally ignore
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the password you type in the "connect drive" dialog box.
This makes it very difficult (if not impossible) to con-
nect to a Samba service as anyone except the user that you
are logged into WfWg as.
If you use "security = server" then Samba will try to val-
idate the username/password by passing it to another SMB
server, such as an NT box. If this fails it will revert to
"security = USER".
See the "password server" option for more details.
DDeeffaauulltt::
security = SHARE
EExxaammppllee::
security = USER
sseerrvveerr ssttrriinngg ((GG))
This controls what string will show up in the printer com-
ment box in print manager and next to the IPC connection
in "net view". It can be any string that you wish to show
to your users.
Note that it DOES NOT affect the string that appears in
browse lists. That is controlled by a nmbd command line
option instead.
A %v will be replaced with the Samba version number.
A %h will be replaced with the hostname.
DDeeffaauulltt:: server string = Samba %v
EExxaammppllee:: server string = University of GNUs Samba
Server
ssmmbbrruunn ((GG))
This sets the full path to the smbrun binary. This
defaults to the value in the Makefile.
You must get this path right for many services to work
correctly.
DDeeffaauulltt:: ttaakkeenn ffrroomm MMaakkeeffiillee
EExxaammppllee:: smbrun = /usr/local/samba/bin/smbrun
sshhoorrtt pprreesseerrvvee ccaassee ((SS))
This controls if new short filenames are created with the
case that the client passes, or if they are forced to be
the "default" case.
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DDeeffaauulltt::
short preserve case = no
See the section on "NAME MANGLING" for a fuller discus-
sion.
rroooott pprreeeexxeecc ((SS))
This is the same as preexec except that the command is run
as root. This is useful for mounting filesystems (such as
cdroms) before a connection is finalised.
rroooott ppoosstteexxeecc ((SS))
This is the same as postexec except that the command is
run as root. This is useful for unmounting filesystems
(such as cdroms) after a connection is closed.
sseett ddiirreeccttoorryy ((SS))
If 'set directory = no', then users of the service may not
use the setdir command to change directory.
The setdir comand is only implemented in the Digital Path-
works client. See the Pathworks documentation for details.
DDeeffaauulltt::
set directory = no
EExxaammppllee::
set directory = yes
sshhaarree mmooddeess ((SS))
This enables or disables the honouring of the "share
modes" during a file open. These modes are used by clients
to gain exclusive read or write access to a file.
These open modes are not directly supported by unix, so
they are simulated using lock files in the "lock direc-
tory". The "lock directory" specified in smb.conf must be
readable by all users.
The share modes that are enabled by this option are
DENY_DOS, DENY_ALL, DENY_READ, DENY_WRITE, DENY_NONE and
DENY_FCB.
Enabling this option gives full share compatability but
may cost a bit of processing time on the unix server. They
are enabled by default.
DDeeffaauulltt:: share modes = yes
EExxaammppllee:: share modes = no
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ssoocckkeett ooppttiioonnss ((GG))
This option (which can also be invoked with the -O command
line option) allows you to set socket options to be used
when talking with the client.
Socket options are controls on the networking layer of the
operating systems which allow the connection to be tuned.
This option will typically be used to tune your Samba
server for optimal performance for your local network.
There is no way that Samba can know what the optimal
parameters are for your net, so you must experiment and
choose them yourself. I strongly suggest you read the
appropriate documentation for your operating system first
(perhaps "man setsockopt" will help).
You may find that on some systems Samba will say "Unknown
socket option" when you supply an option. This means you
either mis-typed it or you need to add an include file to
includes.h for your OS. If the latter is the case please
send the patch to me (samba-bugs@anu.edu.au).
Any of the supported socket options may be combined in any
way you like, as long as your OS allows it.
This is the list of socket options currently settable
using this option:
SO_KEEPALIVE
SO_REUSEADDR
SO_BROADCAST
TCP_NODELAY
IPTOS_LOWDELAY
IPTOS_THROUGHPUT
SO_SNDBUF *
SO_RCVBUF *
SO_SNDLOWAT *
SO_RCVLOWAT *
Those marked with a * take an integer argument. The others
can optionally take a 1 or 0 argument to enable or disable
the option, by default they will be enabled if you don't
specify 1 or 0.
To specify an argument use the syntax SOME_OPTION=VALUE
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for example SO_SNDBUF=8192. Note that you must not have
any spaces before or after the = sign.
If you are on a local network then a sensible option might
be
socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY
If you have an almost unloaded local network and you don't
mind a lot of extra CPU usage in the server then you could
try
socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
If you are on a wide area network then perhaps try setting
IPTOS_THROUGHPUT.
Note that several of the options may cause your Samba
server to fail completely. Use these options with caution!
DDeeffaauulltt:: no socket options
EExxaammppllee:: socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY
ssttaattuuss ((GG))
This enables or disables logging of connections to a sta-
tus file that smbstatus can read.
With this disabled smbstatus won't be able to tell you
what connections are active.
DDeeffaauulltt:: status = yes
EExxaammppllee:: status = no
ssttrriipp ddoott ((GG))
This is a boolean that controls whether to strup trailing
dots off filenames. This helps with some CDROMs that have
filenames ending in a single dot.
NOTE: This option is now obsolete, and may be removed in
future. You should use the "mangled map" option instead as
it is much more general.
ssttrriicctt lloocckkiinngg ((SS))
This is a boolean that controls the handling of file lock-
ing in the server. When this is set to yes the server will
check every read and write access for file locks, and deny
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access if locks exist. This can be slow on some systems.
When strict locking is "no" the server does file lock
checks only when the client explicitly asks for them.
Well behaved clients always ask for lock checks when it is
important, so in the vast majority of cases "strict lock-
ing = no" is preferable.
DDeeffaauulltt:: strict locking = no
EExxaammppllee:: strict locking = yes
ssyynncc aallwwaayyss ((SS))
This is a boolean parameter that controls whether writes
will always be written to stable storage before the write
call returns. If this is false then the server will be
guided by the clients request in each write call (clients
can set a bit indicating that a particular write should be
synchronous). If this is true then every write will be
followed by a fsync() call to ensure the data is written
to disk.
DDeeffaauulltt:: sync always = no
EExxaammppllee:: sync always = yes
ttiimmee ooffffsseett ((GG))
This parameter is a setting in minutes to add to the nor-
mal GMT to local time conversion. This is useful if you
are serving a lot of PCs that have incorrect daylight sav-
ing time handling.
DDeeffaauulltt:: time offset = 0
EExxaammppllee:: time offset = 60
uusseerr ((SS))
See uusseerrnnaammee..
uusseerrnnaammee ((SS))
A synonym for this parameter is 'user'.
Multiple users may be specified in a comma-delimited list,
in which case the supplied password will be tested against
each username in turn (left to right).
The username= line is needed only when the PC is unable to
supply it's own username. This is the case for the core-
plus protocol or where your users have different WfWg
usernames to unix usernames. In both these cases you may
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also be better using the \\server\share%user syntax
instead.
The username= line is not a great solution in many cases
as it means Samba will try to validate the supplied pass-
word against each of the usernames in the username= line
in turn. This is slow and a bad idea for lots of users in
case of duplicate passwords. You may get timeouts or secu-
rity breaches using this parameter unwisely.
Samba relies on the underlying unix security. This parame-
ter does not restrict who can login, it just offers hints
to the Samba server as to what usernames might correspond
to the supplied password. Users can login as whoever they
please and they will be able to do no more damage than if
they started a telnet session. The daemon runs as the user
that they log in as, so they cannot do anything that user
cannot do.
To restrict a service to a particular set of users you can
use the "valid users=" line.
If any of the usernames begin with a @ then the name will
be looked up in the groups file and will expand to a list
of all users in the group of that name. Note that search-
ing though a groups file can take quite some time, and
some clients may time out during the search.
See the section below on username/password validation for
more information on how this parameter determines access
to the services.
DDeeffaauulltt::
The guest account if a guest service, else the name
of the service.
EExxaammpplleess::
username = fred
username = fred, mary, jack, jane, @users, @pcgroup
uusseerrnnaammee mmaapp ((GG))
This option allows you to to specify a file containing a
mapping of usernames from the clients to the server. This
can be used for several purposes. The most common is to
map usernames that users use on dos or windows machines to
those that the unix box uses. The other is to map multiple
users to a single username so that they can more easily
share files.
