SAMBA digest 2073
Thomas Reifferscheid
reift005 at mail.Uni-Mainz.de
Fri Apr 30 13:14:07 GMT 1999
Why is www.secnet.com down ? i'm looking for the samba-audit-tool and
didn't find any mirror.
Thomas
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 samba at samba.org wrote:
> SAMBA Digest 2073
>
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> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Group-Shares
> by Johannes Scherbaum <scherj at funkhaus.de>
> 2) RE: Samba 2.0.3
> by Johan Roos <roos at byggdok.se>
> 3) Printing Problems / SAMBA Digest 2072
> by Axel Neumann <amn at cromemco.com>
> 4) I just want to thank you
> by "Adilson G. Oliveira" <adilson at unimedsc.com.br>
> 5) Re: An even more strange win95 browsing problem
> by Hongwei Li <hongwei at morpheus.wustl.edu>
> 6) Re: Samba 2.0.3
> by Herb Lewis <herb at chomps.engr.sgi.com>
> 7) login problem
> by Jason Duerstock <jason at sdi.cluephone.com>
> 8) Installation Setup for NT
> by "Thompson, Dave" <ThompsD1 at bsci.com>
> 9) weird problem
> by kees <kees at schoen.nl>
> 10) Re: SAMBA digest 2071
> by Sigmund Skjelnes <sskjelln at online.no>
> 11) Linux help
> by "james miller" <jamesmiller at here38.freeserve.co.uk>
> 12) time server synchronization
> by "Nikiforuk, Kevin" <NikifK at treas.gov.ab.ca>
> 13) german umlaute win95 client vs. Linux-Samba file server
> by Ralf Christmann <rchristmann at zh.unipektin.ch>
> 14) Re: german umlaute win95 client vs. Linux-Samba file server
> by giuliox at tin.it (Giulio Orsero)
> 15) Upgrade to Samba 2.0.2 - Install Problem of MS Software
> by "Till Mommsen" <t.mommsen at gmx.de>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:51:46 "GMT"
> From: Johannes Scherbaum <scherj at funkhaus.de>
> To: Samba-Mailing-List <samba at samba.org>
> Subject: Group-Shares
> Message-ID: <MDAEMON-F199904291351.AA514625MD67509 at funkhaus.de>
>
> I want to make a group-share that only the members of the
> group can see on their Windows-Client.
> Share "Technik" as group-share for members of group
> "Technik".
> smb.conf as seen below:
>
>
> [global]
> security = user
> server string = Tanze Samba mit mir (Version %v)
> revalidate = yes
> os level = 6
> networkstation user login = yes
> # browseable = yes
>
> [test]
> path = /home/test
> public = yes
> writeable = yes
> browseable = yes
>
>
> [My Home]
> path = /home/%u
> public = no
> writeable = yes
> browseable = no %u
> create mask = 070
> valid user = %H
>
> #[supervisor]
> #path = /home/supervisor
> #public = no
> #writeable = yes
> #browseable = no
> #valid users = supervisor
> #create mask = 777
>
> #[denzleru]
> #path = /home/denzleru
> #public = no
> #writeable = yes
> #browseable = no
> #valid users = denzleru
> #create mask = 777
>
> #[scherj]
> #path = /home/scherj
> #public = no
> #writeable = yes
> #browseable = no
> #valid users = scherj
> #create mask = 777
>
> [Technik]
> path = /home/Technik
> public = no %u
> writeable = yes
> browseable = no %g
> # hosts allow = 192.168.1.8
> create mask = 070
> directory mode = 070
> valid user = @Technik
>
> [WeissNicht]
> path =/home/WeissNicht
> public = no %u
> writeable = yes
> browseable = no %g
> create mask = 070
> directory mode = 070
> valid user = @WeissNicht
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Johannes Scherbaum <scherj at funkhaus.de>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:12:31 +0200 (MEST)
> From: Johan Roos <roos at byggdok.se>
> To: Matthew Harrell <mharrell at sito.saic.com>
> Cc: Multiple recipients of list <samba at samba.org>
> Subject: RE: Samba 2.0.3
> Message-ID: <XFMail.990429151231.roos at byggdok.se>
>
> Did you get any answers to this?
