Samba log in issues.....

AudioMechanic · 09-04-2004, 07:23 AM

Hello all,

I am having issues login into the samba network with my Windows laptop (XP). I'm probably misunderstanding something. I have samba installed and from what I read in the manual, set up correctly. I am trying to add a user with "smbpasswd -a Username" command but I'm not sure what to add. Do I add the user and password of the user on the XP Laptop? Also, I use webmin to edit the settings of Samba because I find it's the easiest medium and one of the settings in the Authentication window is "User Mapping." I can enter a Linux user and then a Windows user. Not sure what this does but it made me curious.

Thank you for any tips! I can be more specific if anyone requests.

PBSchmidt · 09-04-2004, 07:42 AM

man smbpasswd

Quote:

When run as normal user it allows the user to change the password used for their SMB sessions on any machines that store SMB passwords

HTH, Peter

AudioMechanic · 09-04-2004, 07:42 PM

Ok, the user on the XP laptop that I am trying to give access to is the Administrator account. When I try to run smbpasswd for Laptop user Administrator, I get this:

Code:

[root@shane shane]# smbpasswd -a administrator
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user administrator.
Failed to mdify password entry for user administrator

Also, the laptop does not even see the samba network! It did at one time but then I changed something but can't remember what it was.

Here is my smb.conf file:

Code:

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0)
# Date: 2004/09/04 18:21:04

# Global parameters
[global]
	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
	ldap ssl = no
	read list = Administrator
	admin users = Administrator
	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
	printer name = HPOfficeJetG55
	write list = Administrator
	map to guest = Bad User
	encrypt passwords = yes
	user = Administrator
	public = yes
	printer admin = @adm
	wins support = true
	dns proxy = No
	writeable = yes
	printing = cups
	server string = Samba Server %v
	path = /home/shane/
	workgroup = AUDIOMECHANIC
	os level = 20
	comment = Shane's Home
	printcap name = cups
	valid users = Administrator
	max log size = 50

[Shane Home]
	comment = Home Directories
	username = Administrator,adm
	valid users = adm
	read only = No

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/spool/samba
	create mask = 0700
	guest ok = Yes
	printable = Yes
	print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r   # using client side printer drivers.
	browseable = No

[print$]
	path = /var/lib/samba/printers
	write list = @adm, root
	inherit permissions = Yes
	guest ok = Yes

[pdf-generator]
	comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
	path = /var/tmp
	printable = Yes
	print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I "%J" &

There has to be something wrong either with this file, or with the laptop confguration but I can't figure out what it is. I racking my brain here! I know it's something stupid and simple. It always is with me.

Thanks for the reply, by the way!

-Shane

DrNeil · 09-04-2004, 08:03 PM

To tired now to study this in detail,

but usual samba issues are encrypted/nonencrypted password etc.

If it's that there is a knowledgebase thingy on MS site.

Personally I would try to write Administrator as A dminsitrator and not as a dministrator. Just to be anal from the start. I don't know if that is important, but hey better exclude it from the Start.

But any MS network is a pile of shite IMO. No end of hassle with that pap.

Also Personal Firewall?

Maybe start with a less ambitious conf?

my

AudioMechanic · 09-04-2004, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DrNeil
[B]To tired now to study this in detail,

but usual samba issues are encrypted/nonencrypted password etc.

If it's that there is a knowledgebase thingy on MS site./b]

I'm getting pretty tired myself. Think I'll go to bed soon but I'm not done internet-vegging.

Samba is set up for encrypted, I believe.

Quote:

Originally posted by DrNeil
Personally I would try to write Administrator as A dminsitrator and not as a dministrator. Just to be anal from the start. I don't know if that is important, but hey better exclude it from the Start.

Yea, tried both.

Quote:

Originally posted by DrNeil
But any MS network is a pile of shite IMO. No end of hassle with that pap.

Agreed.

Quote:

Originally posted by DrNeil
Also Personal Firewall?

Nope.

Quote:

Originally posted by DrNeil
Maybe start with a less ambitious conf?

my

I don't get it.

This is the conf file that urpmi gave me when I installed samba.

AudioMechanic · 09-06-2004, 07:03 PM

Ok, long story short, I now have Fedora instead of Mandrake 10.0. I have configured my network settings exactly the same as they were previously set. The XP laptop will not even see the samba server! It can't even see the share I have set up. Something is wrong because my Fedora box DOES see the XP laptop! I found that out when playing around with the printer utility. It was asking me where the printer was connected and I saw "Network Windows (SMB)" in the list so I got curious and clicked on it and voila! The was the laptop listed there! I'm not sure how else to make my computer see the laptop other than pinging but that really doesn't relate to Samba.

Right now, my primary method for configuring Samba is through Webmin and SWAT. Could a configuration be wrong on the laptop?

I ran testparm on the smb.conf file and this is what I got (smb.conf file also diplayed):

Code:

[shane@shane shane]$ testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[shane]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

# Global parameters
[global]
        workgroup = AUDIOMECHANIC
        server string = Shane's Computer
        password server = None
        guest account = shane
        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
        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
        dns proxy = No
        idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
        idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
        guest ok = Yes

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        read only = No
        browseable = No

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No

[shane]
        comment = Shane
        path = /home/shane
        read only = No
[shane@shane shane]$

What does the lmhosts file do?

Also, yes I have created users in the smbpasswd file but that shouldn't keep the laptop from SEEING the network, should it?

AudioMechanic · 09-06-2004, 07:34 PM

Also, I've done a little reading and have come to a conclusion that it may be my etc/hosts, etc/hosts.deny, and etc/hosts.allow files messing me up. How do I set these up?

I only have one entry in the etc/hosts file and here it is:

Code:

127.0.0.1		shane.shane.com shane localhost.localdomain localhost

The more I read, the more confuser I get!

Note: I can't even spell "confused: right!

AudioMechanic · 09-06-2004, 10:02 PM

I finally got it! I wrote "ALL : ALL" in my host.deny file and "ALL : 1.1.69.0" in my host.allow file. I was racking my brain wondering why the samba server would not show up in the Network neighborhood window! Then I got an idea that I should have got several hours earlier: do a network search from the windows box for the samba server. I did and VOILA! There it is! For some reason though, I couldn't use the Administrator username to sign in so I used one of the regular one's. I can always change the permissions of it later using webmin.

WAHOO!

Now to get NFS working....