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   3 This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for
   4 Samba, the free and very popular SMB server product. An SMB server
   5 allows file and printer connections from clients such as Windows,
   6 OS/2, Linux and others. Current to version 3.0. Please send any
   7 corrections to the samba documentation mailinglist at
   8 <a href="mailto:samba-doc@samba.org" target="_top">samba-doc@samba.org</a>.
   9 This FAQ was based on the old Samba FAQ by Dan Shearer and Paul Blackman,
  10 and the old samba text documents which were mostly written by John Terpstra.
  11 </p></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt>1. <a href="FAQ-general.html">General Information</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2808041">Where can I get it?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2808063">What do the version numbers mean?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2808152">What platforms are supported?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2808341">How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>2. <a href="FAQ-Install.html">Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2808542">I can't see the Samba server in any browse lists!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2811456">Some files that I KNOW are on the server don't show up when I view the files from my client!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2811470">Some files on the server show up with really wierd filenames when I view the files from my client!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2860743">My client reports &quot;cannot locate specified computer&quot; or similar</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2860797">My client reports &quot;cannot locate specified share name&quot; or similar</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2806029">Printing doesn't work</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2807904">My client reports &quot;This server is not configured to list shared resources&quot;</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2807925">Log message &quot;you appear to have a trapdoor uid system&quot; </a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2807990">Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2811127">How do I set the printer driver name correctly?</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>3. <a href="FAQ-Config.html">Configuration problems</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-Config.html#id2811370">I have set 'force user' and samba still makes 'root' the owner of all the files I touch!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Config.html#id2811387">I have just installed samba and I'm trying to log in from Windows, but samba refuses all logins!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Config.html#id2811409">How can I make samba use netbios scope ID's</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>4. <a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html">Specific client application problems</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2808466">MS Office Setup reports &quot;Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'&quot;</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2808495">How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2808433">Microsoft Access database opening errors</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>5. <a href="FAQ-errors.html">Common errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2811288">Not listening for calling name</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2811329">System Error 1240</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2811215">smbclient ignores -N !</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2811270">The data on the CD-Drive I've shared seems to be corrupted!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2874350">Why can users access home directories of other users?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2874436">Until a few minutes after samba has started, clients get the error &quot;Domain Controller Unavailable&quot;</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2874451">I'm getting &quot;open_oplock_ipc: Failed to get local UDP socket for address 100007f. Error was Cannot assign requested&quot; in the logs</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>6. <a href="FAQ-features.html">Features</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874269">How can I prevent my samba server from being used to distribute the Nimda worm?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874209">How can I use samba as a fax server?</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874628">Tools for printing faxes</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874681">Making the fax-server</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874774">Installing the client drivers</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874858">Example smb.conf</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874883">Samba doesn't work well together with DHCP!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874531">How can I assign NetBIOS names to clients with DHCP?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874581">How do I convert between unix and dos text formats?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2874612">Does samba have wins replication support?</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>7. <a href="FAQ-Printing.html">Printing problems</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-Printing.html#id2875214">setdriver or cupsaddsmb failes</a></dt></dl></dd></dl></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-general.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 1. General Information</td></tr></table></div></body></html>