> Or did you solve it. I have the same problem.
>
> /Roos
>
> On 28-Apr-99 Matthew Harrell wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I am unable to log into samba anymore since I upgraded to 2.0.3.
> > I've
> > attached my smb.conf below and I've even gone to trying the CVS releases to
> > see if one of them will help.
> >
> > First of all, I get soemthing like
> > {33}: smbclient -L vilnius -U mharrell
> > Added interface ip=207.97.105.146 bcast=207.97.105.255
> > nmask=255.255.255.128
> > Password:
> > session setup failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair
> > in
> > a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)
> >
> > I've tried it with encrypted and unencrypted passwords. What's changed?
> > This
> > is the same file that used to work with older versions of Samba.
> >
> > I've attached the samba log below if anyone can explain what happens. Please
> > help. This is driving me crazy.
> >
> > --
> > Matthew Harrell Preserve wildlife --
> > Simulation Technology Division, SAIC pickle a squirrel today!
> > mharrell at sito.saic.com
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________
> Mail: Johan Roos <roos at byggdok.se> | Phone: +46(0)708953197, +46(0)86177456
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:59:25 +0200
> From: Axel Neumann <amn at cromemco.com>
> To: "'brg at southern-air.com'" <brg at southern-air.com>
> Cc: "'samba at samba.org'" <samba at samba.org>
> Subject: Printing Problems / SAMBA Digest 2072
> Message-ID: <01BE9259.42052290.amn at cromemco.com>
>
> Hello Brian,
>
> There is a very annoying problem with UNIX systems and network printing. On
> nearly all SYSV systems the spooler stores only the address of the
> (temporarily) print file. This does not cause any problem if it is created
> by a local application. If the temporarily print file was created via a
> network application (Samba, NFS, etc.) it will be removed shortly
> afterwards. In the most cases the spooler is not able to print the file in
> time. To avoid this problem you have to advise the spooler to copy the file
> first into the spooling area before printing. An entry for SYSV printing in
> smb.conf would look like the following:
>
> print command = /usr/bin/lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s
>
> Axel Neumann
> ===================================================================
> Cromemco MPCT GmbH Tel:
> Int+49 6172 967860
> Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Str. 4
> Fax: Int+49 6172 304519
> D-61350 Bad Homburg
> E-Mail: amn at cromemco.com
> ===================================================================
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:35:09 -0300
> From: "Adilson G. Oliveira" <adilson at unimedsc.com.br>
> To: samba at samba.org
> Subject: I just want to thank you
> Message-ID: <37286E1D.E00972EC at unimedsc.com.br>
>
> Hi!
>
> I don't know if it's the right way but all I need is to tell a BIG THANK
> YOU for all your job and eforts. I think samba is the greatest single
> package I ever see for *nix, especialy Linux.
>
> BTW, about that Mindcraft test, what about payback the same way
> providing a benchmark with a higjly tunned samba/apache server and a
> "out of shelf" NT?
>
> []s
>
> Adilson.
> --
> Federacao das Unimeds de SC
> /Joinville, SC - Brasil
> Usuario Linux 61065 - Scientia est Potentia
> /"\
> \ / CAMPANHA DA FITA ASCII - CONTRA MAIL HTML
> X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL
> / \
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:09:16 -0500
> From: Hongwei Li <hongwei at morpheus.wustl.edu>
> To: "Nelson, John P." <NelsonJP at genrad.com>, "samba at samba.org" <samba at samba.org>
> Subject: Re: An even more strange win95 browsing problem
> Message-ID: <3728842C.2DBDE70E at morpheus.wustl.edu>
>
> Hi John,
>
> Thank you very much for your help. I tested on about ten Windows 95 and some
> Windows NT. Six 95 (let me still call them 95-1) can see Linux and AIX shares,
> four 95 (call them 95-2) can see AIX shares, but can not see Linux shares. All
> NTs can see Linux and AIX shares.
>
> When I run "nbtstat -a morpheus" (our Linux), I got
>
> on all 95-1 and 95-2:
>
> MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00
>
> on all NT:
>
> Host not found.
