I have been working on samba for 2 weeks and i cannot get it to work. I am trying to make 5 shares to be accessible by Windows 2000 and if possible have it be the PDC.

I have the latest version on SuSE Linux 7.3. Can Someone Help? For some reason Windows will not even look at the server but if i disconnect the server, the whole network is motionless.

How can i get Windows to see Linux and listen to it???

The default Samba setup will have a pretty good starting point, you just add the shares.


How are your shares setup?

How are the file permissions set on the shared linux folders?

Did you add the smbusers?

Did you set the workgroup?

Is nmbd and smbd running?

Normally starting the daemons are enough to start seeing it in network Neighborhood.




Have you tried to type the address in explorer like this?


\\servername

or

\\servername\share

or if that don't work, try

\\ipaddress

or

\\ipaddress\share

Does it ask for a username and or password?

You need to have encrypted passwords = yes



can you ping the machine

The shares are default.
The file permissions are the most free they can be
Cannot get smbusers to work
workgroup set
nmbd and smbd is running

//servername/share does not work

I also am trying to upgrade my Samba on my SuSE 7.3 to the latest but it is not working.


I can ping the machine! That is about it. And if i disconnect the Linux box the whole network defaults and crashes into a firey ball.

you say you cannot add samba users?

I think thats required.


What kind of problem you seeing.

Are you runing the nix box as a DNS server or a router? Cuz as far as I know, thats the only reason that your little ol' nix box could bring down a network by unpluggin it for the network.

Have you created a "root" samba account ? If so, try connecting remotly by that account. Sometime root works and other accounts dont. this tells you that either your permissions arent truley as loose as they can be, or you have set up the accoutns wrong. so try it.



Reminders:

"smbpasswd -a username" is the command for making new samba users

"chmod a+rwx /your/share/space" sets the fs permissions as loose as they can be.

When I use the smbpasswd command, i get a invalid or unknown thing. Is there a specific type of "CMD" prompt i should use? I use a program called webmin that adds the users.

I also have one other problem. My linux will NOT retain my passwords and only allows the ones originally in the system during setup to connect. The rest it seems to invalidate the passcode.

Thanks for all of the support

Some releases have this command


smbadduser


if you have that try it like this


setup user in linux

adduser david

passwd david

(enter password for david)


then this

smbadduser david:smbdavid

give password for smbdavid


you can use the same names if you want and the passwd.

Well first, before i do that. I need help upgrading my SUSE box to the newest version. How can i do that? Can anyone help?

you meen os or samba upgrade?

Here a little jingle for goldfish, that wholesome snack that is wholesome until you bite their heads off Even though they are made with real cheese that look like little fishies. The snack that smiles back goldfish.

I think i am paranoid.

I mean a Samba Upgrade. Sorry about the sound track. I thought i would have a little fun and i got the song stuck in my head. It is a Monday you know.

You can get it from samba.org


should install without a problem