SAMBA digest 1853

Robert robert at mhi-tx.com
Mon Oct 26 14:14:36 GMT 1998


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


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