>
> If I run nbtstat -a neurology (or NEUROLOGY), I got on all 95-1, 95-2 and NT
>
> Host not found.
>
> A few things: all of our systems (95, NT, Unix) use the same DNS server, which
> is the Washington University DNS server, not our subnet server, and TCP/IP as
> the default protocol. All of them are on the same subnet: 128.252.85.x, and
> there is no machine in our Washington University called neurology or NEUROLOGY
> (I checked the DNS server). I configured all 95-1 and 95-2 the same way. Of
> course, they are slightly different from NT because the interface is different,
> but the basic points are the same: TCP/IP, DNS, Gateway, NT Domain.
>
> I still don't understand:
>
> 1. If the problem is on those 95-2, why can they see AIX shares without any
> problem?
> 2. If the problem is on Linux, why 95-1 machines and NTs can see it?
> 3. If the problem is in samba (I tested version 2.0.2, 1.9.17p4 and 1.9.16p9 on
> Linux and AIX), why all 95-1, 95-2 and NT can see AIX shares, but 95-2 can only
> see AIX, not Linux?
>
> I greatly appreciate any further help!
>
> Hongwei Li
>
> "Nelson, John P." wrote:
>
> > >From your description, it sounds like there is another computer on the
> > network claiming the same smb name used by your samba server. Some machines
> > are seeing one of the computers, the others are seeing the other computer.
> >
> > Try running "nbtstat -a computername" on both a client that sees your Linux
> > box and again on one that sees the NEUROLOGY data. Ignore everything but
> > the MAC address (the rest of the information is interesting, but irrelevent
> > in this case). I'll bet it reports two different MAC addresses (i.e. they
> > are reporting two different computers).
> >
> > The reason that some clients see one and some see the other may be related
> > to your networking configuration: the NT systems may all be using a WINS
> > server or DNS server or all be on a single subnet, where the Windows 95
> > systems are somehow configured differently.
> >
> > I hope that helps...
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I posted a few messages a couple of days ago about a strange windows 95
> > browsing problem with samba-2.0.2, 1.9.17p4 that none of our Windows 95
> > users can see our Linux shares, but all NT users can see the Linux
> > shares, and all 95 and NT users can see AIX shares. All of our Linux
> > and AIX use the save version of samba (I tested 2.0.2 and 1.9.17p4).
> >
> > Yesterday, I tried to down grade the version -- installed samba-1.9.16p9
> > on all of AIX and Linux systems. Then, I found that all NT users can
> > still all unix shares, but only some of win 95 users can see all
> > shares. Other win 95 users still can not see the Linux shares (they can
> > see AIX shares as before). I compared two Win 95 machines, say called
> > 95-1 and 95-2. On 95-1 users can see all shares, on 95-2 users can see
> > only AIX shares. I click the "Network Neighborhood" icon, it shows the
> > AIX and Linux box's names on both 95-1 and 95-2. However, when I
> > right-click the Linux box's name, I got the following strange results:
> >
> > On 95-1 where users can see all shares, I got a reasonable showing:
> >
> > Comment: Samba 1.9.16p9
> > Workgroup: wumdnet (this is our domain name)
> > User Logged on: msnet
> > Type: Microsoft Windows NT
> >
> > On 95-2 (and all other win 95 machines where users can not see the Linux
> > shares) I got a strange result:
> >
> > Comment: NEUROLOGY
> > Workgroup: SLEEP
> > Type: Microsoft Networking file and print
> >
> > I don't understand what "NEUROLOGY" and "SLEEP" mean. We don't have
> > such a group/subnet/software. If I right-click the name of AIX system
> > on 95-2, I got the same result as I got on 95-1, i.e. the correct
> > result. That is probably why 95-2 users can not see the Linux box, but
> > can see AIX shares. I reboot the machines (Linux, win 95), restart
> > samba, etc., but no difference.
> >
> > Can somebody give me any clue? I appreciate all help!
> >
> > Hongwei Li
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:01:14 -0700
> From: Herb Lewis <herb at chomps.engr.sgi.com>
> To: roos at byggdok.se
> Subject: Re: Samba 2.0.3
> Message-ID: <3728905A.931B4567 at chomps.engr.sgi.com>
>
> What is your security= setting in smb.conf? The default changed in
> 2.0.0 to security=user. If you did not have this set in your smb.conf
> in 1.9.18 it defaulted to security=share.
