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Samba Client 2.1: another bunch of updates

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1#include "nversion.h"
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3:userdoc.
4
5.nameit symbol=os text='eCS (OS/2)'
6.nameit symbol=nd text='NetDrive for &os.'
7.nameit symbol=ndcp text='NetDrive for &os. Control Panel'
8.nameit symbol=mp text='mount point'
9.nameit symbol=ressmb text='Samba Resource Properties'
10.nameit symbol=usage text='Usage'
11.nameit symbol=build text='Samba Client Plugin for &os. version <$NDPSMB_VERSION> build <$NDPSMB_BUILD>'
12
13:title.NetDrive for &os. Control Panel Help
14
15:docprof toc=123456.
16.******************************************************
17:h1.Introduction
18:p.
19Samba is a SMB/CIFS protocols file and print sharing server/client suite originaly
20made for the UNIX world to cooperate with corresponding Windows and &os. servers or
21clients. &os. has a native implementation of SMB/CIFS server/client set - IBM LAN
22Manager and IBM Peer. These products haven&csq.t been updated for a long time and
23have some compatibility problems with modern Windows SMB/CIFS implementations.
24:p.
25This package is the &os. port of Samba client made as the plugin for&colon.
26:ul.
27:li.&nd. - a well known virtual file system for &os.
28:li.EVFS - the eComStation Virtual Filesystem for SMB
29:eul.:p.
30&os. Samba client provides seamless access to SMB/CIFS file shares over your network using TCP/IP as the
31underlying transport protocol.
32:p.
33The &os. Samba client consists of one module&colon.
34:ul.
35:li.ndpsmb.dll - the NetDrive plugin itself
36:eul.:p.
37Releases prior to version 1.5.0 had a second module which is now deprecated&colon.
38:ul.
39:li.smbcd.exe - the Samba client daemon, which actually processes the requests from ndpsmb.dll
40:eul.
41.******************************************************
42:h1.License
43:p.
44Samba is freely available under the GNU General Public License. You can get
45the full sourcecode from our SVN repository, please refer to the Samba for &os. Homepage for details about downloading the source.
46:p.
47The NetDrive plugin for &os. is also available with full sourcecode.
48:p.
49So if you are using our plugin we kindly ask you to support netlabs.org.
50Please refer to the Samba for &os. Homepage to learn how you can do
51that!
52:h2 res=003.Links
53:p.
54:ul.
55:li.Samba for &os. Homepage (http&colon.&slr.&slr.samba.netlabs.org)
56:li.NetDrive Homepage (http&colon.&slr.&slr.www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com&slr.netdrive)
57:li.Samba Homepage (http&colon.&slr.&slr.www.samba.org)
58:eul.
59.*******************************************************
60:h1 res=1000 group=2 x=left y=top width=100% height=100% scroll=both.&ressmb.
61:i1 id=ressmb.&ressmb.
62:ul.
63:li.:link reftype=hd res=100.&ressmb.:elink.
64:li.:link reftype=hd res=101.&usage.:elink.
65:eul.
66:h2 res=100.&ressmb.
67:p.
68The parameters of a SMB/CIFS FS resource are&colon.
69:parml.
70:pt.Workgroup
71:pd.The name of workgroup to connect to.
72
73:pt.Server
74:pd.The name or IP address of server to connect to.
75
76:pt.Share
77:pd.The name of server resource (share) to connect to.
78
79:pt.User
80:pd.The name of user to login under.
81
82:pt.Password
83:pd.The password of selected user.
84
85:pt.Master
86:pd.the name of 'master' server or workgroup, used to get the list of workgroups when the concrete workgroup and server not specified.
87
88:pt.Mastertype
89:pd.0 if 'master' is the name of master server, 1 if 'master' is the name of master workgroup.
90
91:pt.EA Support
92:pd.1 to support eCS (OS/2) Extended Attributes, 0 to not support it.
93
94:pt.Cache timeout
95:pd.The time in seconds for which the cache is valid. If the time is over the client rereads the directory again. For a directory with many
96files it may be better to increase the timeout (rule of thumb: per 500-800 files 10 seconds). Default: 10 seconds
97
98:pt.Cache listings
99:pd.The amount of directories the cache should hold. Be aware the higher the value the more memory is used. Default: 32 listings
100
101:eparml.
102.******************************************************
103:h2 res=101.&usage.
104:p.
105To mount the exact server&csq.s share one need to specify both &csq.server&csq. and
106&csq.share&csq. parameters, the other parameters are optional. The root path of
107server&csq.s share will be mounted to the mounting path.
108:p.
109If one want to access all server shares, then only the &csq.server&csq., not the &csq.share&csq.
110parameter, should be specified,the other parameters are optional. The list of
111server shares will be mounted to the mounting path.
112:p.
113If one want to access all servers within the workgroup, then only the &csq.workgroup&csq.,
114not the &csq.server&csq. parameter, should be specified, the other parameters are
115optional. The list of servers within the specified workgroup will be mounted to
116the mounting path.
117:p.
118If one want to access all available workgroups within one master browser
119within the network, then only the &csq.master&csq., not the &csq.workgroup&csq. nor the &csq.server&csq. parameter,
120should be specified, the other parameters are optional. The list of workgroups
121will be mounted to the mounting path. The &csq.master&csq. workgroup can be any known
122workgroup in the net. The &csq.master&csq. server should be the master browser for
123workgroup[s].
124:p.
125By default the &csq.guest&csq. user with blank password is used to access selected
126resources. If you get access denied errors, try to specify another user and
127password combination.
128
129.******************************************************
130:h1.Version
131:p.
132&build.
133:h1.Debugging
134:p.
135To produce a logfile please add an empty file called ndpsmb.dbg into the root drive.
