Re: [Samba] Veto files only at one location
Jeremy Allison wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 03:46:31PM +, Kevin Bailey wrote: This *must* be do-able! If I want to veto a single directory at the root of the users home directory i.e. /home/user/Maildir I can with veto files = /Maildir/ However, this prevents the user from being able to create directories/files with that name *anywhere* in the directory structure. Is there a way I can set 'veto files' to only veto one particular directory? No, that was never part of the design of the parameter, sorry. The code would need to be expanded to do regexp processing in order to do this. Possible, but no one has yet needed it. Jeremy. Thanks for the definitive reply. If the user tries to create a directory (or file) with the vetoed name then they get an error from Windows. The folder looks like it has a name of 'New Folder' initially but this disappears when the view is refreshed. So in other words - as it stops the user from being able to create a folder/file with that name it kinda fails safe. Thanks - and well done for the column in Linux Format - always a good read. Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Veto files only at one location
This *must* be do-able! If I want to veto a single directory at the root of the users home directory i.e. /home/user/Maildir I can with veto files = /Maildir/ However, this prevents the user from being able to create directories/files with that name *anywhere* in the directory structure. Is there a way I can set 'veto files' to only veto one particular directory? Thanks, Kev -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Postfix and Samba best practice
Hi, We have a server which is going to be a Samba file server and a Postfix server where the users will access their mail over IMAP. We normally prefer to use Maildir storage as it seems to be recommended over mailbox - for me, for example, I am subscribed to a dozen or so lists and have tens if not hundreds of thousands of emails on the server. The combination of Postfix and Courier-imap has worked perfectly for a couple of years. So - in /etc/postfix/main.cf we set mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -a $EXTENSION DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/ MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir to put the mail under my home directory and to enable procmail to work. (I can then use procmail to sort mail into subdirectories etc). Now, if I set up Samba as default on Debian it shares out my home directory to Windows clients. If I allow the viewing of hidden files then the .Maildir directory shows up on Windows where it can be explored or even deleted. In my case it's not a problem because I won't (intentionally) delete that folder - but we're setting up a server for a client with normal users. So, we want to separate the Maildir from the directory being shared out over Samba. My question is this: Is it better to store the mail somewhere else entirely - i.e. /var/mail/users or something or a new home directory (/home/mailstorage) or something? In which case how best to set up permissions? It seems that when the mail is stored it gets the username as the owner:group. This should mean that logging in over imap should allow that user to read/manipulate mail. Or should I try to share out a different directory via Samba. I.e. Leave the mail in /home/username/.Maildir and get Samba to share out /home/username/samba for example? Obviously, I can bodge this around with permissions etc but would prefer any links to best practice so that we can implement the best way on all future installs. BTW - I've (sorry!) cross posted this to the Samba/Postfix list to see what both sides say - hope that's OK. Regards, Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Postfix and Samba best practice
Or should I try to share out a different directory via Samba. I.e. Leave the mail in /home/username/.Maildir and get Samba to share out /home/username/samba for example? You can also continue your current setup and just use Samba's veto files directive in the home directory share to hide whatever directory contains the user's mail [homedir] ... veto files = /.Maildir/ ... Brilliant - thanks! I did have that at the back of my mind - but thought of blocking directories by name might cause a problem if a user decides to create a directory called Maildir - but of course - your solution only stops the viewing of that one particular directory. This means that all data is in the /home partition which can be set as a large one - permissions are fine - and courier-imap works without any tweaking. Thanks again! Kev -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] namecache_shutdown: Couldn't close namecache on top of gencache.
