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The full set of HP CIFS server documentation consists of one
non-HP book available at most technical bookstores, and this printed
and online HP CIFS server manual. The HP manual is Installing and Administering the
HP CIFS Server. The non-HP book is: Using Samba, Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown
and Peter Kelly (O’Reilly, 2000), ISBN: 1-56592-449-5. Documentation
Availability by Topic | |
This section includes brief descriptions of major Samba topics. HP
CIFS Basics | |
The HP CIFS Basics section include information about the location
of files on the server, installing HP CIFS, configuring HP CIFS,
and starting and stopping HP CIFS. Location
of Files on the ServerThe default location of HP CIFS is /opt/samba.
In this case, the following directories should exist in the Samba
directory: bin/, docs/, script/, examples
/, HA/, man/, and swat/.
Refer to the complete listing of HP CIFS Server files and directories
in the Overview section in chapter 2. The HP CIFS configuration files are in /etc/opt/samba.
The HP CIFS log files and any temporary files are created in /var/opt/samba. For more information about HP CIFS files and directories,
refer to chapter 2 of this manual. The HP CIFS Server product is installed using the swinstall utility.
The steps to install this product are documented in chapter 2 of
this manual. All the information needed to run the HP CIFS configuration
script is provided in chapter 2 of this manual. There are also other configuration options that you may want
to include. These options include global configuration options,
service configuration options, and browser configuration options. For more detailed information about these options, refer to “Chapters
4, Disk Shares,” “Chapter 5, Browsing and Advanced
Disk Shares,” and “Chapter 7, Printing and Name
Resolution in Using Samba. Starting
and Stopping HP CIFSUse the following commands to start and stop HP CIFS: /opt/samba/bin/startsmb /opt/samba/bin / stopsmb These commands are described in chapter 2 in this manual. The Other HP CIFS Topics section includes information about
HP CIFS scripts, adding and removing printers, utilities, the SWAT
configuration tool, a browser description, troubleshooting and NIS
and HP CIFS. In Using Samba, check Appendix D, “Summary
of Samba Daemons and Commands,” for detailed information
about the command-line parameters for Samba programs such as smbd,
nmbd, smbstatus and smbclient. There is also information about user
scripts in Chapters 4 and 5. For an explanation of the process of how printing takes place
on a HP CIFS server, print commands, printing variables, and a minimal
printing setup, refer to chapter 7, “Printing and Name
Resolution” in Using Samba.
This chapter also contains more in-depth information about Samba
printing options and print to Windows client printers. The Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) is a GUI which you
can use to set up or change your Samba configuration in the smb.conf file.
You will be able to change information in the following areas: globals,
shares, printers, status, view (smb.conf), and password. For information about SWAT, refer to chapter 1 of Using
Samba. Browsing gives you the ability to view the servers and shares
on your network. Samba provides over fourteen different browsing
options. HP, however, recommends that you start with the default
values. Refer to “Chapter 5, Browsing and Advanced Disk Shares” in Using Samba for
a description of all browsing options. In “Chapter 9, Troubleshooting Samba” of Using
Samba, you will find a description of the Samba tool
bag. It includes a list of tools to be used when troubleshooting
Samba. These tools include: Samba log files and Unix utilities such
as trace and tcpdump. It
also includes a fault tree to fix problems that occur during Samba
installation or reconfiguration. There are also several excellent tools that are very useful
for troubleshooting on HP systems. For example, nettl and netfmt are used for tracing activity
specifically on HP-UX systems. Microsoft’s NetMon has become a widely used tool
for use on WIndows 2000 servers. HP CIFS now works with NIS and NIS+. For detailed information
on special options, refer to chapters 2 and 6 in Using Samba. HP
CIFS Documentation Roadmap | |
Use the following road map to locate the Samba and HP CIFS documentation
that you need. Table 1-1 Title not available (HP
CIFS Documentation Roadmap) | HP CIFS Product | Document Title: Chapter: Section |
|---|
Server Description
Client
Description | Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Server:
Chapter 1, “Introduction to the HP CIFS Server”
Samba
Meta FAQ No. 2, “General Information about Samba”
Samba
FAQ No. 1, “General Information”
Samba
Server FAQ: No. 1, “What is Samba”
Using
Samba: Chapter 1, “Learning the Samba” Samba
Man Page: samba(7) Installing and Administering the
HP CIFS Client: Chapter 1, “Introduction to the HP CIFS
Client” | HP Add-on Features | Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Server:
Chapter 1 “Introduction to the HP CIFS Server,” Section: “HP
CIFSHP CIFS Enhancements to the Samba Server Source” and
Chapter 3, “Access Control Lists (ACLs).” Installing
and Administering the HP CIFS Client: Chapter 1, “Introduction
