[SATLUG] samba docs have a good description of MS networking

[Geoff]

Travis H. wrote:

> If you're like me and always found MS networking to be a bit
> perplexing, check out:
> http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/SambaIntro.html
>
> Incidentally, it's amazing how firewall-unfriendly and broadcast-crazy
> SMB is.  I rarely allow subnet-directed broadcasts in through packet
> filters (which I use between internal hosts too), but the noise
> generated by SMB makes it such that I'm either going to have to, or
> implement some kind of data-reduction tech to get rid of it...



You mean, something like:

Jun  8 16:00:43 w5omr smbd[7275]: [2006/06/08 16:00:43, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(575)
Jun  8 16:00:43 w5omr smbd[7275]:   Can't become connected user!
Jun  8 16:00:46 w5omr smbd[7275]: [2006/06/08 16:00:46, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(575)
Jun  8 16:00:46 w5omr smbd[7275]:   Can't become connected user!
Jun  8 16:04:07 w5omr syslog-ng[4502]: STATS: dropped 88
Jun  8 16:04:16 w5omr smbd[6170]: [2006/06/08 16:04:16, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_cache_reload(85)
Jun  8 16:04:16 w5omr smbd[6170]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
Jun  8 16:04:16 w5omr smbd[6170]: [2006/06/08 16:04:16, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_cache_reload(85)
Jun  8 16:04:16 w5omr smbd[6170]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
Jun  8 16:07:26 w5omr nmbd[4591]: [2006/06/08 16:07:26, 0] nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(353)
Jun  8 16:07:26 w5omr nmbd[4591]:   find_domain_master_name_query_fail:
Jun  8 16:07:26 w5omr nmbd[4591]:   Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name TUX-NET<1b> for the workgroup TUX-NET.
Jun  8 16:07:26 w5omr nmbd[4591]:   Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup.
Jun  8 16:09:46 w5omr smbd[7275]: [2006/06/08 16:09:46, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_cache_reload(85)
Jun  8 16:09:46 w5omr smbd[7275]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
Jun  8 16:09:46 w5omr smbd[7275]: [2006/06/08 16:09:46, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_cache_reload(85)
Jun  8 16:09:46 w5omr smbd[7275]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
Jun  8 16:12:48 w5omr smbd[7275]: [2006/06/08 16:12:48, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(575)
Jun  8 16:12:48 w5omr smbd[7275]:   Can't become connected user!
Jun  8 16:12:50 w5omr smbd[7275]: [2006/06/08 16:12:50, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(575)
Jun  8 16:12:50 w5omr smbd[7275]:   Can't become connected user!
Jun  8 16:17:16 w5omr smbd[6170]: [2006/06/08 16:17:16, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_cache_reload(85)
Jun  8 16:17:16 w5omr smbd[6170]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
Jun  8 16:17:16 w5omr smbd[6170]: [2006/06/08 16:17:16, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_cache_reload(85)
Jun  8 16:17:16 w5omr smbd[6170]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
/var/log/messages lines 41336-41400/41400 (END) 

keeping in mind, I've been gone from the house for the last hour.

Samba bothers the hell outta me, too... eats up a lot of disk-space with all this being logged...  I never installed 'CUPS', nor did I ever tell it to try to connect to it, either.  Go figure.

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Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR