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* {{l/sub|browser}}: debugging master/domain browser issues
* {{l/sub|browser}}: debugging master/domain browser issues
* {{l/sub|commands}} for interacting with Samba
* {{l/sub|commands}} for interacting with Samba
* {{l/sub|how-to}}
* {{l/sub|how-to}}: specific things
* {{l/sub|printing}}: using Samba to serve shared printers
* {{l/sub|printing}}: using Samba to serve shared printers
* {{l/sub|files}}: what the files mean and where they are kept
* {{l/sub|files}}: what the files mean and where they are kept
==Notes==
''as explained by user adaptr on #samba on freenode:''
Each machine that participates in a netbios/smb network (or workgroup) is both client and server - it takes services and advertises them. Any machine at least advertises the <u>MACHINE</u> service &ndash; just its own netbios machine name with a specific SMB service type &ndash; so even if it's only trying to browse or auth to an SMB server, that client offers its own service data to what is known as the [[SMB/master browser|master browser]].
''user kukks adds:''
To get more debug info from the cifs kernel module, use the following as root:
echo 7 > /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI
This will instruct cifs vfs to write more debug stuff to the kernel log.
===can't browse into folders===
The following lines in [[smb.conf]] fix a common problem where you can see folders underneath a share but can't browse into them (this may only be a problem if they are symbolic links):
# 2010-04-20 makes wide links work again
  # allows samba to show/include symbolic-linked folders and files:
  follow symlinks = yes
  # allows links to targets not within the shared folder
  wide links = yes
  # disable option incompatible with wide links
  unix extensions  = no
==How To==
==Links==
==Links==
===Official===
===Official===
* [http://samba.org official site]
* [http://samba.org official site]
===Reference===
===Reference===
* [[Wikipedia:Samba software]]
* '''Wikipedia''':
* [[Wikipedia:Server Message Block]]: SMB protocol
** {{l/wp|Samba software}}
** {{l/wp|Server Message Block}}: the SMB protocol
===Articles===
===Articles===
* '''1999-11''' [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ch03_01.html Chapter 3: Configuring Windows Clients] from the book ''Using Samba'' by Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, Peter Kelly (this shows how to set up [[Win9x]] machines for non-anonymous connection to Samba)
* '''1999-11''' [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ch03_01.html Chapter 3: Configuring Windows Clients] from the book ''Using Samba'' by Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, Peter Kelly (this shows how to set up [[Win9x]] machines for non-anonymous connection to Samba)
* [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1138772,00.html Managing Samba: Choose your weapon &ndash; Windows network ID basics]: seems to cover some useful concepts
* [http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid39_gci1138772,00.html Managing Samba: Choose your weapon &ndash; Windows network ID basics]: seems to cover some useful concepts

Revision as of 15:28, 16 September 2024

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Samba is open-source server software which allows "Network Neighborhood"-style communication between Microsoft Windows and other operating systems such as Linux. It is named after the SMB protocol, which is what Windows uses for "Network Neighborhood" communication.

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  • browser: debugging master/domain browser issues
  • commands for interacting with Samba
  • how-to: specific things
  • printing: using Samba to serve shared printers
  • files: what the files mean and where they are kept

Official

Reference

Articles