Samba Guru...

[Stuart Sears]

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bruce wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 8:23 AM
> To: bedouglas at earthlink.net; For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: Samba Guru...
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 07:36 -0700, bruce wrote:
> 
>> questions:
>>  -if i'm logged in on the Windows box, do i have to have the same
> "username"
>> on the linux box?
>>  -does the samba app/share have to "reside" under the "doamin/workgroup"
> of
>> the windows box?
> 
> It makes things much more transparent if you do both of those.
> Otherwise you'll get a login/password popup every time you
> try to connect.  You also need to point samba at your domain
> controller as a password server if you have one or
> make a local windows-acceptable password with
> smbpasswd -a username
> on the Linux server.
> 
> --
>   Les Mikesell
>    lesmikesell at gmail.com
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ok....
> 
> update.
> 
> it appears that i can now see the linux "share/folder" in the windows
> network. i can in fact copy a file to the linux folder on the linux box, see
> the file on the windows box, and copy the file to another folder on the
> windows box...
> 
> however, when i try to copy a windows file and place it in the samba share
> on the windows side, i get an "access denied" message... i never get
> prompted for a user/passwd...
> 
> thoughts/comments..
> 
> -bruce
> 
> my smb.conf is
> #======================= Global Settings
> =====================================
> [global]
> 
> # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
>         workgroup = Mesa
> 
> # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
>         server string = Samba1 Server
> 
> # 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 = cups
> 
> # This option tells cups that the data has already been rasterized
>         cups options = raw
> 
> # 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
> # all log information in one file
> #   log file = /var/log/samba/smbd.log
> 
> # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
>         max log size = 50
> 
> # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
> # security_level.txt for details.
> # Use password server option only with security = server
> ;   password server = <NT-Server-Name>
> # bdouglas.. not sure if needed...
> security = SHARE
> 
> # 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
> 
> [windows]
>         path = /windows
>         writeable = yes
>         guest ok = yes
sounds like a file permissions problem

who owns the /windows directory and what are its permissions?
ls -ld /windows

the shortcut (and least secure) method to fix this might be
chmod 777 /windows

you may wish to force a group onto the share to avoid it being
read/write for all.

e.g. chgrp users /windows
chmod g+ws /windows

and in your share definition:
force group = users

regards

Stuart
- --
Stuart Sears RHCA RHCX
"Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away."
- - Robert Orben
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