smb.conf/manpage/2006/parameters/E

ea support
ea support (S) This boolean  parameter  controls  whether  s�sm�mb�bd�d(8)  will allow clients to attempt to store OS/2 style Extended attributes on a              share. In order to enable this parameter the underlying filesys- tem exported by the share must support extended attributes (such             as  provided  on  XFS and EXT3 on Linux, with the correct kernel              patches). On Linux the filesystem must have been  mounted  with the mount option user_xattr in order for extended attributes to              work, also extended attributes must be compiled into  the  Linux kernel.

Default: _�e_�a _�s_�u_�p_�p_�o_�r_�t = no

enable rid algorithm
enable rid algorithm (G) This option is used to control whether or not smbd in Samba 3.0 should fallback to the algorithm used by Samba 2.2 to  generate user and group RIDs. The longterm development goal is to remove the algorithmic mappings of RIDs altogether, but this has proved to be  difficult. This parameter  is  mainly provided so that developers can turn the algorithm  on  and  off  and  see  what breaks. This parameter should not be disabled by non-developers because certain features in Samba will fail to work without it.

Default: _�e_�n_�a_�b_�l_�e _�r_�i_�d _�a_�l_�g_�o_�r_�i_�t_�h_�m = yes

encrypt passwords
encrypt passwords (G) This boolean controls whether encrypted passwords will be nego- tiated with the client. Note that Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and  above and also  Windows 98 will by default expect encrypted passwords unless a registry entry is changed. To use encrypted  passwords in Samba see the chapter "User Database" in the Samba HOWTO Col- lection.

MS Windows clients that expect Microsoft encrypted passwords and that do  not  have  plain text password support enabled will be              able to connect only to a Samba server that has  encypted  pass- word support  enabled  and  for  which the user accounts have a              valid encrypted password. Refer to the  smbpasswd  command  man page for  information regarding the creation of encrypted pass- words for user accounts.

The use of plain text passwords is NOT advised as  support  for this feature is no longer maintained in Microsoft Windows prod- ucts. If you want to use plain text passwords you must set this parameter to no.

In order for encrypted passwords to work correctly s�sm�mb�bd�d(8) must either have access to a local s�sm�mb�bp�pa�as�ss�sw�wd�d(5) file (see  the  s�sm�mb�b-�-              p�pa�as�ss�sw�wd�d(8)  program for information on how to set up and maintain              this file), or set the security = [server|domain|ads]  parameter which causes s�sm�mb�bd�d to authenticate against another server.

Default: _�e_�n_�c_�r_�y_�p_�t _�p_�a_�s_�s_�w_�o_�r_�d_�s = yes

enhanced browsing
enhanced browsing (G) This option  enables  a  couple of enhancements to cross-subnet browse propagation that have been added in Samba but which  are not standard in Microsoft implementations.

The first enhancement to browse propagation consists of a regu- lar wildcard query to a Samba WINS server for all Domain Master Browsers, followed by a browse synchronization with each of the returned DMBs. The second enhancement consists of a regular ran- domised browse synchronization with all currently known DMBs.

You may  wish to disable this option if you have a problem with empty workgroups not disappearing from browse lists. Due to the restrictions of  the  browse  protocols  these enhancements can cause a empty workgroup to stay around  forever  which  can  be              annoying.

In general  you  should  leave  this option enabled as it makes cross-subnet browse propagation much more reliable.

Default: _�e_�n_�h_�a_�n_�c_�e_�d _�b_�r_�o_�w_�s_�i_�n_�g = yes

enumports command
enumports command (G) The concept of a "port" is fairly foreign to UNIX hosts. Under Windows NT/2000 print servers, a port is associated with a port monitor and generally takes the form  of  a  local  port  (i.e.              LPT1:,  COM1:,  FILE:)  or a remote port (i.e. LPD Port Monitor,              etc...). By default, Samba has only  one  port  defined--"�"S�Sa�am�mb�ba�a P�Pr�ri�in�nt�te�er�r P�Po�or�rt�t"�". Under Windows NT/2000, all printers must have a             valid port name. If you wish to have a list of ports  displayed (s�sm�mb�bd�d  does  not  use  a port name for anything) other than the default "�"S�Sa�am�mb�ba�a P�Pr�ri�in�nt�te�er�r P�Po�or�rt�t"�", you can define _�e_�n_�u_�m_�p_�o_�r_�t_�s  _�c_�o_�m_�m_�a_�n_�d to point to a program which should generate a list of ports, one per line, to standard output. This listing will then be used in              response to the level 1 and 2 EnumPorts RPC.

Default: _�e_�n_�u_�m_�p_�o_�r_�t_�s _�c_�o_�m_�m_�a_�n_�d =

Example: _�e_�n_�u_�m_�p_�o_�r_�t_�s _�c_�o_�m_�m_�a_�n_�d = /usr/bin/listports