Samba / WinXp help please
Please help, I am losing my mind here. I am trying to get Samba set up so that I can use my Fedora box as a file server for my home network. I have read a bunch of supposed noob how tos and help files. I tried the webmin gui util to try and get it set up. All to no avail. Windows XP has yet to be able to see the Linux machine. Please keep in mind that I am bigtime noobie here, and this is driving me nuts. I am using a cable modem and my network is behind a router. One WinXP box, and a Fedora box. My network uses a cable modem, and is behind a router using DHCP, and all the configs want to know my domain??? don't think I have one. Is there a guide to samba for the complete fricken newbie moron(me)?? Would someone be willing to help out with the config of samba? Thanks
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Why don't you post what you have tried... If you are behind a router, do you have any firewall settings on the xp or linux box? What is your current smb.conf?
-Josh |
smb.conf
I am behind a router, and have turned off the firewalls on both winXP and Linux. Windows says Home is not acessible. you may not have permission........... the list of servers for this workgroup is not available. Same thing as always. here is my smb.conf
[global] workgroup = HOME server string = Samba Server hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2.127 guest account = pcguest log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 security = user smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 local master = yes os level = 255 name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast wins support = yes wins server = 192.168.1.101 [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = yes writeable = yes [Profiles] path = /home/profiles browseable = yes guest ok = yes [nick] comment = nick path = /home/nick writeable = yes browseable = yes create mask = 0765 |
Have you tried just typing in the name or ip of your machine? Open windows explorer and type \\<ip of samba machine>
See if that shows you anything. -Josh Your smb.conf looks pretty good, I would remove the profiles section unless you are using it as a domain controller though. You may even change the security to share to see if it will allow you to see the shares. Remember to restart samba every time you change, (I forgot the command to reload the configs.) |
Still Can't browse
Ehy thanks, Win Explorer can access if I put in the IP, and I can map the share as a network drive, but still no browse. not realy a big deal though, since I can map it as a drive. Thanks
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Ok, try this. When you open explorer, close the folders option if you have it open, then click on the 'View Network Computers' option to the left. If that option is not there, click on 'Microsoft Windows Network'. One of those options should allow you to see the linux machine. I just tested that on my system and I'm running Winxp on one machine, with Gentoo on the other as the samba server. Let me know if this works for ya.
-Josh |
Sorry to jump in, but I was following the thread trying to do the same thing with RH9, an XP box and a Mac running OSX. I'm another complete noob.
Can someone tell me where you found smb.conf? How do I call it up? Also, to the question about the domain - how do I figure out the "name" of my linux box and assign it to a workgroup? I'd like to connect to the machine with the name and not the IP in case DHCP changes it. Thanks. |
smb.conf location
I'm using Fedora Core 1, so RH9 should be the same. smb.conf is in /etc/samba. Or you can edit it with (as root or su -)
gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf Still working on the domain issue. not sure how to change my domain name in linux. to specify a workgroup for samba, in the smb.conf file, under the global section add a line that says: workgroup = [workgroupname] where [workgroupname] is whatever your workgroup is from windoze. I still can't browse it from windows net neighborhood, but I can map a network drive into windows, which is more convienent if you ask me. |
I must not have set something up correctly on the Linux side then - I can't see a thing going through any of my options - mapping network drives, adding network places, connecting to smb://IP addr, connecting to \\ip addr, etc.
This is driving me crazy. |
post your smb.conf and your windows network settings. Someone here surely can help out
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joshnert,
I would verify that you don't have any firewall settings blocking the services. Samba uses port 139. Also, if you post your smb.conf file, we can take a look and see what's going on there. The built-in test for your smb.conf file is 'testparm'. If you type this command after you edit your smb.conf, (or whenever you doubt), it will give you an overview of what your configuration is set up for. It has been useful for me to diagnose problems in the past. -Josh |
I'm having the same problem in Slackware, when trying to map a slack share from a Windows machine, all I can see are the other WIndows machines (all XP and 2000). I haven't figured out how to set a Linux partition as shared yet, just trying to see if I can atleast see the Linux machine from the Windows machines. Here's my smb.conf file, followed by the testparm output. Thanks!