Hi, When mounting a drive on a Samba server version - 3.0.24-6etch10 with smbmount //127.0.0.1/sagedata3 testmnt -o username=rbailey%password I get the warning namecache_shutdown: Couldn't close namecache on top of gencache. which makes no sense to me and apart from a couple of other postings reporting the error does not appear much in Google searches. Obviously, we prefer things to be nice and quiet - any pointers. And BTW - I'm mounting a localhost share as I'm testing the Samba is running OK on the server before mounting over the network. Thanks, Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Postfix and Samba best practice
Hi, We have a server which is going to be a Samba file server and a Postfix server where the users will access their mail over IMAP. We normally prefer to use Maildir storage as it seems to be recommended over mailbox - for me, for example, I am subscribed to a dozen or so lists and have tens if not hundreds of thousands of emails on the server. The combination of Postfix and Courier-imap has worked perfectly for a couple of years. So - in /etc/postfix/main.cf we set mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -a $EXTENSION DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/ MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir to put the mail under my home directory and to enable procmail to work. (I can then use procmail to sort mail into subdirectories etc). Now, if I set up Samba as default on Debian it shares out my home directory to Windows clients. If I allow the viewing of hidden files then the .Maildir directory shows up on Windows where it can be explored or even deleted. In my case it's not a problem because I won't (intentionally) delete that folder - but we're setting up a server for a client with normal users. So, we want to separate the Maildir from the directory being shared out over Samba. My question is this: Is it better to store the mail somewhere else entirely - i.e. /var/mail/users or something or a new home directory (/home/mailstorage) or something? In which case how best to set up permissions? It seems that when the mail is stored it gets the username as the owner:group. This should mean that logging in over imap should allow that user to read/manipulate mail. Or should I try to share out a different directory via Samba. I.e. Leave the mail in /home/username/.Maildir and get Samba to share out /home/username/samba for example? Obviously, I can bodge this around with permissions etc but would prefer any links to best practice so that we can implement the best way on all future installs. BTW - I've (sorry!) cross posted this to the Samba/Postfix list to see what both sides say - hope that's OK. Regards, Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Tunneling over SSH
Michael Heydon wrote: Kevin Bailey wrote: Also, we had trouble setting up a VPN from his house - can't remember the details apart from the fact that it was BT's fault! Was this using OpenVPN or PPTP? OpenVPN is much more flexible than PPTP and will happily work across all but the most stubborn connections (also it doesn't rely on GRE which is what has caused me the most VPN headaches). It was OpenVPN/IPSec. I think it was to do with the router supplied by BT - I would have replaced it but couldn't for some reason. I haven't used Sage before, but if it is opening the data files directly off a share (which would seem to be the case) then you may run into issues using it remotely. I have had users insist on running MYOB and Quicken over VPNs, if they are lucky it is almost unusable and they give up, a couple have had issues with file corruption. This is why I was hoping to use SMB tunnelled over SSH - that way it is using Samba for the file sharing. But you're making a good point. Initially I shared out the files over FTP and set up Netdrive on the PC - and this resulted in corrupted data. I've tried various ways to enable users to connect their Windows PC to a network share. Basically, the office gets assigned an 8 IP address block - their PC's are then behind a router on one of the addresses - and the server is assigned another address. That way the Laptops are set to access the server via it's internet static IP address. The nice thing is that the users then access the server in exactly the same way if they are in the office or elsewhere connected to the internet. Of course - when they're in the office they get very fast access to the server and the traffic never leaves the building. We've had reasonable success with Netdrive accessing FTP shares from PC's for file reading and saving. I've tried SSH - no joy, SFTPShare is buggy and crashes Windows explorer. Also, tried using encrypted data/comms channels over FTP using Vsftpd - again problems with the Windows client. Have you considered RDP? This would allow quick and easy access from most connections without any setup, it would be faster than pulling a large access file over a VPN and would be immune to corruption as a result of interrupted connections. That is a very good idea and will provide a fallback. What I'm thinking of doing is to run tests on a test server here (old laptop) and see how the connection of Samba over SSH fares - but you're right in general. There are two problems here - Sage using crappy Access database files and then crappy MS networking. Will update the list later with progress. Thanks, Kevin *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator * micha...@jaswin.com.au mailto:micha...@jaswin.com.au -- *Kevin Bailey* Director/Programmer - Freeway Projects Limited Web: www.freewayprojects.com http://www.freewayprojects.com/ Email: kbai...@freewayprojects.com mailto:kbai...@freewayprojects.com Phone: +44 (0)1752 267090 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Samba tunneling over SSH - does the ssh login count RE permissions
