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samba: windows to linux

I'm having trouble configuring samba. I have a windows xp pro box and a FC3 box. Linux can already see the shared files in windows. But windows can't see files in linux. I get this message everytime windows tries to access shares in linux:

\\192 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the network administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

The network path was not found.

I get this message everytime I double click on the Samba Server icon in network neighborhood>>workgroup in windows.

here's my smb.conf

Code:

# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the

# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed

# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too

# many!) most of which are not shown in this example

#

# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)

# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #

# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you

# may wish to enable

#

# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"

# to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors.

#

#======================= Global Settings =====================================

[global]



# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name

        workgroup = workgroup



# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field

        server string = Samba 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>



# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for

# all combinations of upper and lower case.

;  password level = 8

;  username level = 8



# 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



# The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to

# update the Linux system password also.

# NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above.

# NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only

#        the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password

#        to be kept in sync with the SMB password.

;  unix password sync = Yes

;  passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u

;  passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*



# Unix users can map to different SMB User names

;  username map = /etc/samba/smbusers



# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration

# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name

# of the machine that is connecting

;  include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m



# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.

# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details

        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192



# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces

# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them

# here. See the man page for details.

;  interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24



# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here

#  request announcement to, or browse list sync from:

#        a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)

;  remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255

# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here

;  remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44



# Browser Control Options:

# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master

# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply

;  local master = no



# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser

# elections. The default value should be reasonable

;  os level = 33



# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This

# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this

# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job

;  domain master = yes



# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup

# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election

;  preferred master = yes



# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for

# Windows95 workstations.

;  domain logons = yes



# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or

# per user logon script

# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)

;  logon script = %m.bat

# run a specific logon batch file per username

;  logon script = %U.bat



# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)

#        %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username

#        You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below

;  logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U



# All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses

# 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be specified

# the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the unix

# system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR

# DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, /etc/nsswitch.conf

# and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration

# dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups

# in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care!

# The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are NOT

# on the local network segment

# - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS.

; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast



# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:

# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server

;  wins support = yes



# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client

#        Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both

;  wins server = w.x.y.z



# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on

# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be

# at least one        WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.

;  wins proxy = yes



# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names

# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,

# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.

        dns proxy = no



# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_

# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis

;  preserve case = no

;  short preserve case = no

# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files

;  default case = lower

# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!

;  case sensitive = no



#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

        idmap uid = 16777216-33554431

        idmap gid = 16777216-33554431

        template shell = /bin/false

        password server = None

        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

        winbind use default domain = no

[homes]

        comment = Home Directories

        browseable = no

        writeable = yes



# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons

; [netlogon]

;  comment = Network Logon Service

;  path = /home/netlogon

;  guest ok = yes

;  writable = no

;  share modes = no





# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share

# the default is to use the user's home directory

;[Profiles]

;    path = /home/profiles

;    browseable = no

;    guest ok = yes





# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to

# specifically define each individual printer

[printers]

        comment = All Printers

        path = /var/spool/samba

        browseable = no

# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print

        printable = yes



# This one is useful for people to share files

;[tmp]

;  comment = Temporary file space

;  path = /tmp

;  read only = no

;  public = yes



# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in

# the "staff" group

;[public]

;  comment = Public Stuff

;  path = /home/samba

;  public = yes

;  read only = yes

;  write list = @staff



# Other examples.

#

# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's

# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory,

# wherever it is.

;[fredsprn]

;  comment = Fred's Printer

;  valid users = fred

;  path = /homes/fred

;  printer = freds_printer

;  public = no

;  writable = no

;  printable = yes



# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write

# access to the directory.

;[fredsdir]

;  comment = Fred's Service

;  path = /usr/somewhere/private

;  valid users = fred

;  public = no

;  writable = yes

;  printable = no



# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects

# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could

# also use the %u option to tailor it by user name.

# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.

;[pchome]

;  comment = PC Directories

;  path = /usr/pc/%m

;  public = no

;  writable = yes



# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files

# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so

# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this

# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course

# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead.

;[public]

;  path = /usr/somewhere/else/public

;  public = yes

;  only guest = yes

;  writable = yes

;  printable = no



# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two

# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this

# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the

# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to

# as many users as required.

;[myshare]

;  comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff

;  path = /usr/somewhere/shared

;  valid users = mary fred

;  public = no

;  writable = yes

;  printable = no

;  create mask = 0765





[completed]

        path = /home/paulr1984/opt/p2p/downloads/completed

        guest ok = yes

here's my smbusers

Code:

# Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ...

root = administrator admin

nobody = guest pcguest smbguest

Looks like you only have the printer available.
Try uncommenting this bit
;[public]
; comment = Public Stuff
; path = /home/samba
; public = yes
; read only = yes

and see if that works

From a barely knowledgable samba user

I uncommented that part yet still can't view my linux shares from windows. Why is it that in the error message, it says that it cannot access \\192? Shouldn't it say \\192.168.0.3 which is the full ip address of my linux box?

Re: samba: windows to linux

Hi There,

In ur Home share u had not given any path for sharing ur home directories.
Give path for sharing home direcoty.
Ex => path = /home/paul

Also give ur public ok = yes for public access.
and restart ur samba server and then access using Windows XP .

now it will be able to access ur shares .

Hope this helps u.

Ur's
Utsav Handa
# Learning Linux

I can't find any share named home. But there is one named homes. I modified it to look like this:

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
path = /home/paulr1984
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
public ok = yes

now smbd won't start. It doesn't even give an error message. But it works fine if I remove the modifications.

