FAQ

1. What is 'Samba' ?

"Samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX"

"The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements the
Server Message Block(commonly abbreviated as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems.
This protocol is sometimes also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS),
LanManager or NetBIOS protocol."

Samba will enable you to setup an file/printer sharing with your Windows/Unix like system.

2. Where can I get Samba ?

Olaf Bartel did the porting of the Os friendly and most updated version that is available from Aminet.
You can get it here:

3. Is there an Amiga Samba Mailing list ?

Yes, I recommend that you go to http://mailinglist.amigasamba.org and subscribe.

 Post a message here with your problems/suggestions/bugs etc.

4. Can I use Samba with an serial link ?

As long as you have an tcp/ip connection between your mashines and port 137-139 is open for traffic,
it don't matter what kind of hardware your using to connect.

5. I get this error message when trying to connect to my Amiga from windows box:

You need to edit the registry to enable plainpassword transmission.
There is finished reg files to double click in the samba archive.

6. I get "Invalid packet length! (90724 bytes)"

Are you using any Multiuser.library ?

"When using Samba + amitcp + Mufs:
A- Do not start the nmbd and smbd servers as standalone, use inetd instead.
B- Eventually "chmod +s inetd" (owned by root)"
(Ciro)

7. What about "/T" "TEMP" "T" ?

(Alex Comments)

This line was used with the ixemul version samba by Rask. From my
understanding, this is no longer needed by Olafs port (v 2.0.7).
The format /t is the equivalent of T:, it's how the Geek-Gadgets/ixemul
package works. GG/ixemul is a good thing to have if you have spare drive
space, it gives you a nice unix-ish enviornment under AmigaOS. Unix has no
assignments like AmigaOS, everthing is described by a path. / represents the
top of the filesystem.

(Olaf Comments)

No, it is not necessary but keeps popping up whenever somebody has
trouble configuring Samba and feels that there's probably one small
detail missing in his configuration that will fix the problem.

And since all older documentation includes 'set tmpdir /t', it's only
natural that it is given a try, even though it does not accomplish
anything.

Others...

Date: 30-Aug-01 14:22:47
From: David McMinn <D.Mcminn@eee.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject: Samba FAQ

Hi,

I thought this might be of some use fo the FAQ. I was setting up Samba on
a friends Amiga recently and I got the "invalid packet length 90724"
error. He does not use mufs, but he has got Genesis.

It did turn out to be a problem with the users (as was the case with
messages on the mailing list) and to fix it I had to move the root user
to the top of the user list.

Like I say, this was a friends computer, and I do not use Genesis, so
perhaps something like this is already written in the docs for that
stack, but I thought you might like to know.