The map file is parsed line by line. Each line should con-
tain a single unix username on the left then a '=' fol-
lowed by a list of usernames on the right. The list of
usernames on the right may contain names of the form
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@group in which case they will match any unix username in
that group. The special client name '*' is a wildcard and
matches any name.
The file is processed on each line by taking the supplied
username and comparing it with each username on the right
hand side of the '=' signs. If the supplied name matrches
any of the names on the right hand side then it is
replaced with the name on the left. Processing then con-
tinues with the next line.
If any line begins with a '#' or a ';' then it is ignored
For example to map from he name "admin" or "administrator"
to the unix name "root" you would use
root = admin administrator
Or to map anyone in the unix group "system" to the unix
name "sys" you would use
sys = @system
You can have as many mappings as you like in a username
map file.
Note that the remapping is applied to all occurances of
usernames. Thus if you connect to "\\server\fred" and
"fred" is remapped to "mary" then you will actually be
connecting to "\\server\mary" and will need to supply a
password suitable for "mary" not "fred". The only excep-
tion to this is the username passwed to the "password
server" (if you have one). The password server will
receive whatever username the client supplies without mod-
ification.
Also note that no reverse mapping is done. The main effect
this has is with printing. Users who have been mapped may
have trouble deleting print jobs as PrintManager under
WfWg will think they don't own the print job.
DDeeffaauulltt no username map
EExxaammppllee username map = /usr/local/samba/lib/users.map
vvaalliidd cchhaarrss ((SS))
The option allows you to specify additional characters
that should be considered valid by the server in file-
names. This is particularly useful for national character
sets, such as adding u-umlaut or a-ring.
The option takes a list of characters in either integer or
character form with spaces between them. If you give two
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characters with a colon between them then it will be taken
as an lowercase:uppercase pair.
If you have an editor capable of entering the characters
into the config file then it is probably easiest to use
this method. Otherwise you can specify the characters in
octal, decimal or hexidecimal form using the usual C nota-
tion.
For example to add the single character 'Z' to the charset
(which is a pointless thing to do as it's already there)
you could do one of the following
valid chars = Z valid chars = z:Z valid chars = 0132:0172
The last two examples above actually add two characters,
and alters the uppercase and lowercase mappings appropri-
ately.
DDeeffaauulltt Samba defaults to using a reasonable set of
valid characters for english systems
EExxaammppllee
valid chars = 0345:0305 0366:0326 0344:0304
The above example allows filenames to have the swedish
characters in them.
vvaalliidd uusseerrss ((SS))
This is a list of users that should be allowed to login to
this service. A name starting with @ is interpreted as a
unix group.
If this is empty (the default) then any user can login. If
a username is in both this list and the "invalid users"
list then access is denied for that user.
The current servicename is substituted for %S. This is
useful in the [homes] section.
See also "invalid users"
DDeeffaauulltt No valid users list. (anyone can login)
EExxaammppllee valid users = greg, @pcusers
vvoolluummee ((SS))
This allows you to override the volume label returned for
a share. Useful for CDROMs whos installation programs
insist on a particular volume label.
The default is the name of the share
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wwiiddee lliinnkkss ((SS))
This parameter controls whether or not links in the Unix
file system may be followed by the server. Links that
point to areas within the directory tree exported by the
server are always allowed; this parameter controls access
only to areas that are outside the directory tree being
exported.
DDeeffaauulltt::
wide links = yes
EExxaammppllee::
wide links = no
wwoorrkkggrroouupp ((GG))
This controls what workgroup your server will appear to be
in when queried by clients. This can be different to the
workgroup specified in the nmbd configuration, but it is
probably best if you set them to the same value.
DDeeffaauulltt::
set in the Makefile
EExxaammppllee::
workgroup = MYGROUP
wwrriittee ookk ((SS))
See wwrriittaabbllee and rreeaadd oonnllyy..
wwrriittaabbllee ((SS))
A synonym for this parameter is 'write ok'. An inverted
synonym is 'read only'.
If this parameter is 'no', then users of a service may not
create or modify files in the service's directory.
Note that a printable service ('printable = yes') will
ALWAYS allow writing to the directory (user privileges
permitting), but only via spooling operations.