# 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 many any basic syntactic errors. # #======================= Global Settings ===================================== [global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: LINUX2 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 load printers = yes # you may wish to override the location of the printcap file ; printcap name = /etc/printcap # on SystemV system setting printcap name to lpstat should allow # you to automatically obtain a printer list from the SystemV spool # system ; printcap name = lpstat # It should not be necessary to specify the print system type unless # it is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx ; printing = bsd # 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 # 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. NOTE: To get the behaviour of # Samba-1.9.18, you'll need to use "security = share". security = user # Use password server option only with security = server # The argument list may include: # password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name] # or to auto-locate the domain controller/s # password server = * ; password server = <NT-Server-Name> # Note: Do NOT use the now deprecated option of "domain controller" # This option is no longer implemented. # 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 # Where to find the SSL certificates: ssl CA certDir = /etc/ssl/certs # 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 = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details # You may want to add the following on a Linux system: # SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 socket options = TCP_NODELAY # 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 # 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 # 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 #============================ Share Definitions ============================== [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons ; [netlogon] ; comment = Network Logon Service ; path = /usr/local/samba/lib/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 = /usr/local/samba/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 guest ok = no writable = no 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 ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; 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 ---------TESTPARM OUTPUT-------- zema@localhost:~$ testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[printers]" Loaded services file OK. Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions # Global parameters [global] coding system = client code page = 850 code page directory = /etc/codepages workgroup = WORKGROUP netbios name = netbios aliases = netbios scope = server string = Samba Server interfaces = bind interfaces only = No security = USER encrypt passwords = No update encrypted = No allow trusted domains = Yes hosts equiv = min passwd length = 5 map to guest = Never null passwords = No obey pam restrictions = No password server = smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd root directory = pam password change = No passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed* passwd chat debug = No username map = password level = 0 username level = 0 unix password sync = No restrict anonymous = No lanman auth = Yes use rhosts = No ssl = No ssl hosts = ssl hosts resign = ssl CA certDir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl CA certFile = ssl server cert = ssl server key = ssl client cert = ssl client key = ssl egd socket = ssl entropy file = ssl entropy bytes = 256 ssl require clientcert = No ssl require servercert = No ssl ciphers = ssl version = ssl2or3 ssl compatibility = No admin log = No log level = 0 syslog = 1 syslog only = No log file = /var/log/samba.%m max log size = 50 timestamp logs = Yes debug hires timestamp = No debug pid = No debug uid = No protocol = NT1 large readwrite = Yes max protocol = NT1 min protocol = CORE read bmpx = No read raw = Yes write raw = Yes acl compatibility = nt smb support = Yes nt pipe support = Yes nt status support = Yes announce version = 4.9 announce as = NT max mux = 50 max xmit = 16644 name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast max ttl = 259200 max wins ttl = 518400 min wins ttl = 21600 time server = No unix extensions = No change notify timeout = 60 deadtime = 0 getwd cache = Yes keepalive = 300 lpq cache time = 10 max smbd processes = 0 max disk size = 0 max open files = 10000 name cache timeout = 660 read size = 16384 socket options = TCP_NODELAY stat cache size = 50 use mmap = Yes total print jobs = 0 load printers = Yes printcap name = /etc/printcap disable spoolss = No enumports command = addprinter command = deleteprinter command = show add printer wizard = Yes os2 driver map = strip dot = No mangling method = hash character set = mangled stack = 50 stat cache = Yes domain admin group = domain guest group = machine password