Kevin Bailey wrote: Michael Heydon wrote: Kevin Bailey wrote: Also, we had trouble setting up a VPN from his house - can't remember the details apart from the fact that it was BT's fault! Was this using OpenVPN or PPTP? OpenVPN is much more flexible than PPTP and will happily work across all but the most stubborn connections (also it doesn't rely on GRE which is what has caused me the most VPN headaches). It was OpenVPN/IPSec. I think it was to do with the router supplied by BT - I would have replaced it but couldn't for some reason. I haven't used Sage before, but if it is opening the data files directly off a share (which would seem to be the case) then you may run into issues using it remotely. I have had users insist on running MYOB and Quicken over VPNs, if they are lucky it is almost unusable and they give up, a couple have had issues with file corruption. This is why I was hoping to use SMB tunnelled over SSH - that way it is using Samba for the file sharing. But you're making a good point. Initially I shared out the files over FTP and set up Netdrive on the PC - and this resulted in corrupted data. I've tried various ways to enable users to connect their Windows PC to a network share. Basically, the office gets assigned an 8 IP address block - their PC's are then behind a router on one of the addresses - and the server is assigned another address. That way the Laptops are set to access the server via it's internet static IP address. The nice thing is that the users then access the server in exactly the same way if they are in the office or elsewhere connected to the internet. Of course - when they're in the office they get very fast access to the server and the traffic never leaves the building. We've had reasonable success with Netdrive accessing FTP shares from PC's for file reading and saving. I've tried SSH - no joy, SFTPShare is buggy and crashes Windows explorer. Also, tried using encrypted data/comms channels over FTP using Vsftpd - again problems with the Windows client. Have you considered RDP? This would allow quick and easy access from most connections without any setup, it would be faster than pulling a large access file over a VPN and would be immune to corruption as a result of interrupted connections. That is a very good idea and will provide a fallback. What I'm thinking of doing is to run tests on a test server here (old laptop) and see how the connection of Samba over SSH fares - but you're right in general. There are two problems here - Sage using crappy Access database files and then crappy MS networking. Will update the list later with progress. Thanks, Kevin *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator * micha...@jaswin.com.au mailto:micha...@jaswin.com.au Hiya, Managed to get Vista SP1 to connect to a Samba server - used the tricks here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistanetworking/thread/d30d3c98-58c5-47f6-b5a5-f5620882020d/ but although the shares are showing the files and folders are not being listed. Now this is a non-authenticated Samba setup - i.e. a basic one for 2-3 users where they wanted easy access to all shares/files - so I set up up with SHARE access and guest OK to everything. That way the users did not need to authenticate. Now they have grown they want to authenticate to protect certain shares so I have to set up USER sharing. My question is - do you think the SHARE access is responsible for accessing over SSH tunnel not showing the files/folders? Kev -- *Kevin Bailey* Director/Programmer - Freeway Projects Limited Web: www.freewayprojects.com http://www.freewayprojects.com/ Email: kbai...@freewayprojects.com mailto:kbai...@freewayprojects.com Phone: +44 (0)1752 267090 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Tunneling over SSH
Hi, Has anyone successfully got a Windows PC to access Samba over an SSH tunnel. This first of all worked immediately - but now seems to have stopped. I've tried with using putty and myentunnel to set up the tunnel - and these are working when I test against a web server. I've followed instructions at: http://www.security-hacks.com/2007/05/18/tunneling-smb-over-ssh-secure-file-sharing This has set up another loopback device which means that the Windows machine can carry on with its own file sharing. This is particularly important as my client needs to access Sage Accounts data files which are Access files - I want them to continue accessing the data using Samba - but as I need to put the server on to the internet I need to tunnel the Samba traffic over ssh for security. Any help, pointers gratefully received. Kevin Bailey -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Tunneling over SSH