DDeeffaauulltt::
writable = no
EExxaammpplleess::
read only = no
writable = yes
write ok = yes
wwrriittee lliisstt ((SS))
This is a list of users that are given read-write access
to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then
they will be given write access, no matter what the "read
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only" option is set to. The list can include group names
using the @group syntax.
Note that if a user is in both the read list and the write
list then they will be given write access.
See also the "read list" option
DDeeffaauulltt::
write list =
EExxaammppllee::
write list = admin, root, @staff
wwrriittee rraaww ((GG))
This parameter controls whether or not the server will
support raw writes when transferring data from clients.
DDeeffaauulltt::
write raw = yes
EExxaammppllee::
write raw = no
NNOOTTEE AABBOOUUTT UUSSEERRNNAAMMEE//PPAASSSSWWOORRDD VVAALLIIDDAATTIIOONN
There are a number of ways in which a user can connect to
a service. The server follows the following steps in
determining if it will allow a connection to a specified
service. If all the steps fail then the connection request
is rejected. If one of the steps pass then the following
steps are not checked.
If the service is marked "guest only = yes" then steps 1
to 5 are skipped
Step 1: If the client has passed a username/password pair
and that username/password pair is validated by the unix
systems password programs then the connection is made as
that username. Note that this includes the
\\server\service%username method of passing a username.
Step 2: If the client has previously registered a username
with the system and now supplies a correct password for
that username then the connection is allowed.
Step 3: The clients netbios name and any previously used
user names are checked against the supplied password, if
they match then the connection is allowed as the corre-
sponding user.
Step 4: If the client has previously validated a user-
name/password pair with the server and the client has
passed the validation token then that username is used.
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This step is skipped if "revalidate = yes" for this ser-
vice.
Step 5: If a "user = " field is given in the smb.conf file
for the service and the client has supplied a password,
and that password matches (according to the unix systems
password checking) with one of the usernames from the
user= field then the connection is made as the username in
the "user=" line. If one of the username in the user= list
begins with a @ then that name expands to a list of names
in the group of the same name.
Step 6: If the service is a guest service then a connec-
tion is made as the username given in the "guest account
=" for the service, irrespective of the supplied password.
WWAARRNNIINNGGSS
Although the configuration file permits service names to
contain spaces, your client software may not. Spaces will
be ignored in comparisons anyway, so it shouldn't be a
problem - but be aware of the possibility.
On a similar note, many clients - especially DOS clients -
limit service names to eight characters. Smbd has no such
limitation, but attempts to connect from such clients will
fail if they truncate the service names. For this reason
you should probably keep your service names down to eight
characters in length.
Use of the [homes] and [printers] special sections make
life for an administrator easy, but the various combina-
tions of default attributes can be tricky. Take extreme
care when designing these sections. In particular, ensure
that the permissions on spool directories are correct.
VVEERRSSIIOONN
This man page is (mostly) correct for version 1.9.00 of
the Samba suite, plus some of the recent patches to it.
These notes will necessarily lag behind development of the
software, so it is possible that your version of the
server has extensions or parameter semantics that differ
from or are not covered by this man page. Please notify
these to the address below for rectification.
Prior to version 1.5.21 of the Samba suite, the configura-
tion file was radically different (more primitive). If you
are using a version earlier than 1.8.05, it is STRONGLY
recommended that you upgrade.
OOPPTTIIOONNSS
Not applicable.
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FFIILLEESS
Not applicable.
EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT VVAARRIIAABBLLEESS
Not applicable.
SSEEEE AALLSSOO
ssmmbbdd((88)),, ssmmbbcclliieenntt((11)),, nnmmbbdd((88)),, tteessttppaarrmm((11)),, tteessttpprrnnss((11)),,
llppqq((11)),, hhoossttss__aacccceessss((55))
DDIIAAGGNNOOSSTTIICCSS
[This section under construction]
Most diagnostics issued by the server are logged in a
specified log file. The log file name is specified at com-
pile time, but may be overridden on the smbd (see smbd(8))
command line.
The number and nature of diagnostics available depends on
the debug level used by the server. If you have problems,
set the debug level to 3 and peruse the log files.
Most messages are reasonably self-explanatory. Unfortu-
nately, at time of creation of this man page the source
code is still too fluid to warrant describing each and
every diagnostic. At this stage your best bet is still to
grep the source code and inspect the conditions that gave
rise to the diagnostics you are seeing.
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None known.
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