timeout = 604800 add user script = delete user script = logon script = logon path = \\%N\%U\profile logon drive = logon home = \\%N\%U domain logons = No os level = 33 lm announce = Auto lm interval = 60 preferred master = Auto local master = Yes domain master = Auto browse list = Yes enhanced browsing = Yes dns proxy = No wins proxy = No wins server = w.x.y.z wins support = No wins hook = kernel oplocks = Yes lock spin count = 3 lock spin time = 10 oplock break wait time = 0 add share command = change share command = delete share command = config file = preload = lock dir = /var/cache/samba pid directory = /var/run/samba utmp directory = wtmp directory = utmp = No default service = message command = dfree command = valid chars = remote announce = remote browse sync = socket address = 0.0.0.0 homedir map = time offset = 0 NIS homedir = No source environment = panic action = hide local users = No host msdfs = No winbind uid = winbind gid = template homedir = /home/%D/%U template shell = /bin/false winbind separator = \ winbind cache time = 15 winbind enum users = Yes winbind enum groups = Yes winbind use default domain = No comment = path = alternate permissions = No username = guest account = nobody invalid users = valid users = admin users = read list = write list = printer admin = force user = force group = read only = Yes create mask = 0744 force create mode = 00 security mask = 0777 force security mode = 00 directory mask = 0755 force directory mode = 00 directory security mask = 0777 force directory security mode = 00 force unknown acl user = 00 inherit permissions = No inherit acls = No guest only = No guest ok = No only user = No hosts allow = hosts deny = status = Yes nt acl support = Yes profile acls = No block size = 1024 max connections = 0 min print space = 0 strict allocate = No strict sync = No sync always = No write cache size = 0 max print jobs = 1000 printable = No postscript = No printing = bsd print command = lpr -r -P%p %s lpq command = lpq -P%p lprm command = lprm -P%p %j lppause command = lpresume command = queuepause command = queueresume command = printer name = use client driver = No default devmode = No printer driver = printer driver file = /etc/samba/printers.def printer driver location = default case = lower case sensitive = No preserve case = Yes short preserve case = Yes mangle case = No mangling char = ~ hide dot files = Yes hide unreadable = No delete veto files = No veto files = hide files = veto oplock files = map system = No map hidden = No map archive = Yes mangled names = Yes mangled map = browseable = Yes blocking locks = Yes csc policy = manual fake oplocks = No locking = Yes oplocks = Yes level2 oplocks = Yes oplock contention limit = 2 posix locking = Yes strict locking = No share modes = Yes copy = include = exec = preexec close = No postexec = root preexec = root preexec close = No root postexec = available = Yes volume = fstype = NTFS set directory = No wide links = Yes follow symlinks = Yes dont descend = magic script = magic output = delete readonly = No dos filemode = No dos filetimes = No dos filetime resolution = No fake directory create times = No vfs object = vfs options = msdfs root = No [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No zema@localhost:~$ |
Ok, you have a lot of stuff in there. I would recommend that you begin with a very simple smb.conf file until you get it working, then you begin adding, or un-commenting, more stuff incrementally so that you know it works with each step. I would recommend the following smb.conf file as a beginning, then add the rest of the stuff that you have one at a time. Remember to restart samba, or reload your configuration with each change before you test it.
Code:
[global] -Josh |
NetBIOS browsing
I can see that your samba server is both a winsserver: wins support = yes AND a WINS clint: wins server = [IP-number]
this is not allowed. if you are on a small LAN, you probably dont need a winsserver, so just change wins support = yes to wins support = no. I bet this will get your browsing working. NMBD will not work if it is a wins server AND a wins client. regards:tisk: |
Alright, I've made some minor progress. I took a suggestion from above and renamed my old smb.conf file and replaced it with the basic one. Here's my current conf file:
[global] worgroup = workgroup ;server string = smbsrvr ;hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. [homes] guest ok = yes read only = no Now when I go into my MS Windows Network, then into Workgroup, I can see "Samba 2.2.7a-security-rollup-fix (Localhost). Unfortunately, I can't double click and open the box from XP. Another strange thing is that if I un-comment any of the above statements, it disappears from the XP window. Finally, as if to spit in my face, now I can't even open the Samba server settings control panel to make sure that I have given myself access correctly. |
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