Kevin Bailey wrote: Hi, Has anyone successfully got a Windows PC to access Samba over an SSH tunnel. This first of all worked immediately - but now seems to have stopped. I've tried with using putty and myentunnel to set up the tunnel - and these are working when I test against a web server. I've followed instructions at: http://www.security-hacks.com/2007/05/18/tunneling-smb-over-ssh-secure-file-sharing This has set up another loopback device which means that the Windows machine can carry on with its own file sharing. This is particularly important as my client needs to access Sage Accounts data files which are Access files - I want them to continue accessing the data using Samba - but as I need to put the server on to the internet I need to tunnel the Samba traffic over ssh for security. Any help, pointers gratefully received. Kevin Bailey To reply to my own question... The best thread I've found RE this issue is http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistanetworking/thread/d30d3c98-58c5-47f6-b5a5-f5620882020d/#page:1 Basically, MS have been childish again and are causing vast amounts of grief and costs for businesses. I have trouble viewing the contents of the folders - but this is probably a Samba issue with the fact that the request is coming from an unusual IP address - I'll look into it further - these are the logs. [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/vfs.c:vfs_init_default(219) Initialising default vfs hooks [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:set_sec_ctx(241) setting sec ctx (65534, 65534) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0 [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(950) 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) connect to service IPC$ initially as user nobody (uid=65534, gid=65534) (pid 16262) [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:set_sec_ctx(241) setting sec ctx (0, 0) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0 [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_tcon_and_X(711) Serving IPC$ as a Dfs root [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/reply.c:reply_tcon_and_X(716) tconX service=IPC$ [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/process.c:process_smb() Transaction 2 of length 112 [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/process.c:switch_message(915) switch message SMBtrans2 (pid 16262) conn 0x83f0cd0 [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:set_sec_ctx(241) setting sec ctx (65534, 65534) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0 [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/msdfs.c:get_referred_path(510) get_referred_path: Invalid hostname 10.0.0.1 in path \10.0.0.1\sagedata [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(146) error packet at smbd/trans2.c(4955) cmd=50 (SMBtrans2) NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/process.c:process_smb() Transaction 3 of length 112 [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/process.c:switch_message(915) switch message SMBtrans2 (pid 16262) conn 0x83f0cd0 [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/msdfs.c:get_referred_path(510) get_referred_path: Invalid hostname 10.0.0.1 in path \10.0.0.1\sagedata [2009/02/24 14:25:28, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(146) error packet at smbd/trans2.c(4955) cmd=50 (SMBtrans2) NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE Kev -- *Kevin Bailey* Director/Programmer - Freeway Projects Limited Web: www.freewayprojects.com http://www.freewayprojects.com/ Email: kbai...@freewayprojects.com mailto:kbai...@freewayprojects.com Phone: +44 (0)1752 267090 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Tunneling over SSH
Thanks for the offer of sending the script off-list - that would be good because I'm still struggling to get the XP machines to connect. It was strange because when I first carried out the steps in the instructions the shares showed up straight away - even mapped the share to a drive letter and connected Sage to the data file on the share. That was on Friday. Then I went back on Monday and nothing would show the shares!!! I'm determined to get to the root of this because it is such a useful feature for clients - effectively the files are still accessed over Samba. This is probably preferable to sharing the data files out over ssh or FTP using buggy little programs such as SftpShare or Netdrive. Thanks again, Kevin RUTH, JONATHAN C wrote: I successfully connect to Samba using plink (part of the PuTTY family of apps). I've also written a script to map the Samba share under WinXP. I can send you the bat files off list or post them if there's interest. Jon Kevin Bailey wrote: Hi, Has anyone successfully got a Windows PC to access