<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Samba FAQ</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.2"><link rel="home" href="samba-faq.html" title="Samba FAQ"><link rel="next" href="FAQ-general.html" title="Chapter 1. General Information"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Samba FAQ</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-general.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="book" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="Samba-FAQ"></a>Samba FAQ</h1></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="surname">Samba Team</span></h3></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">October 2002</p></div></div><div></div><hr></div><div class="dedication" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="id2877298"></a>Dedication</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for Samba, the free and very popular SMB server product. An SMB server allows file and printer connections from clients such as Windows, OS/2, Linux and others. Current to version 3.0. Please send any corrections to the samba documentation mailinglist at <a href="mailto:samba-doc@samba.org" target="_top">samba-doc@samba.org</a>. This FAQ was based on the old Samba FAQ by Dan Shearer and Paul Blackman, and the old samba text documents which were mostly written by John Terpstra. </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#id2818696">What do the version numbers mean?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2871088">What platforms are supported?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-general.html#id2819633">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#id2819477">My client reports "cannot locate specified share name" or similar</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-Install.html#id2819528">Why are my file's timestamps off by an hour, or by a few hours?</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>3. <a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html">Specific client application problems</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2820864">MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2820890">How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2820986">Microsoft Access database opening errors</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>4. <a href="FAQ-errors.html">Common errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2819236">Not listening for calling name</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2819221">System Error 1240</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2820651">smbclient ignores -N !</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-errors.html#id2819326">The data on the CD-Drive I've shared seems to be corrupted!</a></dt></dl></dd><dt>5. <a href="FAQ-features.html">Features</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2818380">How can I use samba as a fax server?</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2818433">Tools for printing faxes</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2818486">Making the fax-server</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2878038">Installing the client drivers</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2820575">Example smb.conf</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2820600">Samba doesn't work well together with DHCP!</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2878081">How can I assign NetBIOS names to clients with DHCP?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2878131">How do I convert between unix and dos text formats?</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-features.html#id2878162">Does samba have wins replication support?</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>