I'll ask the obvious question does /home/paulr1984 exist on your Linux box?

Other check the various log files in /var/log

Can you ping each box from the other, I'm thinking firewall problem.

yes /home/paulr1984 exists. And I can ping the windows box from the linux box as well as the other way around. There are no messages in the /var/log/messages or even dmesg which concerns samba.

I still can't access linux shares from windows. =(

Quote:

Originally posted by paulr1984
yes /home/paulr1984 exists. And I can ping the windows box from the linux box as well as the other way around. There are no messages in the /var/log/messages or even dmesg which concerns samba.

I still can't access linux shares from windows. =(

Below is a listing of smb.conf, logon.conf and userStart.bat that I used when I had a debian box as a seperate firewall when using modem dialup
it may give you an idea about how it all works. Note this was setup for me by a couple ofmore knowledgable guys and it was a while back.
You'll have to massage this a bit a samba has moved on from when it was first written

smb.conf:
; The global setting for a RedHat default install
; Make sure you tes the config with testparm before restarting
; Make sure and restart the server after making changes to this file, ex:
; /etc/init.d/samba stop
; /etc/init.d/samba start

[global]
workgroup = House
volume = Boxen
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 500
; lock directory = /var/lock/samba
share modes = yes
dont descend = /proc,/dev
server string = %h's Samba server: V%v
; comment = %h server (Samba %v)
syslog only = no
syslog = 1
; bind interfaces only = yes
; interfaces = 192.168.69.0/24 10.1.100.0/24

; File name mangling options
short preserve case = yes
preserve case = yes

; name service setup
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
dns proxy = yes

; network configuration
include=/etc/samba/logon.conf

; user - password configuration
include=/etc/samba/passwd.conf

; printer configuration
include=/etc/samba/printing.conf

[netlogon]
path = /etc/samba/netlogon
; writeable = no
read only = yes
guest ok = no

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
public = no
browseable = no
read only = no
; writeable = yes
create mode = 0770
directory mask = 0770

[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /var/windows/tmp
read only = no
public = yes

; A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
; the staff group
[public]
comment = Public Stuff
path = /home/ftp
public = yes
; writable = no
read only = yes
printable = no
write list = @staff

[personal-ftp]
comment = Users Public Stuff
path = /home/ftp/users/%u
force user = %u
public = no
browseable = yes
read only = yes
write list = %u
printable = no
create mode = 0765

[data]
path = /var/windows/data
public = yes
only guest = yes
; writable = yes
read only = no
printable = no
; create mask = 0765

[programs]
path = /var/windows/programs
public = yes
only guest = yes
; writable = yes
read only = no
printable = no
; create mask = 0765

logon.conf:
os level = 50
domain master = yes
local master = yes
domain logons = yes
preferred master = yes
wins support = yes
; hosts allow = 192.168.
logon drive = p:
logon home = \\%N\%u
; logon path = \\%N\%u\winfiles
; logon script = winfiles\winstart.bat
logon script = %g\UserStart.bat
; logon script = UserStart.bat

now the batch file was stored 2 levels down in 2 seperate directories thus
netlogon/guest
netlogon/users
Note BOX is the name of samba server
UserStart.bat:
NET TIME \\BOX /SET /YES
NET USE N: \\BOX\DATA
NET USE S: \\BOX\TMP
NET USE Y: \\BOX\PROGRAMS
NET USE P: \\BOX\HOMES
call p:\winfiles\winstart.bat

Yours acts like it could be a firewall issue. Make sure a firewall on your FC3 box is not blacking the SMB traffic.

You do not need to list a directory in the [homes] share. That is a built in share with Samba that will automatically share the user's home directory when they connect.

Hi -

Just went through the Samba rounds myself. First off, if you want to solve this problem, take it a piece at a time. Lot's of good advice, however, you need to zero in on one issue at a time.

First -- a great reference: http://www.faqs.org/docs/samba/ch00.html

Helped me a lot.

Next - turn on debugging. You only have one part of this done: In the [globals] section, you have the log file denoted by:
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

but no log level. Add:
log level = 2
In the same section. Restart the smb server (I use my rc scripts). On SuSE, it's:
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S15smb restart

Check where you specified. Ok - you should start to "see" what's going on.

Next, you should start testing the 'smd' server from your Linux system FIRST - after all, you want to be sure it's actually listening!

First off - is the smb daemon being started? I don't know what you're using to kick start the process (inetd, xinetd, manual, whatever), so, let's assume it's runing. If you use your rc scripts like I mentioned above, you'll be on your way to knowing if there's a startup problem.

Next - try using the local 'smbclient' program to list what "shares" the Samba server will dish up. On my SuSE install, it's located at /usr/bin/smbclient:

# /usr/bin/smbclient -U% -L localhost

You should get info telling you network interface info, and the shares the server knows about. IF YOU DON'T SEE THIS STUFF, YOUR SMB SERVER IS NOT UP! Now, this is probably where things are getting out of whack. How about trying this out and coming back to the forum with more poop on how far this gets you, ok?

good luck!

The reference looks good. I maust admit I never really understood how samba worked I simply modified a working config to suit my needs

i might be wron but do try this

hi,

i have samba configured at home and it is working fine... at the moment atleast. From what i can see (with my limited knowlege) it could be that the linux system is refusing connections to all external machines.. please have a look at

/etc/host.allow
/etc/host.deny

files.

also, try enabling the line

allow hosts = (list of some ips separated by space)
in the global section of smb.cong file.

regards
do tell if it works

Edit

By the way the file locations i am mentioning are for redhat , they may be different on your distribution. But i think the concept would still apply.