Samba Help

[pagal]

hi...here's my post from another forum, and so far I haven't found a solution. Let's see if anyone here can help...

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Samba help. ( post #1)

ok guys, I have another problem...this time with samba

I have redhat 8.0 installed and I want to share my mounted c+d hard-drives (ntfs) on my home network. I have a linksys router and the internel ips of the computer are 192.168.1.10x and 192.168.1.100 is mine. The workgroup name is "HOME" and rest of the stuff is in the conf file.

The problem is that I can see the linuxbox from NetworkNeighbourhood under XP (all computers have xp pro) but I can't access it. In KDE, when I use smb://192.168.1.100 I can see the drives I am trying to share but when I double-click on them and enter the password, nothing happens...also, I want to access the data my brother is sharing at 192.168.1.103/Shared, but so far no luck. Can anyone take a look at the conf file and tell me what the problem is? I have spend considerable time searching on the web but nothing seems to solve this problem.

Thanks!!!

P.S: I'm a newbie, so I had no choice but to edit the conf file that shipped with redhat 8

#======================= Global Settings =====================================

[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name

workgroup = HOME

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field

server string = Alpha Linux

# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict

# connections to machines which are on your local network. The

# following example restricts access to two C class networks and

# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see

# the smb.conf man page

hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.

# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather

# than setting them up individually then you'll need this

printcap name = /etc/printcap

load printers = yes

# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless

# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:

# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx

printing = lprng

# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd

# otherwise the user "nobody" is used

; guest account = pcguest

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine

# that connects

log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).

max log size = 10

# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See

# security_level.txt for details.

security = user

# Use password server option only with security = server

# The argument list may include:

# password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name]

# or to auto-locate the domain controller/s

# password server = *

; password server = <NT-Server-Name>

# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for

# all combinations of upper and lower case.

; password level = 8

; username level = 8

# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read

# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.

# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents

encrypt passwords = yes

smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

# The following is needed to keep smbclient from spouting spurious errors

# when Samba is built with support for SSL.

; ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt

# The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to

# update the Linux system password also.

# NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above.

# NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only

# the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password

# to be kept in sync with the SMB password.

unix password sync = Yes

passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u

passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*

# You can use PAM's password change control flag for Samba. If

# enabled, then PAM will be used for password changes when requested

# by an SMB client instead of the program listed in passwd program.

# It should be possible to enable this without changing your passwd

# chat parameter for most setups.

pam password change = yes

# Unix users can map to different SMB User names

; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration

# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name

# of the machine that is connecting

; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m

# This parameter will control whether or not Samba should obey PAM's

# account and session management directives. The default behavior is

# to use PAM for clear text authentication only and to ignore any

# account or session management. Note that Samba always ignores PAM

# for authentication in the case of encrypt passwords = yes

obey pam restrictions = yes

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.

# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details

socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces

# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them

# here. See the man page for details.

; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24

# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here

# request announcement to, or browse list sync from:

# a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)

; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255

# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here

; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44

# Browser Control Options:

# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master

# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply

; local master = no

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser

# elections. The default value should be reasonable

; os level = 33

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This

# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this

# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job

; domain master = yes

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup

# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election

; preferred master = yes

# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for

# Windows95 workstations.

; domain logons = yes

# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or

# per user logon script

# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)

; logon script = %m.bat

# run a specific logon batch file per username

; logon script = %U.bat

# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)

# %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username

# You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below

; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:

# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server

; wins support = yes

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client

# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both

; wins server = w.x.y.z

# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on

# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be

# at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.

; wins proxy = yes

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names

# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,

# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.

dns proxy = no

# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_

# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis

; preserve case = no

; short preserve case = no

# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files

; default case = lower

# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!

; case sensitive = no

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

[homes]

comment = Home Directories

browseable = no

writable = yes

valid users = %S

create mode = 0664

directory mode = 0775

# If you want users samba doesn't recognize to be mapped to a guest user

; map to guest = bad user

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons

; [netlogon]

; comment = Network Logon Service

; path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon

; guest ok = yes

; writable = no

; share modes = no

# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share

# the default is to use the user's home directory

;[Profiles]

; path = /usr/local/samba/profiles

; browseable = no

; guest ok = yes

# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to

# specifically define each individual printer

[printers]

comment = All Printers

path = /var/spool/samba

browseable = no

# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print

guest ok = no

writable = no

printable = yes

# This one is useful for people to share files

;[tmp]

; comment = Temporary file space

; path = /tmp

; read only = no

; public = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in

# the "staff" group

;[public]

comment = Public Stuff

; path = /home/samba

; public = yes

; writable = yes

; printable = no

; write list = @staff

# Other examples.

#

# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's

# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory,

# wherever it is.

;[fredsprn]

; comment = Fred's Printer

; valid users = fred

; path = /home/fred

; printer = freds_printer

; public = no

; writable = no

; printable = yes

# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write

# access to the directory.

;[fredsdir]

; comment = Fred's Service

; path = /usr/somewhere/private

; valid users = fred

; public = no

; writable = yes

; printable = no

# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects

# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could

# also use the %U option to tailor it by user name.

# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.

;[pchome]

; comment = PC Directories

; path = /usr/local/pc/%m

; public = no

; writable = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files

# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so

# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this

# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course

# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead.

;[public]

; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public

; public = yes

; only guest = yes

; writable = yes

; printable = no

# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two

# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this

# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the

# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to

# as many users as required.

;[myshare]

; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff

; path = /usr/somewhere/shared

; valid users = mary fred

; public = no

; writable = yes

; printable = no

; create mask = 0765

[C-drive]

comment = C-Drive

path = /mnt/c

valid users = root myuser

public = yes

; writable = no

; printable = no

[D-drive]

comment = D-drive

path = /mnt/d

valid users = root myuser

public = yes

; writable = no

; printable = no

[Redmak Administrators]

It may be easier to start with:

Security = share

and

[share]

path= /mnt/c

guest only = yes

read only = yes

[pagal]

I tried, but still the same problem...

from xp, if I click on it, I just get an error; and from linux, it still shows me the user/pass dialog and nothing happens after I enter it.

[Redmak Administrators]

You may need to change your shares permissions. Sharing it with Samba is not enough you need to set Linux permissions