>
>
> Johan Roos wrote:
> >
> > Did you get any answers to this?
> > Or did you solve it. I have the same problem.
> >
> > /Roos
> >
> > On 28-Apr-99 Matthew Harrell wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I am unable to log into samba anymore since I upgraded to 2.0.3.
> > > I've
> > > attached my smb.conf below and I've even gone to trying the CVS releases to
> > > see if one of them will help.
> > >
> > > First of all, I get soemthing like
> > > {33}: smbclient -L vilnius -U mharrell
> > > Added interface ip=207.97.105.146 bcast=207.97.105.255
> > > nmask=255.255.255.128
> > > Password:
> > > session setup failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair
> > > in
> > > a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)
> > >
> > > I've tried it with encrypted and unencrypted passwords. What's changed?
> > > This
> > > is the same file that used to work with older versions of Samba.
> > >
> > > I've attached the samba log below if anyone can explain what happens. Please
> > > help. This is driving me crazy.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Matthew Harrell Preserve wildlife --
> > > Simulation Technology Division, SAIC pickle a squirrel today!
> > > mharrell at sito.saic.com
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________________________
> > Mail: Johan Roos <roos at byggdok.se> | Phone: +46(0)708953197, +46(0)86177456
>
> --
> ======================================================================
> Herb Lewis Silicon Graphics
> Technical Marketing 2011 N Shoreline Blvd
> Network Systems Division Mountain View, CA 94043
> herb at sgi.com Tel: 650-933-2177
> http://www.sgi.com Fax: 650-932-2177
> ======================================================================
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:07:22 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jason Duerstock <jason at sdi.cluephone.com>
> To: samba at samba.org
> Subject: login problem
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9904291302320.26879-100000 at sdi.aatech.com>
>
> I'm logged into a Windows 98 machine trying to attach to a HP/UX 10.20
> machine named 'behemoth' running samba 2.0.3. When I try to do a 'net use
> z: \\behemoth\oracle' to map user oracle's home directory, it fails
> telling me the password is incorrect.
>
> The catch here is that I am logged into the Windows 98 machine as jason
> and it won't let me use oracle's password to map the drive. Is this
> correct behavior? Do I have my '[homes]' section misconfigured? This
> used to work in 1.9.x...
>
> I can also replicate the behavior using smbclient '\\\\behemoth\\oracle -U
> jason'.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance
>
> Jason Duerstock
> Baffled System Administrator
> Applied Automation Techniques
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:17:42 -0400
> From: "Thompson, Dave" <ThompsD1 at bsci.com>
> To: samba at samba.anu.edu.au
> Cc: "Newman, John" <newmanj at bsci.com>
> Subject: Installation Setup for NT
> Message-ID: <2188B3F7D691D111852B00805FC1DEAAC8B524 at natpr5.bscexc1.bsci.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm very new to Samba and to this list, and I'm trying to figure out how to
> configure it so it works with NT. It's installed on Solaris 2.6, and we're
> trying to grant access to a particular filesystem to an NT4 machine. I know
> absolutely nothing about NT, but I have the task of configuring Samba to
> work well and play with others, and that includes this NT server. It works
> fine with Win95.
>
> I've searched documents on-line and those that came with the package, and
> from what I can tell, there are specific variables that must be set. Here
> is what I currently have in the smb.conf for the particular filesystem in
> question:
>
> [fnsw]
> comment=Archive files
> path=/archive
> lock=yes
> guest ok=no
> valid users=fnsw
> browseable=yes
> user=fnsw
> writable=yes
> client code page=437
>
> Am I missing something? Is there something else I need to do? Whenever we
> try to connect from the NT server through Samba to the /archive directory,
> it says, "The account is not authorized to login from this station." Please
> help!
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Dave
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 15:33:15 +0200 (MEST)
> From: kees <kees at schoen.nl>
> To: samba at samba.org
> Subject: weird problem
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9904281526220.19288-100000 at schoen3.schoen.nl>
>
> Hi there,
> I ran into a weird problem. 2 machines, one with an NE2000 clone (W95)
> card and the other with an Etherworks203 (linux with Samba).
