Samba on NonStop User Manual

3. If the processes have been started from inetd, remove the lines corresponding to smbd and
nmbd from inetd.conf and restart the inetd process.
4. To disable SWAT, remove its entry from inetd.conf file and restart the inetd process.
Troubleshooting NS-Samba
This section lists the common errors and recovery methods.
1. Error: A particular user is not able to access a NS-Samba share.
Resolution: Add that user to the NS-Samba user database.
2. Error: Not able to edit the files in a share corresponding to the /G directory on the NonStop
server.
Resolution: See section “NS-Samba Limitations” (page 10).
3. Error: Case sensitiveness of an OSS file is not retained in the NS-Samba share.
Resolution: Specify case sensitive = yes option.
4. Error: Not able to create files with more than eight characters in the filename beneath the /G
directory.
Resolution: This is due to the filename constraints on the Guardian file-system. For more
information, see “NS-Samba Limitations” (page 10). Reduce the number of characters in the
filename.
For help on more errors, see the Official Samba 3.5.x HOWTO and Reference Guide.
Performance Tuning
NS-Samba enables you to achieve optimal performance by providing various configuration options.
A system administrator can attempt different combinations and select the effective configuration
for a given environment/use-case. A few recommended configuration options are as follows:
• socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
• max xmit = 65536
• getwd cache = yes
• SO_SNDBUF = 65536
• SO_RCVBUF = 65536
You need to specify the above configuration options in the smb.conf file. For more information,
see smb.conf manpage.
For additional options and techniques that can be used for tuning the performance, see the Official
Samba 3.5.x HOWTO and Reference Guide in Samba website.
20 Configuration