General Samba Question

[Bradley (FC2 List)]

Randy Kelsoe wrote:

> Bradley (FC2 List) wrote:
>
>> I have been trying to set up my Samba service on a workgroup with 5 
>> windows
>> 2000 professional boxes
>> and 1 win 98 box. I can connect to the win 98 box and two of the 2000 
>> boxes
>> with no problem. On the
>> other three boxes I get "The folder contents could not be displayed", 
>> "You
>> do not have the permissions
>> to view the contents of  (Computer Name)".  All of the windows 
>> machines are
>> showing up in
>> "Windows Network".
>>
>>  Can someone give me some advice on where to look for the difference
>> between
>> these connections? I have not been able to figure this one out.
>>
>
> The user policy in Win98 is not as strict as Win 2000. First, did you 
> create your users on the samba server  ( smbpasswd -a username )? If 
> you have the same samba user name as the user name you are logged in 
> with on the Win2K machine, and the passwords are the same, it should 
> work if you have a correct smb.conf file and in the smb.conf file, you 
> have:
>
>  encrypt passwords = yes
>
> If this does not work after restarting smb (service smb restart), you 
> might want to post your smb.conf file here (without the comments).
>
>
Apparently I have dug myself deeper becaust now in "Network" in 
"Computer" I get an endlessly rotating hour-glass. Sometimes I get an 
error about int key string  system/smb/workgroup - sorry, can't remember 
it all and couldn't duplicate.

Here is my smb.conf:
[global]
    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
    load printers = yes
    guest account = pcguest
    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
    domain master = no
    hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
    winbind enable local accounts = no
    encrypt passwords = yes
    dns proxy = yes
    cups options = raw
    server string = Samba Server
    winbind enum users = no
    path = /mnt/share
    workgroup = THINGWORLD
    printcap name = /etc/printcap
    security = user
    preferred master = yes
    max log size = 50
    domain logons = yes

[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes

[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

[public]
comment = fedoramel shared drive
path = /mnt/share
public = yes
browseable = yes
writable = yes

Here are the results of testparm:
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[public]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_BDC
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
 
[global]
        workgroup = THINGWORLD
        server string = Samba Server
        guest account = pcguest
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        max log size = 50
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        printcap name = /etc/printcap
        domain logons = Yes
        preferred master = Yes
        domain master = No
        winbind enum users = No
        path = /mnt/share
        hosts allow = 192.168.1., 127.
        cups options = raw
 
[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        read only = No
        browseable = No
 
[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No
 
[public]
        comment = fedoramel shared drive
        read only = No
        guest ok = Yes