Problems with smbpasswd

Doll, Margaret Ann margaret_doll at brown.edu
Fri Jul 18 21:02:23 UTC 2014


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann <margaret_doll at brown.edu
> wrote:

> No still not working.
>
> smb and nmb are running.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann <
> margaret_doll at brown.edu> wrote:
>
>> Found the problem.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann <
>> margaret_doll at brown.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> When I run
>>>
>>> smbclient -L //rask -N
>>> Anonymous login successful
>>> Domain=[GEOLOGY] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.9-168.el6_5]
>>>
>>>     Sharename       Type      Comment
>>>     ---------       ----      -------
>>> Error returning browse list: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
>>> Anonymous login successful
>>> Domain=[GEOLOGY] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.9-168.el6_5]
>>>
>>>     Server               Comment
>>>     ---------            -------
>>>
>>> My server doesn't show up.
>>>
>>>     Workgroup            Master
>>>     ---------            -------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann <
>>> margaret_doll at brown.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The mistake was mine.
>>>>
>>>> However, after correcting the file name and restarting smb, the
>>>> addition of accounts still does not work.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for spotting the typo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Harris, Don <don.harris at unf.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm not a heavy samba user but this excerpt from your smb.conf looks
>>>>> like a typo:
>>>>>
>>>>>     smb passwd file = /etc/smaba/smbpasswd
>>>>>
>>>>> R/Don
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
>>>>> redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Doll, Margaret Ann
>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 1:16 PM
>>>>> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>>>>> Subject: Problems with smbpasswd
>>>>>
>>>>> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
>>>>>
>>>>> Yesterday I had samba running well with four users.  The smb.conf was
>>>>> changed early this morning and the samba users are no longer defined.
>>>>>
>>>>> smbpasswd no longer adds users to /etc/samba/smbpasswd.
>>>>>
>>>>> outtakes from my smb.conf file
>>>>>
>>>>> # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards
>>>>> #    passdb backend = tdbsam
>>>>>     smb passwd file = /etc/smaba/smbpasswd
>>>>> # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards
>>>>> # Use password server option only with security = server or if you
>>>>> can't
>>>>> #   password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name]
>>>>> #   password server = *
>>>>> ;    passdb backend = tdbsam
>>>>> ;    password server = <NT-Server-Name>
>>>>> # use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards
>>>>> ;    passdb backend = tdbsam
>>>>> # Cups Options let you pass the cups libs custom options, setting it
>>>>> to raw
>>>>>
>>>>> No smbpasswd is in /etc/samba.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I touch /etc/samba/smbpasswd and try to add an account again,
>>>>> nothing is
>>>>> written to smbpasswd.   The account I am trying to add worked
>>>>> yesterday and
>>>>> is contained in /etc/passwd.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have reinstalled samba and samba-common.
>>>>>
>>>>> What should I try next?
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>>>>
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>>
> I have selinux disabled.    I have iptables allowing port 137-139 and 445
to be open.



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