> Samba: from W95 client file shares ok, home shares ok, can read and write
> files. Printing: I *can* configure a printer up to the printing of the
> testpage, that fails. At starting of W95 it succesfully connect to the
> printer share. Printing something fails, W95 creates the data pipe but
> sends no data.....
>
> >From W95 telnet to Linux works. If the W95 box is booted as Linux (2
> partitions) NFS from the original Linux box works.
>
> BUT: replacing the Etherworks card with an NE2000 Clone SOLVES ALL THE
> PROBLEMS..... :-?
> I have to dig in that further.
> Kees
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 22:56:53 +0100
> From: Sigmund Skjelnes <sskjelln at online.no>
> To: samba at samba.org
> Subject: Re: SAMBA digest 2071
> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990429225653.0092a440 at mail.online.no>
>
> Hi, folks!
> To turn off the NT banner page, go to printer properties folder <<general>>
> and click the button <<banner>>/<<separator page>> or whatever, and remove
> what is in the textbox. Did'nt care to test this, I had to log on as
> administrator, hope it works anyway.
>
> BTW, I have an OKI Okipage laser printer, which is intended to run on
> Windows only, it's connected to an NT 4.0 workstation pc. In addition I has
> an Linux box on a network with the NT. I installed some <<TCP/IP printer
> server>> on the NT, network/services, installed lpd on the Linux box,
> configured it as remote printer, and lpd printed on the laser! The reason
> is that TCP/IP printer server uses windows drivers, shared on SMB (read
> Netbios) does not.. I'd has to adjust the margins however, it cuts some
> characters..
>
> Don't drink and compute! Well it isn't risky at all, but the result is
> often funny... :)
> Sigmund
>
> >Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 14:41:40 +0100
> >From: HARTNUJ at uk.ibm.com
> >To: samba at samba.org
> >Subject: Suppressing headers, printing via NT
> >Message-ID: <80256761.004B5B6D.00 at d06mta05.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >I've just set up lpd to print to a postscript printer attached to an NT
> >server, using the Redhat 5.2 version of the smbprint command. Eventually
> >I'd like this machine to be the department's standard lpr->SMB gateway.
> >
> >It works perfectly, except that since smbclient always logs onto the NT
> >server with the same ID, no matter who prints the job, the same
> >NT-generated banner page gets printed.
> >The NT guys here assure me that "suppress cover sheet" or whatever, is
> >something that's set on the client.
> >
> >How can I prevent NT from printing its banner, so I can let lpd do it (and
> >therefore get the username right)?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >John
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 22:31:11 +0100
> From: "james miller" <jamesmiller at here38.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <samba at samba.org>
> Subject: Linux help
> Message-ID: <002b01be9287$9b390c40$0100a8c0 at server>
>
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> =20
> I have been experimenting with linux since Christmas. I have set up a =
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> The clients are win95 boxes.
> =20
> I have used samba to give file sharing for the network and have used =
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> =20
> What I want is a remote print server for the intranet. I have spare =
> 486s etc.
> =20
> Will I need to install linux on the print server or is there a program =
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>
> Please do you know or do you know somebody who could advice me on the =
> best way of setting up a dedicated print server.
> =20
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> serving.
> =20
> If you can help please e-mail me at jamesmiller at here38.freeserve.co.uk
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> somebody who=20
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> server.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>It would be nice if the print server =
> could=20
> display the print queue it is serving.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>If you can help please e-mail me at =
> <A=20
> href=3D"mailto:jamesmiller at here38.freeserve.co.uk">jamesmiller at here38.fre=
> eserve.co.uk</A></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 =
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 17:32:00 -0600
> From: "Nikiforuk, Kevin" <NikifK at treas.gov.ab.ca>
> To: "'samba at samba.org'" <samba at samba.org>
> Subject: time server synchronization
> Message-ID: <c=CA%a=_%p=TREASURY%l=TRESRV02-990429233200Z-50193 at tresrv02.treas.gov.ab.ca>
>
> My apologies if this question has been answered here or is an FAQ,
> however I was unable to find it in my searches.
