SuSe Linux and Samba Problem - Access is Denied
 

I am quite new to linux and I have installed Samba on the system from the source. I am able to ping from my windows XP computer to the Linux server, but all printers and folders that are available say - Unable to Connect - Access is denied.

I have added my username to smbpasswd and enabled the account along with the password. Here is my smb.conf file:

global]
netbios name = MYSERVER
server string = "Is It Not Nifty?"
workgroup = CRUZ
security = share
log file = /var/log/samba.log
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
encrypt passwords = yes
wins support = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.0.
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/smbpasswd
[public]
path = /tmp
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes

[printers]
comment = All Printerss
security = server
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
valid users = hrcruz
printable = yes
public =yes
writable = no
create mode = 0700


Any help would be greatly appreciated:

Sincerely,

Herbert Cruz
hwarang@hrcruz.com

Check your iptables/ipchains rules to see if ports 137,138 & 139 are open:
iptables -L
ipchains -L

I don't really know what iptables is, but here's what came out:

linux:/usr/local/samba/lib # iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

I tried putting in ipchains -L but I get an error saying unknown file or command.

Slight improvement...

whenever I double click on the network resource, the login screen pops up. Unfortunately, a login box comes on where the username is greyed out with \\myserver\Guest and a blank password.

I haven't set a password, and I can't log in as hrcruz.

Any ideas?

Herbert Cruz

Hello:
After creating a new smb.conf file, I can now access file shares without any problems. However, I am still unable to print to my HP Deskjet 812C printer on Suse Linux 8.2 from Windows Xp.

When I try to connect to my printer, I get the message: unable to connect to printer - access is denied.

Thanks so much for your help in advance.

Herbert Cruz


Here's my new smb.conf file:
[global]
workgroup = CRUZ
encrypt passwords=yes
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes


[test]
comment = For testing only, please
path = /home/hrcruz/Documents
read only = no
guest ok = yes

[printers]
path=/usr/spool/public
printable = yes
guest account = pcguest
public = no
writable = no

lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p
lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j
lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc stop %p
lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc start %p

create mode = 0700

browseable = no
valid users = hrcruz evelyn letty

** End of file.

Success!!!

Thanks to some other postings, I removed my valid users line and added the following lines:

guest ok = yes
use client driver = yes
print command = lpr -P %p -o raw %s -r

I also added a directory
/usr/spool/public with chmod +777

I'm so happy! Now Linux does everything that my old Windows server used to do.... and I didn't have to pay Microsoft a dime!

Woohoo!

Thank you all for your postings in other articles. They really helped.

For what it is worth on SuSE's SLES9, I just added "use client driver = yes" to the /etc/samba/smb.conf [printers] section, stopped and started smb and nmb by running "rcsmb stop; rcnmb stop" and "rcnmb start; rcsmb start".

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/tmp
printable = yes
create mask = 0600
browseable = no
use client driver = yes
guest ok = no