Samba over an SSH tunnel. This first of all worked immediately - but now seems to have stopped. -- == Jon Ruth, Ph.D. Manager, FlexMatters Accelerator LCI, Kent State University Kent, OH 44242-0001 U.S.A. == NOTICE: This message and any attached files are intended only for the use of the addressee indicated above, and may contain information that is privileged or otherwise confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, review, or use of this message, files, or other information contained herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by phone, fax, or e-mail. Please return this message with all attachments to the sender via e-mail. Please delete any copies created or stored on your computer or server. Thank you. == -- *Kevin Bailey* Director/Programmer - Freeway Projects Limited Web: www.freewayprojects.com http://www.freewayprojects.com/ Email: kbai...@freewayprojects.com mailto:kbai...@freewayprojects.com Phone: +44 (0)1752 267090 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Tunneling over SSH
Mike Messick wrote: Hi Kevin, You might take a look at openvpn instead - http://openvpn.net. I've had great success for 3+ years using openvpn on my samba server and having windows machines accessing shares via the vpn link. Since openvpn can use udp as well it provides a much more resilient transport for samba traffic (At the cost of some throughput I'm sure.) Hope this helps, -Mike. == Mike Messick Dona nobis pacem rm -rf /bin/laden PGP Key Fingerprint: email: mi...@alaska.net 2048/0x57318496 053B 412B 82FC 3808 E141 CDCD 74AE 01C5 5731 8496 On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Kevin Bailey wrote: Hi, Has anyone successfully got a Windows PC to access Samba over an SSH tunnel. This first of all worked immediately - but now seems to have stopped. I've tried with using putty and myentunnel to set up the tunnel - and these are working when I test against a web server. I've followed instructions at: http://www.security-hacks.com/2007/05/18/tunneling-smb-over-ssh-secure-file-sharing This has set up another loopback device which means that the Windows machine can carry on with its own file sharing. This is particularly important as my client needs to access Sage Accounts data files which are Access files - I want them to continue accessing the data using Samba - but as I need to put the server on to the internet I need to tunnel the Samba traffic over ssh for security. Any help, pointers gratefully received. Kevin Bailey -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba Yep - thanks for that. We've used VPN's successfully before - but the client wants to attach from various locations and setting up VPN's is too much. Also, we had trouble setting up a VPN from his house - can't remember the details apart from the fact that it was BT's fault! Cheers, Kevin -- *Kevin Bailey* Director/Programmer - Freeway Projects Limited Web: www.freewayprojects.com http://www.freewayprojects.com/ Email: kbai...@freewayprojects.com mailto:kbai...@freewayprojects.com Phone: +44 (0)1752 267090 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Device WinDfs error
Jeremy Allison wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:59:00PM +0100, Kevin Bailey wrote: \Device\WinDfs\H:00186bf9\psctpdc\bpeters\thunderbird\ImapMail\10.1.1.10\INBOX.msf The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. [2007/04/23 14:38:26, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562) write_data: write failure in writing to client 10.1.1.144. Error Connection reset by peer [2007/04/23 14:38:26, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(769) Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer) [2007/04/23 14:57:23, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_data(534) read_data: read failure for 4 bytes to client 10.1.1.144. Error = Connection timed out Your tcp connection failed. We (smbd) don't know why. Check your networking hardware + cables. Jeremy. Thanks for the reply. This error has occured since we upgraded to Samba 3 but we also turned off roaming profiles at the same time. Since the Thunderbird profile is now stored in the users H: drive and not being downloaded from the server to the PC at logon it sounds like Thunderbird is having a glitch. (We don't want to turn profiles back on as loading the NTConfig.POL file gives us all the control we need). Thanks again for all the hard work! Kevin Jeremy Allison wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:59:00PM +0100, Kevin Bailey wrote: \Device\WinDfs\H:00186bf9\psctpdc\bpeters\thunderbird\ImapMail\10.1.1.10\INBOX.msf The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. [2007/04/23 14:38:26, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(562) write_data: write failure in writing to client 10.1.1.144. Error Connection reset by peer [2007/04/23 14:38:26, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(769) Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer) [2007/04/23 14:57:23, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_data(534) read_data: read failure for 4 bytes to client 10.1.1.144. Error = Connection timed out Your tcp connection failed. We (smbd) don't know why. Check your networking hardware + cables. Jeremy. -- Kevin Bailey IT Consultant Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 01752 268923 W: www.freewayprojects.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Problem when importing via tdbedit and then picking up NTConfig.POL
