samba setup problem

Tobitas · 03-24-2006, 06:12 AM

Hi,
I am trying to set up samba on a laptop running xubuntu (xfce as desktop environment on ubuntu) as server and a laptop running opensuse as client. Later I want to add some windows machines as well, thats why its samba and not nfs.

On the xubuntu machine I installed samba, samba-common and smbfs. I generally followed the guidelines posted here to install the samba server:http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Share_files_using_Samba
I edited smb.conf, made [homes] browsable and readable and created a smb user
I cannot mount any shares.

On the Suse machine, I just changed the workgroup name to the same one I entered in the /etc/samba/smb.conf and I dissabled the firewall (which is also not the ultimate solution). I used yast2 for that.
from the client (suse machine) I can access smb://'workgroupname' as well as smb://'samba-server-name-as-typed-in-smb.conf-under-xubuntu'. There a single folder appears, called 'homes' which I cannot access.

I am lost. I have no idea where to go from here, I only started using linux about a month ago, and I would really like to get file sharing to work, so please be patient and adapt replies to my limited understanding of linux.

Thanks
Tobias

Tobitas · 03-24-2006, 10:43 AM

Ok, I see things a bit clearer now. My smb.conf reads like this now:

Code:

workgroup = animation
netbios name = sambaserver
server string = samba server auf ubuntu
dns proxy = no
security = user
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam guest
obey pam restrictions = yes

[shares]
comment = samba share on xubuntu
path = /home/calabria/shares
public = yes
writable = yes

I can access /home/calabria/shares from my other computer running suse with a smb client installed, but I cannot write to the directory. How do I do that?

Thanks
Tobias

mslatter · 03-24-2006, 11:38 AM

I am still a newbie, but have you checked the permissions on the folder itself? Not the Samba permissions, but using the OS, gone to that folder, and given yourself write permissions to it?

Tobitas · 03-24-2006, 02:03 PM

That was it! Thanks so much.

mslatter · 03-24-2006, 03:16 PM

Cool! Glad I could help.