samba

Tanisete · Guru Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 312

Hi to all!

I'm trying to configure my samba network at home, and i'm having problems. I had tried to copy the smb.conf from the guide changing some parameters that fit my network, and that is the result:

[global]
# Replace MYWORKGROUPNAME with your workgroup/domain
workgroup = GRUPO_TRABAJO
# Of course this has no REAL purpose other than letting
# everyone know its not Windows!
# %v prints the version of Samba we are using.
server string = Samba Server %v
# We are going to use cups, so we are going to put it in here ;-)

printcap name = cups
printing = cups
load printers = yes
# We want a log file and we do not want it to get bigger than 50kb.
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
# We are going to set some options for our interfaces...
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
# This is a good idea, what we are doing is binding the
# samba server to our local network.
# For example, if eth0 is our local network device
interfaces = lo eth0
bind interfaces only = yes
# Now we are going to specify who we allow, we are afterall
# very security conscience, since this configuration does# not use passwords!
hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 213.96.214.0/24
hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
# Other options for this are USER, DOMAIN, ADS, and SERVER
# The default is user
security = share
# No passwords, so we're going to use a guest account!
guest account = samba
guest ok = yes
# We now will implement the on access virus scanner.
# NOTE: By putting this in our [Global] section, we enable
# scanning of ALL shares, you could optionally move
# these to a specific share and only scan it.
#vfs object = /usr/lib/samba/vfs/vscan-clamav.so
#vfs options = config-file = /etc/samba/vscan-clamav.conf

# Now we setup our print drivers information!
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /etc/samba/printer # this path holds the driver structure
guest ok = nobrowseable = yes
read only = yes
# Modify this to "username,root" if you don't want root to
# be the only printer admin)
write list = root

# Now we'll setup a printer to share, while the name is arbitrary
# it should be consistent throughout Samba and CUPS!
[HPDeskJet3550]
comment = HP DeskJet 3550 Network Printer
printable = yes
path = /var/spool/samba
public = yes
guest ok = yes
# Modify this to "username,root" if you don't want root to
# be the only printer admin)
printer admin = root

# Now we setup our printers share. This should be
# browseable, printable, public.
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = yesprintable = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
path = /var/spool/samba
# Modify this to "username,root" if you don't want root to
# be the only printer admin)
printer admin = root

# We create a new share that we can read/write to from anywhere
# This is kind of like a public temp share, anyone can do what
# they want here.
[public]
comment = Public Files
browseable = yes
public = yes
create mode = 0766
guest ok = yes
path = /home/samba/public

What i wanted was to let the samab public as a zone that anyone through the net can write os read. But when i try to enter the server in other computers, or even in mine, a password is asked. I've tried guest, invitado, and no password at all without sucess. What is the problem?

Thanks a lot!!

pd: i've forgotten to put the output of the smbclient:

smbclient -L localhost
Password:
session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE

and the log from samba:

[2004/05/25 22:35:59, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:startsmbfilepwent(189)
startsmbfilepwent_internal: file /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd did not exist. F
ile successfully created.
[2004/05/25 22:35:59, 1] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_sam(821)
User samba in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!
[2004/05/25 22:36:25, 1] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_sam(821)
User samba in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!
[2004/05/25 22:36:25, 1] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_sam(821)
User samba in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!
...

nobspangle · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 9:48 pm Post subject:

your guest user is called Samba,
have you created a samba user called samba and mapped it to a unix user that has access rights to the directories you want to share?

Tanisete · Guru Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 312

how can i do that? with smbpasswd? do i have to create the user for linux too? I haven't done this before.

Thanks for the answer!

sak102010 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 82

I'd recommend changing to ...

Tanisete · Guru Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 312

thanks a lot sak! now i've done what you said and from linux machines it works, but if i try to access from other windows xp machine (that's actually what i wanted) it continue saying that it has no access to the share. And the strange thing is that i have no log from samba of bad access or access ok... i've tried putting 0.0.0.0/0 in host-allow but without success. Maybe something to do with permissions? but with smb4k it's all ok (i can also write) so i don't know what can happen. I also changed security to user.

Any ideas?

sak102010 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 82

I'm not very well versed with WinXP, my network uses Win2k machines. But if I remember correctly, from my bits of time with XP, there is a built-in firewall in WinXP that is enabled by default. Make sure that's turned off, as it can cause no end to trouble.

That's the only thing that I can think of right off.
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Thanks,
Sak

Tanisete · Guru Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 312

I've been testing some configurations and after all the share security level has made everything go well. I don't know why, but with user security level i wasn't able to see anything (windows was not capable) and now it's possible. The firewall was off, yes

. Thanks for the answers, i will investigate :wink:

Thanks for the help!

quickshiftin · Guru Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 345 Location: Denver, CO

I am running Gentoo on an IBM R51 laptop that has been furnished by my current employer. Not only did they give me the laptop, but they sprung for a VMware license so i can still develop windows apps for their network. well i have been wanting samba on this thing since i started setting up gentoo and this afternoon i have sat down to get it running. i was reading through the Gentoo Samba3/CUPS/ClamAV HOWTO and following the instructions but i decided to trim it down a bit. At this point i want only to share files between both OS, printing can wait and so can virus checking, since i will be the only one working with the files and my windows environment is isolated in the first place.
Well i modified the /etc/samba/smb.conf file to reflect these goals and all of a sudden i couldnt get the server running anymore via
/etc/init.d/samba start invocation
an examination of the logs showed the following

quickshiftin · Guru Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 345 Location: Denver, CO

well i got it working. there were a few small permissions issues to hammer out, but altogether it wasnt that hard. when i get back on the net with may laptop ill post my /etc/samba/smb.conf settings in case anyone else is interested.

-quickshiftin