Hi, Just found this out - is it a bug which I should register or is this by design? We had been running a Samba 2.2 server for a few years with a domain called PSCT - everybody very happy (well done guys!). Installed a new server with Samba 3 based on Debian Etch. The new server was set as the domain PSCT2 to keep things clear. Copied all data across to the new server. The new server has a tdbsam back end - and the accounts from the old server were imported using tdbedit (see man tdbedit) were imported. So tdbedit was used to import the records from the smbpasswd file from the old server. What happened was that the user accounts in the tdbsam database were set up with the old PSCT domain and not the domain of the new server which is PSCT2. And tdbedit can not be used to change the Domain value. The users logons would still work - but but - when users logged on they would not pick up the NTConfig.POL file and load it. What I had to do was to use smbpasswd to delete each account individually and then readd them. It would then show that the acounts were now created with the PSCT2 domain value. And NTConfig.POL would then be picked up. (BTW - I used smbpasswd and not tdbedit to delete/add the accounts as using smbpasswd seemed to keep the original UID at the end of the SID. Maybe it was picking up something from /etc/passwd. This helped because it meant the users used the same local profile on their PC's as when they forst logged on to the new server/domain. BTW - profiles are not used). Is this something I should register as a bug or is it by design? Kevin ** -- Kevin Bailey IT Consultant Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 01752 268923 W: www.freewayprojects.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Strange file listing with mounted REV drive
Hi, A client has an Iomega REV drive installed on a PC and this is used for the off-site backups. This drive has disks left in and then that drive on the PC is shared out. I mount the share with mount -t cifs //10.1.1.20/XP61REV /mnt/xp61 -o username=user,password=password,rw and this is mounted on to a Debian Etch / Samba 3.0.24-6 machine. Now when I 'ls' or 'find' this share it only returns 43 file names. If I delete a couple files at the begining of the list (alphanumerically) then the next 43 are shown. I need to delete all of the existing files on the share before I then copy across the latest backup copies. To delete all of the files I run # find /mnt/xp61 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 --max-args=1 -r --verbose /bin/rm # find /mnt/xp61 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 --max-args=1 -r --verbose /bin/rm several times to make sure all files have been deleted. OK - so I have a workaround but thought this needed clarifying. Cheers, Kevin -- Kevin Bailey IT Consultant Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 01752 268923 W: www.freewayprojects.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] CIFS VFS: close with pending writes
During the night I mount a Win2K share using the -t cifs option and tar/gzip files across from the Etch/Samba 3 server to the Windows server. The kern.log is showing the following errors - could someone point me towards an explanation please? May 2 02:00:45 psctpdc kernel: CIFS VFS: close with pending writes May 2 05:12:04 psctpdc kernel: CIFS VFS: close with pending writes May 3 01:54:49 psctpdc kernel: CIFS VFS: close with pending writes May 3 02:56:55 psctpdc kernel: CIFS VFS: close with pending writes May 3 06:48:13 psctpdc kernel: CIFS VFS: close with pending writes Thanks, Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] tdbedit imports from smbpasswd ok but sets domain value as old domain
I tried to send this before but it might need re-sending... Hi, Just found this out - is it a bug which I should register or is this by design? We had been running a Samba 2.2 server for a few years with a domain called PSCT - everybody very happy (well done guys!). Installed a new server with Samba 3 based on Debian Etch. The new server was set as the domain PSCT2 to keep things clear. Copied all data across to the new server. The new server has a tdbsam back end - and the accounts from the old server were imported using tdbedit (see man tdbedit). So tdbedit was used to import the records from the smbpasswd file from the old server. What happened was that the user accounts in the tdbsam database were set up with the old PSCT as the value for domain and not the domain of the new server which is PSCT2. And tdbedit can not be used to change the Domain value. The users logons would still work - but but - when users logged on they would not pick up the NTConfig.POL file and load it. What I had to do was to use smbpasswd to delete each account individually and then re-add them. It would then show that the acounts were now created with the PSCT2 domain value. And NTConfig.POL would then be picked up. (BTW - I used smbpasswd and not tdbedit to delete/add the accounts as using smbpasswd seemed to keep the original UID at the end of the SID. Maybe it was picking up something from /etc/passwd. This helped because it meant the users used the same local profile on their PC's as when they first logged on to the new server/domain. BTW - profiles are not used). Is this something I should register as a bug or is it by design? Kevin ** -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Device WinDfs error
