Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.5 (Software Release C.75.00) (30216-90336)

Chapter 5

Technical Articles

Introducing Samba/iX Version 2.0.7 on MPE/iX 7.5

The new version of Samba/iX 2.0.7 is released as part of FOS MPE/iX 7.5. The Samba/iX 2.0.7 version of

software resides inside the SAMBA account in HFS directories under /SAMBA/SMB207. The previous version

of Samba/iX 1.9.16p9 still exists inside the SAMBA account in HFS directories under /SAMBA/PUB. You can

only run one version of Samba/iX server at one time.

If you choose to run the new version of Samba/iX 2.0.7, please use the following procedures to start the

Samba/iX 2.0.7 server.

Starting smbd and nmbd Listener Jobs

1. Logon as manager.sys

2. Use the following commands to create symbolic link to make /SAMBA/SMB207 link to /usr/local/samba

:purgelink /usr/local/samba

:newlink /usr/local/samba, /SAMBA/SMB207

3. Customize the smb.conf, printcap and user.map files to suit your Samba/iX environment. The smb.conf,

printcap and user.map files should reside in the /SAMBA/SMB207/lib directory.

4. Use the jobs supplied as JSMB207.SAMBA.SYS and JNMB207.SAMBA.SYS and stream them. By streaming

these two jobs, it starts your SMBD listener and NMBD server.

5. Use SHOWJOB to see if the job is still alive; it can look as follows:

JOBNUM STATE JIN JLIST JOB NAME

#j50 EXEC 10S LP NMBMON,MGR.SAMBA

#j51 EXEC 10S LP SMBMON,MGR.SAMBA

Starting Samba/iX Under the INETD Control

If you choose to run SMBD and NMBD processes under control of INETD, you should use the following procedures

to start the Samba/iX server:

1. Logon as managers.sys.

2. Use the following commands to create the symbolic link to make /SAMBA/SMB207 link to

/usr/local/samba.

:purgelink /usr/local/samba

:newlink /usr/local/samba, /SAMBA/SMB207

Please read the following file for more information: /SAMBA/SMB207/READLXT2.

Windows Registry Hacks to Supported Unencrypted Passwords

Connecting to SMB servers (such as Samba) with unencrypted password fails after upgrading to Windows NT

4.0 service pack 3 (and above). Currently encrypted passwords are not supported in Samba/iX 2.0.7. Please

follow the procedure given below to work around this limitation:

Cause: The SMB redirector in Windows NT 4.0 (service pack 3 and above) handles unencrypted passwords

differently than previous version of Windows NT. Beginning with this version, the SMB redirector will not

send an unencrypted password unless you add a registry entry to enable them.

Resolution: To enable unencrypted (plain text) passwords modify the registry in this way.