136:p.
137The logfile is placed to your LOGFILES env path, if available. If the LOGFILES env is missing
138the logfile is placed into the &nd. directory. The logfile is called log.ndpsmb for the &nd. part and
139log.smbd for the Samba part.
140
141.******************************************************
142:h1.History
143:p.History of the Samba client for &nd.
144:ul.
145:li.:link reftype=hd res=011.Version 1.0:elink.
146:li.:link reftype=hd res=012.Version 1.5:elink.
147:li.:link reftype=hd res=013.Version 2.0:elink.
148:li.:link reftype=hd res=014.Version 2.1:elink.
149:eul.
150:h2 res=011.Version 1.0
151:p.
152:ul.
153:li.beta3
154:ul.
155:li.changelog created
156:li.fixed a bug with several network interfaces on one system
157:li.fixed a bug with broken cmd.exe builtin commands
158:li.fixed a bug with wrong dates of new and modified files
159:li.fixed a bunch of other bugs which are too small to remember ;)
160:li.smbcd.exe compiled against old tcp/ip stack interface
161:eul.
162:li.beta4
163:ul.
164:li.fixed errors on write to eCs shares
165:li.more fixes for wrong dates of files
166:eul.
167:li.beta5
168:ul.
169:li.added file locking
170:li.added 64bit file IO (when working with NDFS 2.3+)
171:li.moved to 3.0.9 samba code.
172:eul.
173:li.beta6
174:ul.
175:li.fixed set attribute bug introduced in beta 5
176:li.implemented setnewfilesize function. It may work not on all CIFS servers.
177:li.added automatic smbcd.exe starting if not started when connecting to CIFS share
178:li.added 'logfile' and 'loglevel' options to ndpsmb
179:eul.
180:li.beta7
181:ul.
182:li.moved to libc06b4.dll libc.
183:eul.
184:li.beta8
185:ul.
186:li.moved back to libc custom build.
187:li.added EA support
188:li.a bunch of bugs fixed
189:eul.
190:li.beta9
191:ul.
192:li.added EA support for DosOpen which was forgotten in beta8
193:eul.
194:li.beta10
195:ul.
196:li.caching of EA size after file find request
197:li.moved to libc06b5.dll libc
198:eul.
199:li.beta11
200:ul.
201:li.moved to libc06r1.dll libc
202:eul.
203:li.beta12
204:ul.
205:li.NdpRsrcQueryFSAllocate rewritten
206:li.moved to libc06.dll from GA2 release
207:eul.
208:li.beta13 (the lucky one)
209:ul.
210:li.moved to libc061.dll from CSD1 release
211:eul.
212:li.beta14
213:ul.
214:li.moved to libc custom build
215:eul.
216:li.GA
217:ul.
218:li.changelog was not updated
219:eul.
220:eul.
221:h2 res=012.Version 1.5
222:ul.
223:li.alpha1
224:ul.
225:li.smbdc.exe was implemented within ndpsmb.dll
226:li.a lot of other changes
227:eul.
228:li.beta1
229:ul.
230:li.logging feature rewritten
231:li.fixed free disk space
232:li.added more return codes in the mount part (for evfsgui)
233:eul.
234:li.beta2
235:ul.
236:li.update to Samba 3.0.35 client code
237:eul.
238:li.beta3
239:ul.
240:li.update to Samba 3.0.36 client code
241:li.codepage fix for system running non IBM-850 codepages (Ticket #100)
242:eul.
243:li.beta4
244:ul.
245:li.update to Samba 3.0.37 client code
246:li.codepage fix for Ticket #68
247:eul.
248:li.1.5.0 GA
249:ul.
250:li.Fix memory leak in EA code
251:li.Ticket #111
252:li.Remove unused MEMLEN, LOGFILE and LOGLEVEL token:p.
253(Compatibility warning: These tokens must also be removed from older *.ndc *.evp and volumes.cfg files in order to restore connections with the new plugin properly)
254:li.added logging feature for samba messages
255:eul.
256:li.1.5.1
257:ul.
258:li.Fix crash on quadcore machines
259:eul.
260:li.1.5.2
261:ul.
262:li.Fix help files
263:eul.
264:li.1.5.3
265:ul.
266:li.Fix timestamp problem
267:eul.
268:eul.
269:h2 res=013.Version 2.0
270:ul.
271:li.2.0.0
272:ul.
273:li.added dir caching
274:eul.
275:li.beta2
276:ul.
277:li.read problem of small files fixed
278:li.delete cache of changed files
279:li.SIGPIPE crash fixed
280:eul.
281:li.beta3
282:ul.
283:li.changed instpl.cmd to work correct with nls
284:li.added the possibility to adjust cache timeout and depth via GUI
285:li.adjustments to helpfile and readme
286:eul.
287:li.beta4
288:ul.
289:li.possible SIGPIPE crashes redone (thanks to Vitali)
290:li.touch did not delete the cache
291:eul.
292:eul.
293:h2 res=014.Version 2.1
294:ul.
295:li.2.1.0 alpha1
296:ul.
297:li.moved to samba 3.3 source base
298:li.new merge of 2.0 code and 1.6 code
299:eul.
300:eul.
301.******************************************************
302:h1.Credit
303:ul.
304:li.Paul Smedley (aka Smedles)
305:li.Yuri Dario (aka Paperino)
306:li.Herwig Bauernfeind (aka HerwigB)
307:li.Silvan Scherrer (aka diver)
308:li.Alex Taylor (aka AlexT)
309:li.Nikolay Kolosov (aka nickk)
310:li.Vitali Pelenyov (aka sunlover)
311:li.and all we missed
312:eul.
313.******************************************************
314
315:euserdoc.
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