Hi, Have recently upgraded from Samba 2.2 on Debian Woody to Samba 3.0.24-6 on Debian Etch. Some PC's have now reported errors similar to this one. Windows - delay write failed. Windows was unable to save all the data for the file \Device\WinDfs\H:00186bf9\psctpdc\bpeters\thunderbird\ImapMail\10.1.1.10\INBOX.msf The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. This seems to be related to when the users are using Thunderbird. Thunderbird on each PC is set up to use a profile which is stored under the users H: drive which is the home folder supplied by Samba. All the profiles are set to pick up mail over IMAP and the actual mail is stored under a Maildir in each users home directory. Funny thing is that I can't see an INBOX.msf file anywhere. I'm not sure what Windows is trying to do here. The server runs dual SCSI HDD's as RAID 1 from an adaptec SCSI RAID 2110s. uname -a gives Linux psctpdc 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux and this is the output from the samba log file which I fairly sure is the right PC on the day when the error appeared. Thanks for any help. [2007/04/23 08:42:11, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(950) xp4 (10.1.1.144) connect to service netlogon initially as user bpeters (uid=1007, gid=1007) (pid 25434) [2007/04/23 08:42:14, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(950) xp4 (10.1.1.144) connect to service bpeters initially as user bpeters (uid=1007, gid=1007) (pid 25434) [2007/04/23 08:42:24, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(950) xp4 (10.1.1.144) connect to service bksb initially as user bpeters (uid=1007, gid=1007) (pid 25434) [2007/04/23 08:42:25, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(950) xp4 (10.1.1.144) connect to service public initially as user bpeters (uid=1007, gid=1007) (pid 25434) [2007/04/23 08:50:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 08:50:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 08:52:46, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1150) xp4 (10.1.1.144) closed connection to service public [2007/04/23 08:52:46, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1150) xp4 (10.1.1.144) closed connection to service bksb [2007/04/23 08:52:46, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1150) xp4 (10.1.1.144) closed connection to service netlogon [2007/04/23 09:02:56, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 09:02:56, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 09:07:45, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(950) xp4 (10.1.1.144) connect to service bksb initially as user bpeters (uid=1007, gid=1007) (pid 25434) [2007/04/23 09:16:01, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 09:16:01, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 09:18:01, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1150) xp4 (10.1.1.144) closed connection to service bksb [2007/04/23 09:29:03, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 09:29:03, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 09:42:05, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 09:42:05, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 09:55:01, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 09:55:01, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 10:08:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 10:08:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 10:21:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 10:21:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 10:34:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 10:34:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 10:47:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 10:47:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 11:00:00, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_cache_reload(159) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2007/04/23 11:00:00,
[Samba] kernel: smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-2, breaking
Hi, Found this in the kernel.log psctpdc:/var/log/samba# tail /var/log/kern.log Apr 29 08:18:05 psctpdc kernel: smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-2, breaking The server may have been doing some copying/backups at the time. Is it anything which needs action? Thanks, Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Part of a domain connected via VPN - is this feasible.