to the HP CIFS Client,”. Sections: “HP CIFS Extensions” and “ACL
Mappings.” | Server Installation
Client
Installation | Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Server:
Chapter 2. “Installing and Configuring the HP CIFS Server”
Samba
FAQ: No 2, “Compiling and Installing Samba on a UNIX Host.” | Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Client:
Chapter 2. “Installing and Configuring the HP CIFS Client” | | Samba GUI Administration Tools | Using Samba: Chapter 2, “Installing Samba
on a Unix System” | Server Configuration
Client
Configuration | Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Server:
Chapter 2, “Installing and Configuring the HP CIFS Server”
| Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Client:
Chapter 2, “Installing and Configuring the HP CIFS Client” | Configuration: PAM | Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Client:
Chapter 6, “Authentication”
HP-UX
Man page: pam(3)
HP-UX Man page: pam.conf | Server: Starting & Stopping Client:
Starting & Stopping | Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Server,
Chapter 2 Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Client,
Chapter 2. | Server: Samba Scripts | Using Samba: Appendix
D, “Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands” | | SMB & CIFS File Protocols | Samba Meta FAQ No. 3, “About the SMB and
CIFS Protocols” | SMB & CIFS Network Design | Using Samba: Chapter 1, “Learning
the Samba”
Samba Meta FAQ No. 4, “Designing
an SMB and CIFS Network” | Samba Man Pages | http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs
Samba
Meta FAQ No. 1, “Quick Reference Guide to Samba Documentation” | Server Utilities
Client
Utilities
| Using Samba: Appendix
D, “Summary of Samba Daemons and Commands”
| Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Client:
Chapter 4, “HP CIFS Client Utilities” | Server Printing | Using Samba: Chapter 7, “Printing
and Name Resolution” | Server Browsing | Using Samba: “Chapter 5, Browsing
and Advanced Disk Shares” | Server Security | Using Samba: Chapter
6, “Users Security and Domains | Server Troubleshooting
Client
Troubleshooting: | Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Server:
Chapter 3, “Troubleshooting the HP CIFS Client”
Using
Samba, “Chapter 9, Troubleshooting Samba”
Samba
FAQs No. 4, “Specific Client Application Problems” and
No 5, “Miscellaneous”
DIAGNOSIS.txt
in the /opt/samba/docs directory
Samba
Man page: debug2html(1), smbd(8), nmbd(8), smb.conf(5) | Installing and Administering the HP CIFS Client:
Chapter 3, “Troubleshooting the HP CIFS Client”
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HP
CIFS Server File and Directory Information | |
This section briefly describes the important directories and
files that comprise the CIFS Server. Table 1-2 HP CIFS Server Files and Directories File/Directory | Description |
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| /opt/samba | This is the base directory for most of
the HP CIFS Server. | /opt/samba_src | This is the directory that contains the
source code for the HP CIFS Server (if the source bundle was installed). | | /opt/samba/bin | This is the directory that contains the
binaries for HP CIFS Server, including the daemons and utilities. | | /opt/samba/docs | This is the directory that contains documentation
in various formats including html (htmldocs) and text (textdocs). | | /opt/samba/examples | This directory contains example smb.conf files,
example scripts and other utilities, among other things. | | /opt/samba/man | This directory contains the man pages
for HP CIFS Server. | | /opt/samba/script | This directory contains various scripts
which are utilities for the HP CIFS Server. | | /opt/samba/swat | This directory contains html and image
files which the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) needs. | | /opt/samba/HA | This directory contains example High
Availability scripts, configuration files, and README files. | | /var/opt/samba | This directory contains the HP CIFS Server
log files as well as other dynamic files that the HP CIFS Server
uses, such as lock files. | | /etc/opt/samba | This directory contains configuration
files which the HP CIFS Server uses, primarily the smb.conf file. | | /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf | This is the main configuration file for
the HP CIFS Server which is discussed in great detail elsewhere. | | /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf.default | This is the default smb.conf file that
ships with the HP CIFS server. This can be modified to fit your
needs. | | /opt/samba/COPYING, /opt/samba_src/COPYING, /opt/samba_src/samba/COPYING | These are copies of the GNU Public License
which applies to the HP CIFS Server. | | /sbin/init.d/samba | This is the script that starts HP CIFS
Server at boot time and stops it at shutdown (if it is configured
to do so). | | /etc/rc.config.d/samba | This text file configures whether the
HP CIFS server starts automatically at boot time or not. | | /sbin/rc2.d/S900samba, /sbin/rc1.d/K100samba | These are links to /sbin/init.d/samba which
are actually executed at boot time and shutdown time to start and stop
the HP CIFS Server, (if it is configured to do so). |
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