>
> I'm in the process of setting up a time server for our site, but I want
> them to be UNIX boxes instead of NT boxes. With that in mind, I
> installed Samba 2.0.3 on my HP-UX 10.20 box. Samba is on this machine
> strictly so that it can be accessed by Windows machines as a time
> server. For the longest time, I was unable connect to it via net time
> \\server on any of my Windows machines, always getting the following
> error message.
>
> Error 86: The specified network password is not correct. Type the
> correct
> password, or contact your network administrator for more information.
>
> What really burned me was that I was (am) able to map drives from any
> client. Eventually I tried the net time command while I had a drive
> mapped and lo and behold, it worked! My question is, am I missing
> something in my smb.conf file? As I'm just playing around right now,
> I've just got the default of:
>
> workgroup = <WORKGROUP NAME>
> wins server = <WINS server IP address>
> name resolve order = hosts wins
>
> [homes]
> guest ok = no
> read only = no
>
> I know I probably don't havet things configured correctly, so I'd
> greatly appreciate any advice.
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 08:47:11 +0200
> From: Ralf Christmann <rchristmann at zh.unipektin.ch>
> To: samba at samba.org
> Subject: german umlaute win95 client vs. Linux-Samba file server
> Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990430084711.007c9400 at 192.168.168.96>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've a problem known especially to german speaking users (and other
> nationalities using special characters).
> I'm using Samba 1.9.18 and a linux 2.0.35 kernel
> I want to create a directory or file with a name containing german umlaute
> from the win95 client
> so that I can see it on the linux machine with the equal characters I've
> used under win95.
> On the win95 machine the new added file (or directory) with this special
> characters seems to be good, but when I'm looking
> on the linux machine I've file or dir names with questionmarks instead of
> the special characters???
>
> I know about valid chars, character set and client code page. I've tried a
> lot but nothing seems to help.
> I've also tried a solution with validchr.exe program under dos like it is
> proposed in the docs from tino at augburg...
> Also I've changed export LC_ALL=de_DE in the bash. But no success.
> Did somebody (especially users from switzerland or germany) get rid of the
> problem.
> Or could somebody else help?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Ralf
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 10:51:38 +0200
> From: giuliox at tin.it (Giulio Orsero)
> To: Multiple recipients of list <samba at samba.org>
> Subject: Re: german umlaute win95 client vs. Linux-Samba file server
> Message-ID: <19990430085453.DXHA3147.fep04-svc@[212.216.109.22]>
>
> On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 17:10:03 +1000, hai scritto:
>
> >On the win95 machine the new added file (or directory) with this special
> >characters seems to be good, but when I'm looking
> >on the linux machine I've file or dir names with questionmarks instead of
> >the special characters???
>
> I have the same problem. I think this is linux related and not samba.
>
> $ echo ciao > aaaààà
> $ ls aaa*
> aaa???
>
>
> --
> Giulio
> giuliox at tin.it
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:38:34 -0000
> From: "Till Mommsen" <t.mommsen at gmx.de>
> To: <samba at samba.org>
> Subject: Upgrade to Samba 2.0.2 - Install Problem of MS Software
> Message-ID: <001101be92fd$fa9c96e0$0100a8c0 at tillneu>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got the following problem:
>
> I am using samba 1.9.18 on a SuSE 6.0 Server with NT4/SP4 clients. I am
> running a database application that puts (as usual) some files (progs) on
> the clients and some files (data) on the server. The database is written in
> MS Visual Fox Pro.
>
> Now I tried upgrading to Samba 2.0.2. I set up Samba and everything seemed
> to work fine (could access shares etc.). Now the Database apps started to
> behave strange. I got warning messages about slow read/write inputs,
> application crahses etc. I tried to freshly install the MS apps. However
> this was impossible: Setup aborted after a while with the message of not
> enough disk space (wich is not true). Also , when I run setup again, it
> stops at different stages of the setup. Several setup screens that ask for
> input are never shown.
>
> After I downgraded back to 1.9.18 everything worked fine again.
>
> Any ideas? Hints appreciated .... :-)
>
> Thanks, Till
>
>
>
>
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