Hi, A client is setting up a branch office a couple of miles away from the main office. The branch office and the main office will be connected by a router to router IpSec VPN at about 1MB per sec. (Unfortunately this is about the only option they have for connection speed. The next fastest available connection is about £3,000 per month). They want 4 PC's in the branch office to be able to connect to the domain at the main office. Say I set up the PDC server to use LDAP for its SAM. And then say I install a BDC at the branch office to handle authentication and this BDC uses either the PDC's LDAP or its own slave LDAP server for its backend. Is this setup feasible? I've read through my copies of Samba3 by example and The official Samba 3 but can't see any pointers. Does anyone have experience of the sort of setup I am looking at? Thanks, Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Windows interacting with SAMBA share
not sure if this is help or not but you may find this is a limitation of windows. when i came across this issue i solved it by breaking down the 2GB file. it was a tarred/gzipped backup of the /home directory - i wrote a script which looped through the directories inside the home directory and zipped up the individual directories. the nice extra on this is that the user can more easily retreive an archive version of a file. HTH, kevin Jeremy Hatter - BIA wrote: Hi, My company has a Samba [3.0] share on a Debian Linux 3.0 [Kernel 2.6] machine and we are trying to copy a large file [2GB] from a Windows machine to the Samba share. When we try to do this, it only copies 2GB of the information. We were previously having a similar issue when transfering a large file [2GB] from Linux to a Windows share [mounted as smbfs], but fixed that with the 'lfs' option in the mount command. Does anyone know what settings need changed to allow the Samba share to accept large files from Windows? I've searched the internet for a couple days now and haven't found a solution. Thanks for your help. Jeremy _ Jeremy Hatter Business Intelligence Associates, Inc. Voice: 212-240-2282 Fax: 212-240-2298 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.biaprotect.com blocked::/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.biaprotect.com/ Digital Discovery Services Computer Forensics This message may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information intended only for the use of the individual(s) named on the To:, Cc: and Bcc: lines. If you are not one of the intended recipient(s), then you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this email transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete the email in its entirety and call or email us immediately so that we may take appropriate steps to correct the problem at no cost to you. Even if this message has reached you in error, sender does not in any way waive confidentiality or privilege. Thank you. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] smb_request: result -104, setting invalid
smb_request: result -104, setting invalid this repeatedly occurs in the messages log and the kernel log. does anyone know how i can look this up and find out what it means? samba appears to be working fine but i'd like to get to the bottom of it. cheers, kev -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] XP Pro and windows 98 clients on single samba 2.2 domain
hi, been running samba 2.2.3 (debian stable) and using it with windows 98 clients no problem. domain logins, logon.bat and config.pol stuff all working. the customer now wants to add XP Pro PC's to the domain. now, after following the instructions in 'Using Samba' I have set up an XP PC to log on to a test server. once the PC has been added to the domain the users can log in no problem. however, how should i run win98 and XP clients at the same time on the main server? should i create 2 logins for each user? one for when they are using a win98 machine and the other for XP. how would i stop users logging in with the wrong login? could the users use a single login? the logon.bat file seems to work the same on both systems. the profile data goes into /home/samba-ntprof for XP and /home/user1/.win_profile for win98 so is kept separate enough. also - since we're using poledit and not group policies i can set the machines up to pickup one config.pol file for win98 and a different one for XP. apparently there will only ever be win98 and XP Pro on the domain - and win98 is being phased out. there are a pair of servers (one acts as a hot-swap backup) so maybe that gives some options. any help/comments gratefully received. -- Kevin Bailey -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
