Chapter 12. Troubleshooting Samba

Samba is extremely robust. Once you have everything set up the way you want it, you'll probably forget that it is running. When trouble occurs, it's typically during installation or when you're trying to reconfigure the server. Fortunately, a wide variety of resources are available to diagnose these troubles. Although we can't describe in detail the solution to every problem you might encounter, you should be able to get a good start resolving the problem by following the advice given in this chapter.

The first section of this chapter lists what's in the tool bag, a collection of utilities available for troubleshooting Samba; the second section is a detailed how-to; and the final section lists extra resources you can use to track down particularly stubborn problems.