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Old 07-16-2008, 08:29 AM   #16
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I seem to be having the same symptoms as The Godfather, but It is not fixed for me yet.

-Vista and XP Workstations have "192.168.1.80 Beehive" in both hosts and lmhosts

-Neither workstation can browse (see beehive in "network")

-Vista can connect if proper \\beehive\public \\beehive\(username) is entered into
Map a drive tool. but not XP

-Users have matching usernames and passwords on both Vista->Beehive and XP->Beehive

[public] is browseable.
[homes] is not.
Not sure why yours doesn't work; your smb.conf file is very similar to mine.
 
Old 07-16-2008, 09:11 AM   #17
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Code:
[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        valid users = %S, %D%w%S
        browseable = No
        read only = No
        inherit acls = Yes
[profiles]
        comment = Network Profiles Service
        path = %H
        read only = No
        store dos attributes = Yes
        create mask = 0600
        directory mask = 0700
You [homes] service doesn't look right to me. Also, please enclose your smb.conf sample inside a [ code ] block to make it easier to read.
For the [public] share, you want "map to guest = Bad User" in your global section, and change the permissions of the directory with "chmod a=rwxt" to give the "nobody" user access. A user who hasn't authenticated will create files with "nobody" ownership. Also use "smbpasswd" to map Linux/Windows users with the same username/passwords. This is needed for the [home] service.

Also, check out if you have a samba-doc package. It includes three books including "Samba 3 by Example" which should be very useful.

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Old 07-16-2008, 09:47 AM   #18
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1 added the line to smb.conf exactly "map to guest = Bad User" in the public section

2 chmod done - why the sticky bit? I had a=rwx before.

3 I had done smbpasswd already, smbpasswd -a (unix username) where the unix username matches
the windows username.


did not have the samba-doc package but yum fixes that.
 
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The sticky bit prevents one user from deleting the file of another user. If a user is authenticated, the file will be saved owned by that user. To prevent any other user from deleting the file, the sticky bit is needed. This is because deleting files writes to the directory, and not to the file. So anyone with write access to the directory can delete any file unless you use the sticky bit.
 
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You might try running "smbstatus". Post the samba version. You may need to upgrade to work with Vista. FC5 is a bit old and the version of samba that comes with it might not work well with vista.
 
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You might try running "smbstatus". Post the samba version. You may need to upgrade to work with Vista. FC5 is a bit old and the version of samba that comes with it might not work well with vista.
Samba Version 3.2.0-17.fc9
 
Old 07-19-2008, 03:50 PM   #22
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It appears that I have not successfully installed it all.

When printing from a windows machine, the output from the printer is in 'code' form; i.e. the code desribing the print out is actually printed rather than executed to determine the format.

Does anyone know why?

Thanks.
 
Old 07-19-2008, 04:11 PM   #23
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right printer driver?
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It appears that I have not successfully installed it all.

When printing from a windows machine, the output from the printer is in 'code' form; i.e. the code desribing the print out is actually printed rather than executed to determine the format.

Does anyone know why?

Thanks.
That seems, at first, to be something like sending postscript to a non-postscript printer...

Can you print properly from Linux?
 
Old 07-19-2008, 04:20 PM   #24
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That seems, at first, to be something like sending postscript to a non-postscript printer...

Can you print properly from Linux?
Yes, I can print from linux fine.

I have an HP PSC 2510 Photosmart printer. No idea if it's a postscript printer or not. I thought all printers accepted postscript.
 
Old 07-19-2008, 04:35 PM   #25
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Yes, I can print from linux fine.

I have an HP PSC 2510 Photosmart printer. No idea if it's a postscript printer or not. I thought all printers accepted postscript.
not all of them, some of the HP printers use only PCL.

What are the first few 'words' of a printout?
 
Old 07-19-2008, 06:03 PM   #26
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What are the first few 'words' of a printout?
Printout@?

I downloaded file called PScript5.dll from the adobe websitewebsite but it failed to work. I also tried copying it from my windows machine too and this also failed.

Code:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
          %cupsJobTicket: job-hold-until-no-hold
                                              %cupsJobTicket: job-sheets=n

%%Title: My Test
%%Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2
%%CreationDate: 7/16/2008 14:18:30
%%For: The Godfather
%%BoundingBox: (atend)
%%Pages: (atend)
%%Orientation: Portait
.
.
(-more lines regarding format etc-)
.
.
%%BeginProlog
%%BeginResource: file Pscript_WinNT_ErrorHandler 5.0.0
/currentpacking where{pop/oldpack currentpacking def/setpacking where {pop false setpacking}[if/...(-lots of this sort of stuff-)
 
Old 07-19-2008, 06:54 PM   #27
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Printout@?

I downloaded file called PScript5.dll from the adobe websitewebsite but it failed to work. I also tried copying it from my windows machine too and this also failed.

Code:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
          %cupsJobTicket: job-hold-until-no-hold
                                              %cupsJobTicket: job-sheets=n

%%Title: My Test
%%Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2
%%CreationDate: 7/16/2008 14:18:30
%%For: The Godfather
%%BoundingBox: (atend)
%%Pages: (atend)
%%Orientation: Portait
.
.
(-more lines regarding format etc-)
.
.
%%BeginProlog
%%BeginResource: file Pscript_WinNT_ErrorHandler 5.0.0
/currentpacking where{pop/oldpack currentpacking def/setpacking where {pop false setpacking}[if/...(-lots of this sort of stuff-)
Yup that looks like postscript to me. check your printer drivers on the PC
 
Old 07-27-2008, 05:22 PM   #28
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More on the samba problem...


It seems I had the IP address in the xp machine wrong..


I am now able to mount samba shares on both the XP and Vista
machines but I have to spell out the \\beehive\share in order to do that.

But I still can't see the shares in network neighborhood.
 
  


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