Samba

[Samba] Illegal characters in filename?
I have a server that uses both NFS and Samba. I noticed on a Windows client that some directories and files were in the 8.3 format, and clicking on them resulted in an "Access denied." message. I've since upgraded to 3.5.0 - now the "Access denied." message is gone and I can enter and open files, but all of the n... 6 Mar 2010 22:50

print jobs >4GB
On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 10:04:07PM +0100, Oncaphillis wrote: Dear All, I've stumbled over a problem with large print jobs coming from windows vista clients. Jobs above 4GB fail to be printed. The file in the spool directory grows to a size a little above 4GB and then printing is aborted. Transfer via... 8 Mar 2010 11:56

[Samba] unable to access samba server from long distance
Hi, I have a strange issue and wanted some help to resolve , I had searched on google but couldn't found suitable answer for the same. Well, Let you know the scenario and details of my setup. 1. I am using Centos 5.4 x86 based operating system 2. samba version samba-3.0.33-3.15. 3. I have a 1 mbps internet ... 5 Mar 2010 17:21

Windows 7 + Samba 3.4.5 locking problem
Den 05-03-2010 20:42, Lars Bensmann skrev: Hello, after having no problem with four Windows 2000 workstations and one Samba 2.something server for several years in a medical practice the practice software (DocComfort) dropped support for Windows 2000 beginning of this year. So I bought new hardware fo... 7 Mar 2010 15:10

[Samba] Windows 7 + Samba 3.4.5 locking problem
Hello, after having no problem with four Windows 2000 workstations and one Samba 2.something server for several years in a medical practice the practice software (DocComfort) dropped support for Windows 2000 beginning of this year. So I bought new hardware for the workstations and servers and installed from scra... 5 Mar 2010 15:05

[Samba] winbind offline logon = yes - stored credentials questions
If I set winbind offline logon = yes in my smb.conf file and I have my Linux box authenticating directly against an AD controller, where, and how, does samba store the user's credentials? And are the credentials encrypted? If yes, use what scheme? I could read more on this, too, but for how long are they cached... 5 Mar 2010 08:19

[Samba] Can't save printer driver settings
Hello, I have a samba server (3.2.5 running under Debian Lenny) that works well. I have a printer queue that is using an HP LaserJet 4300 PS drivers. It prints correctly. When I try to setup some printing preferences using the administrator account, ad through the "Advanced" tab, settings are lost when I close a... 4 Mar 2010 12:20

[Samba] NTLM V2 authentication problem with samba-3.2.6
Hi, I'm using samba-3.2.6. Got the following error while connecting to a server which supports ntlm v2 only. NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE Then I changed /etc/samba/smb.conf to include the following line.. client NTLMv2 auth = yes Even then I got the same error. Then recompiled the samba source by making th... 4 Mar 2010 04:30

question on authentication
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 10:59:43AM -0800, mogambo wrote: Hi there, I am trying to come up with a solution to the current Samba authentication voes on the gateway server for our distributed file system. We currently use smbpasswd file on the gateway server for authentication, which is not a secure wa... 3 Mar 2010 15:16

unix exts / wide links / symlinks
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 03:38:58PM +0100, Stefan Götz wrote: Hi! How can I let recent smbd versions let unix clients access and resolve 'wide' symlinks locally? My goal is that clients may use any kind of symlink (internal and external to a mounted share) like on any other unix-style file system with... 3 Mar 2010 15:16