check your permissions in the smb.conf file for those files.

and make sure you have the unix sync set to yes

If you don't have it, add this line to your smb.conf file somewhere

unix password sync = yes

Also, make sure you add this line to your smb.conf file. I was checking over mine. This is so your smb users will automatically be mapped to the unix users file.

Unix users can map to different SMB User names
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers


And make sure you go into your smbusers file and add your samba users there like this:

# Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2

for instance, if your name is Joe on Linux and your samba name is the same, you'd type this:

Joe = Joe

I added username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
I already had unix password sync = Yes
Also, I added Nathan = Nathan to the smbusers file.

Still not allowing access to public share.

Here's the latest smb.conf file:

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 192.168.1.101 (192.168.1.101)
# Date: 2003/06/01 00:46:01

# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = HOBBITON
netbios name = PIPPIN
server string = Red Hat Linux 8.0 File Server
encrypt passwords = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
unix password sync = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
wins support = Yes

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = No
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
browseable = No

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[public]
path = /home/Nathan/temp
valid users = Nathan
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1


And, here's my smbusers file:

# Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ...
root = administrator admin
nobody = guest pcguest smbguest
Nathan = Nathan

I'm not exactly sure how to set permissions for the share, so that may be the problem. Well, that and my ignorance

Thanks for all your help so far.

XP to samba, I always do the following and never have a problem getting a connection

in xp/2000 u will need to run regedit or regedit32

go to the following and change these settings:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Netlogon\Parameters]
"requirestrongkey"=dword:00000000
"requiresignorseal"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\Netlogon\Parameters]
"requirestrongkey"=dword:00000000
"requiresignorseal"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters]
"requirestrongkey"=dword:00000000
"requiresignorseal"=dword:00000000

Then local sec pol's

Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always)

set to Disabled

Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (when possible)

set to Disabled

Domain member: Digitally sign secure channel data (when possible)

set to Disabled

Hope this helps

Chris

Hi Nathan,

First of all, I think you need to change where it says valid users in the homes directory and put your users in there separated by commas. I think there is a way to use variables to set up new users to automatically set up a file system but I don't know how to do that yet. Secondly, you have an ACL set up to only allow access from host 192.168.1. You're missing the last octet firstly, and secondly, is that what you really want to do because how you have it right now, only that host would be allowed access to the folder, and you need to make sure that you have that folder actually created.

And insert a browseable = yes and a writable = yes statement into the public share.

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = No
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
browseable = No

[public]
path = /home/Nathan/temp
valid users = Nathan
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1

taking the 192.168.1 out of the hosts allow section seemed to solve the problem.

Thanks!

No problem. Glad I could help.